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- Updated: July 19, 2016
OAKLAND — Astros starter Mike Fiers admitted his emotions got the best of him in the fourth inning of Monday’s 7-4 loss to the A’s at the Coliseum. The inning unraveled quickly on Fiers and led to dugout tiffs between Fiers and manager A.J. Hinch, then Fiers and outfielder Carlos Gomez.
After the game, everyone involved echoed the same tone, saying the highly charged emotions are proof how much the Astros care and they’ll emerge stronger because of it. Fiers was one strike away from pitching a 1-2-3 fourth inning before he allowed the next five batters to reach, and all of them scored.
Fiers appeared to have words with Hinch on the mound, and it carried over to the dugout, where pitcher Doug Fister pushed Fiers away from the manager. At the end of the inning, Carlos Gomez — Fiers’ teammate in Milwaukee who was traded with him to Houston a year ago — and Fiers had to be separated, again by Fister.
Television cameras later showed Fiers and Hinch having calmer conversations in the dugout during the next inning, and All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve had some words for Fiers as well.
“Being a competitive person out there, I want to stay in the game as long as I can,” said …
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