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Mets pitcher ejected for throwing behind Rhys Hoskins after earlier benches-clearing incident

Tensions from Friday’s Mets-Brewers matinée carried into Saturday, and it resulted in an ejection. The benches cleared Friday, but no punches were thrown, after Milwaukee’s Rhys Hoskins slid hard into second baseman Jeff McNeil, who took exception. The slide was ruled legal. Predictably, the Citi Field crowd booed Hoskins all day Saturday, but it didn’t bother him one bit. On …

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Tensions boil in Mets-Brewers opening day game after Rhys Hoskins' slide into Jeff McNeil

Tensions were already high in the first game of the season between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers Friday afternoon. Brewers shortstop Willy Adames was at bat against Mets pitcher Michael Tonkin in the eighth inning with Rhys Hoskins on first base. Adames hit a grounder to third baseman Brett Baty, who threw it over to second baseman …

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