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Dustin Garneau explains tackling Ramón Laureano during A's-Astros brawl

The A’s won 7-2 against the Houston Astros on Sunday to sweep the series, but not without some drama.

The teams cleared the benches after Ramón Laureano charged at Astros hitting coach Alex Cintrón for saying something to him. Laureano had just been hit by a pitch for the second time of the day and was walking toward first base.

This was the result:

Laureano charges the Astros dugout and the brawl breaks out pic.twitter.com/CQ2K8kFnlb

— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) August 9, 2020

Laureano wasn't happy with the Astros after he got hit by a pitch pic.