The benches are clear after Shawn Kelley of the Rangers and Marwin Gonzalez of the Twins exchanged their words

Shawn Kelley has been involved in two incidents during the first three games of a four-game series between the Twins and the Rangers in Arlington, Texas.

During Minnesota's 12-7 win on Saturday night, the 35-year-old right-hander allowed Marwin Gonzalez to score for the third time in the eighth inning. Gonzalez slammed his bat running towards the first goal, which led him and Kelley to chew one on the other.

the the benches are unobstructed and both players must be held in relation to each otherbut it was an otherwise moderate situation.

Kelley is the same pitcher who responded in Thursday's game by intentionally hitting Max Kepler with a fastball at 150 km / h after Jake Cave sank on a 3-0 pitch and singled out while the Twins were in the mix. ninth inning.

Kelley clearly follows the long arm of the unwritten laws of baseball, so it would not be a shock if he got angry at Gonzalez for being pioneered.

Nobody will know for sure, but Rangers manager Chris Woodward says none of the two players screamed at each other and that was a big misunderstanding.

"Basically two frustrated guys," Woodward said, via the twins. "They did not talk to each other. One was angry he hit a ball on the ground and the other was angry he abandoned a race. Both guys shouted at the same time, and one thought that one was talking to each other. It was nothing. Obviously, two guys were heated. There was no beef between them. "