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Blue Jays, Orioles get heated in benches-clearing incident

A battle between wild-card hopefuls got heated as the benches cleared in Tuesday's matchup between the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles.

The tension seemed to start when Orioles reliever — and former Blue Jay — Bryan Baker induced a run-scoring double play from Toronto's Teoscar Hernandez in the top of the seventh inning. As Hernandez — who homered off Baker on Monday — jogged back to the dugout, the two players appeared to exchange words.

Once Baker finished off the inning, he made a hand gesture to the Toronto dugout, prompting the visitors to rush the field.