The San Diego Padres dropped their fourth game in a row in a frustrating contest against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday. Right-hander Nick Pivetta plucked Ca

After using several relievers in a 15-3 loss on Friday, the Houston Astros bring up Luis Contreras for a fresh arm in bullpen.

The benches cleared in the second inning of the Padres-Cardinals game at Busch Stadium on Friday night after Willson Contreras was hit by a Nick Pivetta fastball. Ultimately, nothing came of the incident -- aside from warnings for both sides and,

Benches cleared in San Diego after Willson Contreras exchanged words with Nick Pivetta during the Cardinals' 3-0 win over the Padres.

The Astros recalled Contreras from Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday. Since being moved to the minors in mid-April, Contreras has poste a 3.34 ERA and 1.37 WHIP alongside a 27:19 K:BB through 29.2 innings. He'll now get another shot as a middle reliever for the big-league squad, replacing Nick Hernandez.

Astros make a change to their bullpen after winding up on wrong side of history in Friday's loss vs. Nick Kurtz and the Athletics

If Wednesday’s shutout loss in Colorado was a particularly acute source of frustration for the Cardinals, they were able to work through some of those frustrations with Thursday night’s offensive explosion.

The Astros recalled Contreras from Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday. Since being moved to the minors in mid-April, Contreras has poste a 3.34 ERA and 1.37 WHIP alongside a 27:19 K:BB through 29.2 innings. He'll now get another shot as a middle reliever for the big-league squad, replacing Nick Hernandez.