On Friday night, the White Sox became the first AL team to reach 20 wins by defeating the Twins 10-4 (box score). The subplot to that outcome was the near-brawl that broke out in the eighth inning after Twins reliever Trevor May drilled White Sox slugger Jose Abreu with a 97-mph fastball in the ribs. Here's a look ...
Hostilities! As the White Sox broadcasters noted during the above clip, Twins DH Byung Ho Park got clipped on a Nate Jones pitch up and in during the road half of that same inning. Here's video of that sequence.
As for the two Twins of note, each says the pitch wasn't intentional ...
Molitor and Trevor May both say hitting Abreu was not intentional. They tend to pitch him inside. #MNTwins #WhiteSox
— Cody Stavenhagen (@CodyStavenhagen) May 7, 2016
That claim is certainly at odds with general appearances, but, well, that's just what you say after something like this. As for Abreu, he took the highest of high roads and apologized for his reaction ...
Abreu: "I want to apologize to all the people I respect. I was out of character and it was something in the game. ...
— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) May 7, 2016
Also, props to Twins right fielder Miguel Sano, as he reached a top speed of 15.6 mph while scurrying to join in on the fun ...
Miguel Sano had a top speed of 15.6 MPH running in from RF during the #WhiteSox #Twins ruckus last night pic.twitter.com/JumSYbinkM
— Daren Willman (@darenw) May 7, 2016
This was just the first game of a three-game series, so consider these matters to be ... developing.
