Brewers' Pat Murphy calls Abner Uribe's mound antics 'unacceptable' - ESPN

MILWAUKEE — Brewers manager Pat Murphy said antics on the mound by Milwaukee reliever Abner Uribe after an inning-ending strikeout in a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night were unacceptable.

Uribe got Alec Burleson on a called third strike with two outs and runners on first and second in the eighth, the only inning he pitched. Uribe then made three WWE-style crotch chops while facing the Cardinals dugout.

The Cardinals challenged the call, which was close, but narrowly confirmed to be at the bottom of the strike zone.

«I don't know what got over him. I mean, he's been an emotional guy, but that kind of thing, that's just not how we do things,» Murphy said. «I was embarrassed by it. Why are we doing it? It's a 6-0 game. What are we doing there?»

«I love the kid. Believe me, I love the kid,» Murphy continued. «There's so much good in this kid. He's been so great for us in so many ways, but that's unacceptable. So, whatever's going on, you can't tolerate that. For his teammates, and for everything, it's not going to be tolerated, that's all there is to it.»

Murphy said he already talked with Uribe. Murphy also realized how close the pitch was to being overturned and the possible ramifications.

«The thing that I think about is if that challenge got overturned, you've got to reset and go back out there and pitch,» Murphy said. «This is Major League Baseball. Guys can reset, boom, base hit, dumper, homer, and all of a sudden it's 6-5.»

Uribe apologized through an interpreter but also directed some of the blame toward the Cardinals.

«Everyone here knows me and knows who I am, and knows I have a bit of a history of being emotional out there,» Uribe said. «I think first I owe an apology to the Brewers. I owe