Massive brawl breaks out between Angels, Braves after Jorge Soler charges the mound
By Ethan Stone
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Major League Baseball saw a bit of a brouhaha break out between the Anaheim Angels and Atlanta Braves late Tuesday night.
The majority of the fight revolved around 2 players: Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez and Angels OF Jorge Soler, who won a World Series with Atlanta in 2021. Soler appeared not too happy with the placement of a few pitches (nor was he happy with being hit by a pitch earlier in the game) and felt free to let Lopez know about it.
A tipping point was reached, and Soler charged the mound, where he and Lopez threw a few punches that didn’t land with any effectiveness. Notably, Lopez decided not to let go of the ball while throwing a few punches at Soler.
The fight was extinguished when members of the Braves dugout were able to tackle Soler to the ground. In fact, it looks like Braves manager Walt Weiss was the one to bring Soler down with a perfect form tackle. Both Soler and Lopez were promptly ejected.
Here’s a full unedited look at the brawl:
Soler actually had a pretty decent outing before being ejected from this one. The former Braves outfielder, who was instrumental in Atlanta winning the World Series in 2021, hit a 2-shot home run in his first at-bat of the evening.
If you’re wondering, Atlanta went on to win this game 7-2.
Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
