Things get heated at Tropicana Field

The rivalry between the Blue Jays and Rays went up a notch when the division foes got into a dugoutsclearing incident Saturday afternoon at Tropicana Field.

Jays lefty-hander Genesis Cabrera and Rays shortstop Jose Caballero bumped into each other following a play in the bottom of the seventh. The two players then exchanged words before Cabrera gave Caballero a two-handed shove, making contact with his face.

Cabrera and Caballero were quickly separated as players from both dugouts spilled onto the field and the entire encounter was over within a couple of minutes.

“The heat of the moment, it’s part of the game sometimes,” Cabrera said through an interpreter after the game. “It’s over with. That’s where it ends right there.”

Nine batters, nine runs

Baltimore’s lineup has looked formidable through the first two games of this season — and never more than in the sixth inning Saturday.

The Orioles made an entire trip through the batting order without an out starting the bottom of the sixth, with all nine hitters coming in to score against the Los Angeles Angels. They went on to win 23-4.

Ryan Mountcastle led off with a walk, and Ryan O’Hearn’s single chased Los Angeles starter Griffin Canning. Then Austin Hays hit an RBI single off Luis García, and Cedric Mullins followed with a runscoring double.

Jordan Westburg drove in two runs with a single, then Baltimore caught a break when shortstop Zach Neto made an error on Ramón Urías’s routine grounder. Guillermo Zuñiga relieved García and promptly allowed a two-run triple to Gunnar Henderson.

After a walk to Adley Rutschman, Anthony Santander hit a three-run homer. Nine batters, nine runs, still nobody out.

The last team to do that was the Kansas City Royals in the first inning on Sept. 29, 2023, against the New York Yankees, according to Sportradar.

‘‘ The heat of the moment, it’s part of the game sometimes.

GENESIS CABRERA BLUE JAYS RELIEVER