Gabe Kapler has a bone to pick with the Braves.
The Phillies manager blasted Atlanta after the team's 5-1 win at home over Braves pitcher Shane Carle's high pitch that drilled Rhys Hoskins in the shoulder.
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"It really pisses me off when balls go off Rhys Hoskins' chin," Kapler said, Philly.com. "Really bugs me."
Kapler added Hoskins was knocked down three times in the series and that he was the "heartbeat" of the Phillies.
Hoskins also was upset by the pitch, admitting he called Carle "a few bad names" on the way to first base. However, he said later he didn't think Carle intentionally beaned him.
“I don’t know if there was intent behind it,” Hoskins said. “Given the situation of the game, it doesn’t seem that there was, but you never know.”
Is was speculated Bryce Harper's home run two pitches earlier could have prompted the hit, but Hoskins seemed to dismiss that, as well.
When Kapler was asked about this season versus the Braves compared to last season, where Philadelphia dropped two of its last three games against Atlanta, he had a simple answer.
“Two different ballclubs,” Kapler said. “The energy is obviously much, much different.”