Steven Souza was pissed off Tuesday night after getting hit on the leg by Chicago Cubs reliever Steve Cishek in the ninth inning. To make up for it, Cishek says he owes his friend breakfast.
With two outs, a runner on and the Cubs trailing 4-1, Cishek had a pitch drift inside to Souza and the Arizona Diamondbacks player was not too happy once he got to first base. He got in a brief shouting match with Anthony Rizzo, the bullpens stepped onto the warning track, but cooler heads prevailed.
Earlier in the game Souza hit Javier Baez's left knee on a slide into second base. Baez was eventually taken out the next inning and ended up with a giant bruise.
Souza thought the HBP was intentional.
https://twitter.com/BigRickMorin/status/1021970139888214016
So, he wants to make it clear that his slide wasn't dirty and that he felt the Cubs were trying to get him back by hitting him.
https://www.sportsmockery.com/2018/07/joe-maddon-eases-cubs-fans-panic-after-javier-baez-leaves-game/
Cishek offered up the following explanation.
https://twitter.com/ESPNChiCubs/status/1021971992248025089
Cishek and Souza were teammates for a few seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays and remain friends now.
So, there really aren't any hard feelings coming from the Cubs.
https://twitter.com/kpowell720/status/1021968228841664512
https://twitter.com/MDGonzales/status/1021963387293655040
No one on the Cubs thought it was dirty and it wasn't, so it just seems like Souza was pissed for getting hit and thought it was because of the slide.
Hey, sometimes pitchers lose control.
Don't think any of this will escalate seeing as Souza and Cishek are friends. Just a misunderstanding.
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