Benches Clear After Tampa Bay Rays Plunk Philadelphia Phillies' Nick Castellanos

The Tampa Bay Rays were hanging around with the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night, until everything fell apart in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Veteran reliever Richard Lovelady, who got the final out of the seventh, came back out for the following frame with the score tied 4-4. After forcing a groundout and giving up a walk and a double, Lovelady got the hook in favor of Edwin Uceta.

Uceta immediately let both inherited runners score on a double from Cal Stevenson. Buddy Kennedy drove in Stevenson two batters later, then Trea Turner continued the onslaught with a two-run home run.

Even with the Phillies leading 9-4, the collapse didn't stop there.

Uceta stayed in the game and let Bryce Harper smack a double to left. That brought up Nick Castellanos, who was the only Phillies player who had yet to log a plate appearance that inning.

On the first pitch of the at-bat, Uceta hit Castellanos in the hip with a 96 mile-per-hour sinker.

Castellanos started to yell at Uceta on his way down to first, while Harper marched towards the mound from behind. Both benches and bullpens cleared, and pushing and shoving ensued.

Uceta was ultimately ejected. His replacement, Hunter Bigge, punched out Bryson Slott to escape the two-man jam in short order.