Dodgers' Pages: HBP from Cease was intentional

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers halfway fielder Andy Pages took objection to a Dylan Cease fastball that plunked him connected the near limb successful Monday's 4th inning, yelling toward the San Diego Padres' starting pitcher and prompting some managers, on with a tiny fistful of players from some sides, to congregate adjacent location plate.

Pages aboriginal said helium believes Cease threw astatine him intentionally, perhaps, helium added, due to the fact that the Padres thought helium was trying to prime up the catcher's signs portion residing connected 2nd basal aft a treble successful the erstwhile inning.

"I astir apt shouldn't person reacted similar that, but helium doesn't miss with a slider connected the corner, yet helium tin miss with a fastball?" Pages said successful Spanish aft the Dodgers' 6-3 win, noting that Cease missed wrong by a full quadrant.

The Dodgers led by a tally with a runner connected first, 1 retired and the number 0-1 erstwhile Cease's 98 mph fastball caught Pages connected the near elbow guard. Pages stood successful the batter's container and glared astatine Cease, past yelled thing successful his absorption earlier taking his base. Benches did not clear. Cease remained successful beforehand of the mound and seemed amazed by Pages' reaction.

"I didn't recognize it," Cease told reporters. "It's not going to deter maine from throwing inside. I don't cognize if I've ever deed a Dodger before. It conscionable happens. It's portion of the game."

The incidental fizzled quickly, but it served arsenic a reminder of the hostility that mightiness inactive hover implicit the Dodgers and Padres, 2 teams that person rapidly go rivals portion battling for National League West supremacy.

It each came to a head during the NL Division Series past fall, a matchup marked by Jurickson Profar getting into it with Dodger Stadium fans and a mini-controversy implicit whether Manny Machado was intentionally throwing a shot into the Dodgers' dugout. In the end, the Dodgers prevailed, shutting the Padres' discourtesy retired for 24 consecutive innings to triumph Games 4 and 5 portion en way to a championship.

When the Dodgers arrived astatine Petco Park astatine the commencement of past week, it marked the latest the 2 teams had ever met successful a play since 2000. At that point, 1 crippled separated them successful the standings. The Dodgers person won 3 of the archetypal 4 meetings but volition play 3 much against them. They won't spot the Padres again until August.

Pages acknowledged that helium did not respond correctly to the deed by transportation but said the adrenaline of the infinitesimal took over. "I tried to find a mode to apologize," helium said.

"They got mode much superstars implicit determination if we privation to deed somebody," Machado told reporters successful effect to the Pages incident. "They've got immoderate large dogs implicit determination we could hit. This crippled is crazy, right, this rivalry. It's backmost and forth. Playing this competition, things get heated. You privation to spell retired determination and compete. He's having a helluva year. He's going to proceed to person a helluva year. Rooting for him, but it's conscionable portion of the game."