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A collision at first base led to a spat between the Cardinals vet and a Brewers player — and a fiery postgame rant.
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Both Willson Contreras and Rhys Hoskins were hit by pitches and tempers flared, but a three-run home run by St. Louis' Nolan Gorman loomed large.
Willson Contreras took an explicit shot towards an unnamed Brewers player after the Cardinals' win over Milwaukee on Saturday.
To support his teammate, Rhys Hoskins voiced his displeasure loudly from the bench. In a postgame interview, Contreras was asked about the incident, and his fiery NSFW response went viral on social media. While Willson Contreras never named the player, it was evident that he was taking a jibe at Rhys Hoskins.
Contreras wanted to send a ‘message’ to his teammates, and did as a disrupting, determining force in to end their six-game losing streak with win vs. Brewers.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a three-run homer, Willson Contreras added a solo shot in the ninth inning and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 on Saturday to snap a six-game losing streak.
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St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras' collision with Milwaukee Brewers baserunner Caleb Durbin sparked a war of words.