Walt Weiss reveals why he tackled Jorge Soler during Braves and Angels brawl

Walt Weiss reveals why he tackled Jorge Soler during Braves and Angels brawl originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Atlanta Braves are in the middle of a road trip and are facing the Los Angeles Angels .

In the second game of the series, there was a wild brawl that broke out. Jorge Soler and Reynaldo Lopez got into a fight after a Lopez pitch went above Soler's head. Lopez and Soler started throwing punches, that is, before Walt Weiss put an end to this brawl with a tackle of Soler.

After the game, Barrett Sallee of 680 The Fan shared Weiss's reason for tackling Soler. It's a simple reason, but one that is easy to understand. Braves' Walt Weiss reveals why he tackled Jorge Soler "I gotta get him off his feet, because he's gonna hurt somebody," Weiss said on his tackles of Soler.

This brawl could've been a whole lot worse had Weiss not ended it early with a tackle of Soler, as both the Angels slugger and Lopez were hot, and could've dragged more players into a fight, as was looking to be the case in the video Talkin' Baseball shared . Jorge Soler and Reynaldo López are throwing PUNCHES in Anaheim as a brawl breaks out pic. twitter.