Brewers' Rhys Hoskins on Mets' Yohan Ramírez: 'Big Leaguers Don't Miss by 8 Feet'

A day after Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Rhys Hoskins slide into New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil resulted in both teams' benches clearing, Mets pitcher Yohan Ramírez threw a pitch behind Hoskins and was ejected.

After the game, Hoskins gave his thoughts on the pitch, which could be perceived as intentional.

"Big leaguers don't miss by eight feet," Hoskins said, per the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel's Todd Rosiak. "Whether or not it was on purpose, that's not for me to decide. I really don't care. But this game has had a way of policing itself for many, many, many years. So let's focus on doing it the right way if we're going to do that."

Hoskins, who finished the game going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI, called the move to throw behind him "bad baseball" in a close-game situation. The Brewers won the game 7-6.

"It seems to be bad baseball on their part to put a runner on second base with less than two outs in a semi-close game and you're losing," Hoskins said. "I'll take the Brewers being in a better position to win the game every single time."

After the game, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza explained the pitch from his view, claiming it wasn't intentional despite how it might have seemed in the moment.

"You hate to see it. Obviously, when it first happened, I couldn't tell what the pitch was. Definitely not trying to hit him," Mendoza said. "I understand their frustration with everything that's going on, what happened yesterday and things like that. He threw behind him, and it's going to be a topic because of what happened yesterday... I know it looks really bad, but we're not trying to hit anybody here."

Whether the pitch was intentional is up for interpretation, but the first two matchups between the Brewers and Mets indicate there could be a rivalry forming this season. The Brewers won both of the first two games and will be looking to close out the series with another win on Sunday.