WATCH: Bote reacts to Braves taking issue with his slide |
Monday night was a game to forget for the Chicago Cubs as they suffered a shutout 8-0 loss to the Braves while having a historic six error game on defense.
In the eighth inning, David Bote slid into second base without making any contact with Braves' Dansby Swanson. Swanson was upset about the play and Josh Donaldson had a few words with Bote. Both benches cleared and eventually, everything settled back to normal. Here is the entire benches clearing incident involving a double play turned at 2nd on David Bote. Looks like it was an 'unwritten rules' type of situation with @Braves up 8-0 on @Cubs in the 8th. #GoCubsGo pic.twitter.com/JbhaB9VQTF Bote spoke with the media following the game and was asked about the slide. "I just go hard every time," Bote said. "It was a clean slide, nothing dirty. No matter what the score, you play hard until the last out. I just play hard until the last out. Everything was clean."
