“This happens like once a week with Milwaukee” - MLB fans react as heated argument clears benches in Brewers vs Red Sox game

Tempers ran high in the series finale between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Boston Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. While Milwaukee had already won the series, they were trying to sweep the Red Sox away from home, while Boston was trying to avoid a sweep at Fenway Park.

With the game tied in the top of the seventh inning, as Red Sox reliever Chris Martin walked to the home dugout after a 1-2-3 inning, there was some exchange of words between him and Brewers first base coach Quintin Berry, which didn't sit well with either party. Soon the benches as well as the bullpens were cleared and on the field to diffuse the flared-up tension immediately.

Fans were quick to jump on the benches-clearing incident, with many saying that this was nothing new as Milwaukee is often involved in such incidents this season.

"This happens like once a week with Milwaukee," one fan commented.

"Brewers got some serious clubhouse problems. FIVE bench clearings this year? Figure it out guys," another fan commented.

"Always the brewers," yet another fan commented.

While the issue of the confrontation seems to have been bunting, many fans claimed that it wasn't that big of a reason for the benches-clearing incident. Some fans looked at the funny side of this hapless confrontation and voiced it in their comments on X, formerly Twitter.

"Baseball is so funny when the benches clear they all just stand there for like 5 minutes after the dust settles as close as possible & chat calmly," one fan commented

"Whole bunch of nothing," another fan commented.

"Let ‘em brawl it out like hockey bro," yet another fan commented.

Red Sox and Brewers give varied takes on benches-clearing incident

Speaking to MLB.com, Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Martin reflected on the entire incident and what he disliked about it:

"I probably said some things under my breath that were kind of directed toward that inning. Heat of the moment, they bunted twice. I didn’t like it. I feel like in this league: Swing the bat, that’s it."

Milwaukee's last out at the plate in the seventh was Christian Yelich, and he said:

"It’s part of baseball. You’re trying to win a tie game. He got out of the inning in the tie game with no runs given up, so you would think he would be pretty happy about that."

Meanwhile, Brewers manager Pat Murphy said:

"It’s not our first time. The guys play with a lot of energy. I think their pitcher showed some emotion and our people thought it was directed at them. I don’t really know if it was or it wasn’t."

When the dust settled on the confrontation, the Boston Red Sox managed to score the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning and avoided the sweep at home against the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday.