The Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates had a tense moment in Wednesday night's game after Washington's Jorge Lopez threw a pitch that almost hit Andrew McCutchen. That led to both teams coming out on the field to, well, mostly stand around and do nothing.
This all happened in the seventh inning and the anger from the Pirates side didn't seem to make too much sense at all. Lopez's high-and-tight pitch came on a 2-1 count with two outs and two runners on. There's no reason to believe he was trying to hit McCutchen in that situation. The announcers mentioned that McCutchen had hit a home run off Lopez last year but you have to think there's no way Lopez was even thinking about that.
