article_snippet.sent: A heated exchange between Royals starter Yordano Ventura and White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton sparked the brawl which saw players from both dugouts and bullpens flood Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field,  Illinois, reported New York Daily News.
article_snippet.sent: Yordano Ventura's pitch in the seventh inning of Thursday's game.
article_snippet.sent: The very next inning, Kansas City Royals Mike Moustakas was also hit in the arm, this time by a pitch from Chris Sale, leading to a warning for both teams.
article_snippet.sent: But things continued to escalate until Eaton hit a comebacker (a ball batted directly back to the pitcher) at Yordano Ventura in the seventh inning of Thursday's game.
article_snippet.sent: The Royals starter picked up a ground ball but instead of throwing a ground ball to first for the out, The Royals starter appeared to stop for a moment and stare at the pitcher.
article_snippet.sent: The pair exchanged words, and Eaton is alleged to have shouted an expletive at Ventura, who was said to have shouted one back before The Royals starter threw to first base to end the seventh inning of Thursday's game.
article_snippet.sent: Things quickly turned ugly and both players had to be kept apart by teammates and The Royals starter.
article_snippet.sent: However, The Royals starter missed knocked over coach Mike Jirschele instead.
article_snippet.sent: Yordano Ventura told ESPN Chicago 
article_snippet.sent: The Royals starter regretted the way The Royals starter'd handled The Royals starter. '
article_snippet.sent: It was a messy situation, I got the ground ball and was unable to control my emotions in that play, and the ground ball turned out ugly,' Yordano Ventura said.
article_snippet.sent: (Eaton) said something to me.
article_snippet.sent: I responded back to The Royals starter,' The Royals starter said. '
article_snippet.sent: It wasn't my intention, but maybe The Royals starter interpreted my intention from the way I fielded the ground ball, but my intention was a hard comebacker, kind of put me off-balance, at which point I took those steps that incited The Royals starter and The Royals starter responded back, clearly emotional.'
article_snippet.sent: Royals won the game 3-2 in 13 innings, which is the first of a four-game series.
article_snippet.sent: This is not the first time Royals have had tensions with other teams.
article_snippet.sent: Last weekend, Royals clash with Oakland Athletics landed scrappy Ventura with a fine for The Royals starter actions.
article_snippet.sent: The Royals starter was also  involved in the team's disagreements with the Los Angeles Angels.
article_snippet.sent: In the three-game series against Oakland Athletics, the teams clashed almost every match until five players and coaches were thrown out of the finale.
article_snippet.sent: the teams included Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera, who threw that fastball behind the head of Brett  
highlights_snippet.sent: Began after dispute between the Royals' Ventura and White Sox's Eaton .
  