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NEW YORK — The Mets and Marlins’ benches cleared in the bottom of the seventh inning of Sunday afternoon’s series finale at Citi Field after Mets DH Mark Vientos was hit by a pitch from Miami starter Sandy Alcantara. With the Marlins ahead 5-0 and Alcantara holding the Mets scoreless into the seventh, Alcantara’s running 90.4 mph changeup caught Vientos …

BOSTON — Houston Astros reliever Héctor Neris intentionally balked to advance a runner to third on Saturday, then had an exchange with Red Sox third base coach Kyle Hudson that led to a dustup between the teams. Neris surrendered Trevor Story’s two-out RBI double in the seventh inning of Houston’s 7-3 loss. The right-hander then balked, moving Story to third, …

BOSTON — Tempers flared momentarily after the seventh inning of the Red Sox’ 7-3 win over the Astros on Saturday with benches — and the bullpens — both clearing. Reliever Hector Neris appeared to direct some displeasure toward Red Sox third base coach Kyle Hudson after Carlos Narváez grounded out to shortstop to end the inning and after Hudson responded …

Tempers flared between the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox on Saturday due to an all too familiar subject: sign stealing. This time, though, it was the Astros who took exception when relief pitcher Hector Neris thought Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story was tipping pitches as he led off from second base. Neris intentionally balked Story to third base as …

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The benches cleared in a Cardinals-Padres game for the second straight night Saturday as St. Louis’ Willson Contreras and San Diego’s Manny Machado each got hit twice by pitches. The bench-clearing incident came in the ninth inning of the Padres’ 3-1 victory as Machado complained after he was hit by a pitch from Andre Granillo. Cardinals …

ST. LOUIS — For a second straight game, tempers flared at Busch Stadium, leading to another benches-clearing incident between the Padres and Cardinals — two teams vying for position in the National League playoff race. Manny Machado and Willson Contreras were hit by pitches twice in the Padres’ 3-1 victory on Saturday night. After Machado was plunked by Andre Granillo’s …

Ultimately, nothing came of the incident — aside from warnings for both sides and, eventually, the first run of the game. Leading off the bottom of the second, Pivetta came inside with a 93.7 mph fastball. It caught Contreras in the elbow guard, the National League-leading 15th time this season Contreras has been hit by a pitch. As Contreras tossed …