St. Louis — It’s not like this is the Giants-Dodgers or the Yankees-Red Sox, for heaven’s sake. But St. Louis Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez stirred up some hard feelings from the Rockies Thursday night.
Here, from my game story, is how it went down. Followed by reaction from players after the game:
Tempers flared in the fifth. Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez, perhaps unaccustomed to the way the Rockies were hitting him around the yard, plunked DJ LeMahieu in the left hip, loading the bases. The usually cool LeMahieu, who singled in his first two at-bats, became incensed and had to be restrained — first by (catcher Yadier) Molina, then by Colorado first-base coach Eric Young.