The benches-clearing incident happened in the ninth inning of the game on Thursday night, after a Dodgers pitcher hit Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr.

Benches cleared in Thursday’s series finale between the Dodgers and Padres. Both Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt were ejected.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pushed his San Diego Padres counterpart, Mike Shildt, as benches cleared during a ninth-inning quarrel between the MLB rivals at Dodger Stadium.

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calls out San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt for "making it personal" amid Fernando Tatis Jr. getting hit by a pitch.

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It's Friday, June 20 and the Nationals (31-44) are in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers (46-30). MacKenzie Gore is slated to take the mound for Washington against Clayton Kershaw for Los Angeles. Yesterday the Dodgers dropped game four of the series against the Padres.

The Padres are looking to avoid the 4-game sweep after suffering a 4-3 walk-off loss Wednesday night. San Diego scored 2 runs in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, but C Will Smith belted a pinch-hit walk-off solo homer to send the home crowd into hysterics.