DETROIT (CBSNewYork) — A heated conversation between the Yankees’ Austin Romine and the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera devolved into a brawl during Thursday’s game in Detroit.
The Yankees catcher and Detroit slugger were engaged in a heated coversation at home plate when Cabrera shoved Romine and took a couple of swings at him. Romine then tackled the two-time AL MVP and landed a couple of kidney punches as both benches cleared.
Earlier in the game, the Tigers’ Michael Fulmer hit Gary Sanchez, who had homered in his previous at-bat, with a pitch.