Who is Erik Miller? Giants pitcher screamed at Reds' Sal Stewart
The Giants' Erik Miller had never faced the Reds' Sal Stewart before their shouting match at the end of the series finale at Great American Ball Park.
The Cincinnati Reds' series finale against the San Francisco Giants at Great American Ball Park ended with Giants relief pitcher Erik Miller screaming at Reds rookie Sal Stewart to "sit the f--- down" after a strikeout, before benches cleared and the two were separated. Miller had never faced Stewart, but tension between the teams had built earlier in the game and the series. The Reds' Connor Phillips was ejected in the eighth inning for hitting the Giants' Willy Adames with a pitch, after Giants starter Landen Roupp earlier hit the Reds' Spencer Steer with a pitch.
Steer had a beef one night earlier with Giants reliever JT Brubaker. "I was just fired up, probably let the emotions get the best of me," Miller told reporters after the April 16 game . "I'm not trying to like direct anything specifically at him.
I have no problem with him. I just said a sentence that most hitters probably don't like to hear, so I can understand why he was upset. It was just more of like I was really fired up.
It wasn't anything personal. I don't have anything against Stewart. It's (just) he happened to be the guy at the plate.