Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Bryce Harper was ejected after a mass brawl during their defeat to the Colorado Rockies in Major League Baseball.
The Phillies were beaten 4-0 by the Rockies on Sunday, with the incident occurring at the top of the seventh inning. Harper ran towards the Rockies dugout which led to a mass altercation between the benches and bullpens from both teams. Rockies relief pitcher Jake Bird managed to get Bryson Scott to pop a flyball up which was caught by Jurickson Profar, ending the Phillies innings at the top of the seventh. Soon after Profar made the catch, the altercation began between players and staff from both teams.
After the catch, Bird could be seen taunting the Phillies bench and clapped his hand against his glove. This led to Harper taking issue with Bird’s actions, and was needed to be held back by some of his team-mates as well as Rockies catcher Elias Diaz.
