The benches briefly cleared during Pittsburgh's 5-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. Pham's demonstrable reaction to drawing a walk in the seventh inning elicited a response from Toronto catcher Tyler Heineman, and things escalated from there.

Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman details spat with Pirates’ Tommy Pham, saying it was “weird and unprovoked” in benches-clearing game.

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Chaos erupted as benches cleared in Pirates vs. Blue Jays game at PNC Park on Monday in opening game of the series.

Paul Skenes kept the American League-leading Toronto Blue Jays in check for six innings, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates secure a 5-2 victory.

The high-flying Blue Jays play the passive Pirates in Pittsburgh. Toronto’s Kevin “win one, lose one” Gausman’s career record is 110-111. Paul Skenes hasn’t given up an earned run at home in 31 innings. The Jays are 31-31 on the road. The Bucs are 34-29 at home.

Dansby Swanson hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in the rubber game of the weekend series.