Cardinals’ Willson Contreras banned after throwing bat during argument with umpire | St Louis Cardinals

Baseball of the major league suspended the first base player in St Louis Cardinals Willson Contreras for six games after launching his bat while playing with referees on Monday evening.

The battle of Contreras struck his own coach, and the player also sprung up his hitting helmet and launched a bucket of Bubble Gum on the field.

The incident occurred in seventh round of the 7-6 home victory of the cardinals against Pittsburgh when Contreras fell on three throws and was surprised looking for the strike.

Contreras was ejected after discussing the marble referee Derek Thomas, and his explosion continued while the cardinals manager Oliver Marmol, and the striking coach Brant Brown retained him from the referee. After throwing his helmet on the ground, counteras threw his bat behind him, striking Brown in his arm. He finished it with the drawing of bubbles. Marmol was also ejected during the sequence.

Contreras said that he did not understand why he had been thrown out of the game. He said that he had made bullets and strikes but did not address specific terrain and had not said anything.

“Apparently, he heard something [he thought] I said. I didn’t say that, ”said against against.

The crew chief Jordan Baker told a journalist that Contreras and Marmol had been ejected to “say vulgar stuff” to Thomas. Baker added that Contreras had contacted Thomas.

The MLB also inflicted a fine in the UNC -disclosed amount. He calls on his suspension, which would have otherwise started on Tuesday against the pirates.

Contreras, 33, strikes. 261 with 19 circuits and 72 points produced in 121 games this year for the cardinals of the sub500, which are trying to stay in the race of the National League. Contreras was a triple All-Star during his seven-year-old passage with the Chicago Cubs and is a career striker .258 with 171 circuits and 540 products produced.