BALTIMORE -- Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura and Baltimore Orioles shortstop Manny Machado were both ejected after they helped start a huge fifth-inning brawl during Tuesday night's game.
Machado jawed at Ventura in his previous at-bat, and the right-hander nailed him around the left hip/lower back with the first pitch when the shortstop came up in the fifth. Machado then threw off his helmet, raced to the mound and fired a hard right that appeared to hit Ventura's face.