Baseball brawl! Benches clear, fists fly and stars square off in ‘absolute madness’

Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson turned a baseball game into a boxing match and then a bench-clearing brawl.

Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson square off.

Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson turned a baseball game into a boxing match and then a bench-clearing brawl.

With the Guardians trailing 5-0 in the bottom of the sixth on Saturday night in Cleveland, Ramirez laced an RBI double to right field off Chicago White Sox reliever Byran Shaw to cut the deficit to 5-1.

After the double, Ramirez and White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson, started jawing at each other and the fists started to fly.

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Jose Ramirez is restrained. (Photo by Ron Schwane / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Tim Anderson is restrained by teammates. (Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images)

Jose Ramirez and Tim Anderson start to fight. (Photo by Ron Schwane / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Jose Ramirez is held by Michael Kopech. (Photo by Ron Schwane / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Anderson dropped his glove and put up his fists as the fight began.

One of the umpires tried to break up the scuffle by getting in between the two players, but stepped away as he saw that wasn’t going to work.

As the benches were already clearing, Ramirez then caught Anderson with a nasty right hook, sending him to ground.

Not surprisingly, both players were ejected and likely will face some suspension time, as well as fines.

The White Sox have a 5-2 lead in the seventh inning.

Punches were just thrown between Tim Anderson and Jose Ramirez and then absolute madness broke out in Cleveland pic.twitter.com/Tje1l3wwwv

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 6, 2023

This article first appeared on The New York Postand was reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Baseball brawl! Benches clear, fists fly and stars square off in ‘absolute madness’