Spencer Steer to JT Brubaker: '(Bleep) you, throw the (bleeping) ball'
Giants reliever JT Brubaker pointed toward home-plate umpire Quinn Wolcott, threw up his arms and yelled during an at-bat by the Reds' Spencer Steer.
The Reds shared video of Spencer Steer's contentious at-bat in the bottom of the seventh inning of Cincinnati's 8-3 win against San Francisco Giants relief pitcher JT Brubaker. In the video , Steer appears to tell Brubaker to "throw the f---ing ball" before Steer singles on an 0-2 count. The Reds deleted the tweet, which included "ttyl" as a caption.
Steer called timeout after swinging at Brubaker's second pitch, and stepped out of the batter's box. Brubaker waited, went into his windup, and home plate umpire Quinn Wolcott called timeout. Brubaker protested, pointed toward home plate, threw up his arms and yelled.
Reds. TV's John Sadak and Barry Larkin sensed that there was beef during the plate appearance. "He seemed at first perturbed that Steer had called time and stepped out," Reds.
TV play-by-play announcer John Sadak said during the broadcast. "And then after getting back in, he started coming home before they made eye contact. And that's a particular underscored point for the umpires.