Angels, Braves players get into wild brawl after high pitch to Jorge Soler

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The Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves got into a frenzied fight on Tuesday night.

The incident occurred in the bottom of the fifth inning with one out and a runner on first base. Angels slugger Jorge Soler was at the plate facing off against Braves pitcher Reynaldo López.

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Los Angeles Angels' Jorge Soler and Atlanta Braves' Reynaldo López fought during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., on April 7, 2026. (Ethan Swope/AP)

López threw a pitch high and inside. The ball went over Jonah Heim’s glove, caromed off the backstop and Heim was able to recover the ball and fire it to second base to try to get the runner stealing second base. The throw was too late, but the fireworks started soon after the throw.

Soler appeared to take exception to the pitch and charged at López. Soler was throwing haymakers, while López was throwing punches to fend him off. Soler was tackled to the ground by Braves manager Walt Weiss before any major damage was done and López was forced out of the scrum.

The Angels player received a standing ovation as he walked back to the dugout following his immediate ejection.

"I love Soler. We were teammates here," Weiss said. "But that’s a big man, and so I just felt I've gotta get him off his feet because he’s gonna hurt somebody. And so that was my instinct, just to get in there and get Jorge off his feet, yeah, because he was on a warpath."

Weiss was an assistant coach with the Braves in 2021 when the Braves won the World Series. Soler was the World Series MVP that year. He and López were teammates in 2024.

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