ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Freeway Series got feisty in the eighth inning Thursday night when both benches and bullpens emptied after Brandon Morrow's fastball hit Yunel Escobar in the shoulder.
The pitch clearly wasn't intentional despite Escobar's furor, and no fights actually broke out as the Los Angeles Dodgers salvaged a split of the interleague rivalry series with a 6-2 victory over the Angels.
Morrow and Escobar formerly were Blue Jays teammates. Escobar apparently thought the Dodgers were retaliating for his reaction to a walk earlier in the game. But Morrow was visibly frustrated with himself after the bad throw loaded the bases for the Angels.