This was a long time coming. Ever since Derek Dietrich launched two home runs out of PNC Park on April 7th, the Pittsburgh Pirates have held a grudge against the Cincinnati Reds. Last night, this rivalry reached its boiling point and the benches cleared once again. While it’s never good to see this kind of behavior in a baseball game, the Reds had grown tired of the Pirates antics.
Keone Kela started the whole thing. We’ll get to him later. In bottom of the seventh inning, Kela delivered a pitch up and in to Dietrich.