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'You're not supposed to do that': Unwritten rules lead to Cincinnati Reds-Pirates scuffle

Derek Dietrich reacts to Chris Archer's pitch that was thrown behind him, which sparked the benches clearing, and his 2nd-inning home run. Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati Enquirer

PITTSBURGH – About 15 seconds after Chris Archer threw a pitch that flew behind Derek Dietrich’s backside and bounced to the backstop, Yasiel Puig was the first Reds player to sprint out to the dugout to talk to Archer near the mound.

Puig hopped the dugout railing after home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg issued warnings to each team and David Bell ran out of the dugout to argue with Kellogg. The root of the benches-clearing incident was whether Dietrich spent too much admiring his second-inning home run against Archer.