Tensions boil over in Marlins-Giants game as benches clear in heated moment

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Tensions boiled over during the seventh inning of the Miami Marlins' 12-5 win over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Thursday. 

Giants first baseman Wilmer Flores struck out in the bottom of the seventh inning and was frustrated with the first base umpire for calling him out on the check swing. 

As Flores expressed his frustration with the first-base umpire, Marlins pitcher Cade Gibson started towards Flores and started yelling at him before being pushed away by the team’s coaching staff. 

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San Francisco Giants' Wilmer Flores, middle left, is held back by Jung Hoo Lee, middle right, and umpire Alfonso Marquez while reacting toward Miami Marlins players after Flores struck out to end the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Thursday, June 26, 2025.  (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

While Gibson was being pushed away, Flores tried to go towards him but was held back by teammate Jung Hoo Lee. The benches and bullpens emptied, but there was never a scrum as the umpires and coaches kept their respective teams on their sides of the field. 

Order was quickly restored and play resumed. The Marlins, invigorated by the benches clearing, scored four runs in the top of the eighth inning to make it 12-5 and put the game out of reach. 

The benches clearing was not the only contentious moment in Thursday’s game. 

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Miami Marlins bench coach Carson Vitale, second from left, gestures players toward the dugout after San Francisco Giants' Wilmer Flores struck out for the final out of the seventh inning of a baseball