Baseball's customs raised their ugly head once more on Wednesday as Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier was hit in the

back by a pitch from Toronto Blue Jays reliever Ryan Borucki. Both teams benches cleared nearly quickly. Borucki as well as Blue Jays pitching train Pete Pedestrian were ejected from the game, which the Rays went on to win 7-1 and clinch the first American Organization playoff area of the period.

"Oh yep, it was willful," Kiermaier stated after the game. "Virtually virtually went behind me. I believed it was a weak action, to be quite truthful. It's over. It's really did not harmed by any means, so I do not care. Whatever. We carry on. We got a collection win, and I hope we play those people, I really do."

The dustup probably stemmed from an occurrence in Monday night's video game between both groups when Kiermaier was safe on a close play at home plate. As he as well as Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk made call, the scouting transcript that Kirk had affixed to his wristband was up to the ground. Kiermaier selected it up and also lugged it back to the Rays dugout. The Jays asked to have the card returned, but the Rays declined. Nonetheless, Tampa florida Bay manager Kevin Money asked forgiveness to the Blue Jays organization on Tuesday and Jays supervisor Charlie Montoyo said the matter was"agua under the bridge."However, possibly not. At the time, the Rays held a 7-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth inning as the defending American League champions came to be the 4th MLB team

to secure a playoff berth

this season. The San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and also Milwaukee Makers have actually currently protected playoff places in the National League, while the Chicago White Sox will certainly have to wait an additional day to finish up the AL

Central title. Their game in Detroit as well as second-place Cleveland's game versus Kansas City were both rained out. Adding: The Associated Press