It didn’t even take two games before tensions boiled over. By the end of the Cubs’ 9-0 victory Saturday against the Brewers at a chilly Wrigley Field, the prevailing topic was familiar: pitching inside.
In the eighth inning, Cubs reliever Keegan Thompson was ejected for hitting Andrew McCutchen. Both dugouts and bullpens emptied, but there were no punches thrown, though the teams formed a giant huddle between home plate and first base. Thompson, who had worked inside after starting the at-bat with a cutter that crossed the outside part of the plate, denied that he nailed McCutchen intentionally on the 2-1 pitch.
