Carlos Quentin charged the mound after being drilled by Zack Greinke, leading to a benches-clearing incident in the sixth inning of Thursday?s Dodgers-Padres game.
Greinke, a right-hander, suffered a broken left collarbone in the fight that ensued and is likely DL bound.
Don Mattingly, steamed after what turned out to be a 3-2 win, said afterwards, ?[Quentin] should not play a game until Greinke can pitch. If he plays before Greinke, something is wrong. Nothing happens if that guy goes to first base.?
Despite the fact that there was a full count at the time, Quentin obviously felt Greinke?s pitch was intentional after a Jason Marquis 0-2 pitch was thrown towards Matt Kemp?s head earlier in the contest. Kemp spent a great deal of time jawing with the Padres with both teams on the field and had to be restrained by Josh Beckett and manager Don Mattingly.
After the parties returned to the dugouts?initially, the Dodgers? Jerry Hairston Jr. sprinted back out towards the Padres dugout, stirring things back up.
Here?s the video:
Following the game, Quentin and Kemp got into an altercation in the players parking lot and?had to be separated.
Kemp, Hairston, Greinke and Quentin were all ejected. Quentin will face a five- or six-game suspension if history is any indication.
Greinke is the bigger loss, though. He signed the richest contract of the offseason ? a six-year, $147 million pact ? to become the Dodgers? No. 2 starter behind Clayton Kershaw. A broken collarbone is often a 6-8 week injury for most players. That it?s to Greinke?s off arm may aid his timetable a bit, but it?s not something he?ll be able to pitch through right away.
Fortunately, the Dodgers do possess considerable pitching depth, even after trading Aaron Harang earlier this week. They could either activate Ted Lilly from the DL and put him in the rotation or they could promote Chris Capuano from the bullpen.
Previous bad blood between Greinke and Quentin could explain why Quentin charged the mound. Greinke hit Quentin in the back with a pitch on April 8, 2009, and Quentin took steps toward the mound that time before catcher Miguel Olivo restrained him. That happened in the fourth inning of a game between the Royals and White Sox. Three innings earlier, Greinke had a pitch slip that nearly hit Quentin in the head.
?He had a reason for [being upset],? Greinke told MLB.com afterwards. ?Any time you throw it that high, it?s justified. You?ve got to be better than that and not pitch like that. You?re going to make mistakes, but the last thing you want to do is hit someone where it could seriously hurt them. As soon as I let go of it, I was scared for him.?
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