What kind of immoral behavior is this? It's a mistake, but STL's designated hitter's frowned upon throwing the bat at his team's coach

Aug 26, 2025

What kind of immoral behavior is this? It's a mistake, but STL's designated hitter's frowned upon throwing the bat at his team's coach
St. Louis Cardinals Wilson Contreras is rushing to Derek Thomas Gusam, who declared his exit after striking out in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium on the 26th (Korea time). St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol and referee Jordan Bays are stopping him. AP Yonhap News



What kind of immoral behavior is this? It's a mistake, but STL's designated hitter's frowned upon throwing the bat at his team's coach
Pedro Pazs is baptizing the drink as St. Louis Alec Burlison hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. AP Yonhap News
In the Major League, a player angry at the referee's decision threw a bat at his team's coach.

St. Louis Cardinals designated hitter Wilson Contreras is the main character in the case.

Contreras played as the fourth designated hitter in the home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium on the 26th (Korea time) and scored one hit, two RBIs and one run from four times at bat, contributing to a 7-6 victory.




Contreras accurately hit left-hander Andrew Heaney's 83.2-mile outside changeup with two outs and runners on the second and third bases in the bottom of the fifth inning, trailing 2-4, hitting a heavy hit to tie the game 4-4. St. Louis turned the tide 6-4 by adding two runs with a surprise double by Gorman and a timely hit by Thomas Sujishi.

In the top of the seventh inning, when Pittsburgh made it 6-6 with Nick Gonzalez's sacrifice fly and Ronnie Simon's double in the ninth inning, St. Louis gradually won with Alec Burlison hitting a walk-off mid-wall home run after two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Overall, it was a fun game for home fans who visited Bush Stadium because it was played in a close game and St. Louis won with a dramatic walk-off home run.




What kind of immoral behavior is this? It's a mistake, but STL's designated hitter's frowned upon throwing the bat at his team's coach
St. Louis Cardinals Wilson Contreras is rushing to Derek Thomas Gusam, who declared his exit after striking out in the bottom of the seventh inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Busch Stadium on the 26th (Korea time). St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol and referee Jordan Bays are stopping him. ImagesYonhap News
However, Contreras couldn't hold back his anger and raised eyebrows, throwing the bat at people and throwing the container of chewing gum to the ground.

Contreras, who entered the batter's box with one out and a runner on first in the bottom of the seventh inning with St. Louis leading 6-5, said something to Derrick Thomas when the opponent's right-hander Yordan Ramirez's 82.9-mile sweeper was declared a strike on his body. Contreras, who swung and missed on the outside sweeper on the second pitch, struck out three pitches after a low fastball in the middle of the third pitch was declared a strike.

However, as Contreras left the batter's box and entered the dugout at first base, he turned to Thomas Centripetal and appeared to appeal something, which soon led to an altercation.




Manager Oliver Marmol ran out and stepped in between the two, but Contreras began to raise his voice and act violently. Even batting coach Brandt Brown ran to stop him, but Contreras, who was holding the bat, was even more excited and raised his voice.

The moment bench coach Daniel Descalso hugged Contreras from behind and tried to take him into the dugout, Contreras threw the bat he was holding back. It was aimed at Stu Surewater's first base, but it hit coach Brown's arm and fell to the ground.

What kind of immoral behavior is this? It's a mistake, but STL's designated hitter's frowned upon throwing the bat at his team's coach
Wilson Contreras is acting threateningly with the bat even as bench coach Daniel Descalso is drying him. AP Yonhap News
Fortunately, there were no injuries. Contreras also threw the sword barrel to the ground after entering the dugout. The game was suspended for a while because ballboys and ground managers came out and put them through scattered swords.

After the game, Contreras came to the explanation. He said he was excited to let him leave even though he didn't say much.

He made no protest against the ball decision. All I said was 'There's a call we miss, and please look at both teams fairly. But when I turned around, he sent me off. I don’t' know the reason. I'm sure you heard me, but I didn't say anything" he said.

Coach Marmol will also understand exactly what Wilson said and what happened. I believe in him."

Judge Jordan Baker told local media that Contreras and Marmol were sent off. The reason is that he said vulgar things to Derek Thomas Centripetal."

Contreras is said to have apologized to Brown Kocha, who was hit by the bat he threw. He apologized to him. I did it without looking back. I just threw the bat back." However, it certainly doesn't sound like an excuse because he threw a bat that was close to a weapon even though he knew there were people.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.