Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds continue series day after tempers flare, Cubs’ manager David Ross ejected

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The Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds continued their four-game series Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after tempers flared between the two NL Central clubs. 

Wednesday night, Chicago manager David Ross was ejected in the top of the ninth inning after Cubs third baseman Patrick Wisdom was hit in the arm by a pitch from Cincinnati reliever Hunter Strickland. 

Umpire Dan Merzel ejects Chicago Cubs manager David Ross in the ninth inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park May 25, 2022, in Cincinnati.  (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Tensions between the two teams had been building since the inning before when Cubs reliever Rowan Wick buzzed Reds first baseman Joey Votto with a 93 mph fastball in the bottom of the eighth. 

Votto, who walked on four pitches, yelled at Wick on his way to first base. Wick appeared to say something to Votto after the walk, clearly angering Votto. The Reds first baseman continued to chirp at Wick once on first base, also yelling toward the Cubs dugout. 

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After Wisdom was hit in the top half of the next inning, Ross emerged from his dugout to argue with home plate umpire Dan Merzel and was quickly ejected. 

"Joey (Votto) walking toward Wick, them hitting Wisdom, two umpires wanting to discuss whether they thought it was intentional or not and nobody doing that, I just wanted to know why," Ross said. "Pretty commonplace when there's a lot of jawing going on, that the umpires get together. They usually err on the side of warning."

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