Cubs pitcher Pedro Strop and Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig probably won’t be sharing any laughs together tomorrow.
Puig was hit by Strop on a 3-0 pitch at which time Cubs catcher Wilson Contreas and Anthony Rizzo held him back as he made a few steps towards the mound.
“He just reacted like that,” Strop said following the game. “Maybe because it was a 3-0 pitch, maybe it looks weird. I wasn’t commanding my sinker and I didn’t want to leave a cookie 3-0. He’ll swing 3-0 and hit it way out of the park. He just acted stupid.”
The Cubs went on to win 6-0.
“I told him, ‘Why are you talking?'” Strop said. “‘You have a chance to do whatever you need to do on the mound. Now you’re just screaming.’
“It’s not a secret he’s stupid. He’s stupid as f—. I have nothing against him, but he’s stupid. There’s no doubt about it.”
Reds manager David Bell was tossed from the game in the ninth after Dylan Maples got Jose Peraza.
