Brewers Manager Calls Reliever's Mound Celebration Unacceptable

Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy said gestures made by reliever Abner Uribe after a called third strike in the eighth inning of a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night were unacceptable. Uribe struck out Alec Burleson with two outs and runners on first and second.

He then made three WWE-style crotch chops directed toward the Cardinals dugout. The Cardinals challenged the call, which was upheld.

"I don't know what got over him," Murphy said. " Murphy added that he had already spoken with Uribe and noted the risk if the call had been overturned. "If that challenge got overturned, you've got to reset and go back out there and pitch," he said.

Uribe apologized through an interpreter. "I owe an apology to the Brewers. I owe an apology to my teammates, to my manager, all the bosses of the team," he said. Uribe also said St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol had been making signs toward the Brewers dugout that Uribe interpreted as intent to hit Milwaukee batters. Marmol did not comment on the incident after the game.