David Ross ejection caps off tense night

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There are noises coming from the basement of the NL Central.Tensions escalated between the Cubs and Reds Wednesday night, as words were exchanged, a batter was hit, and Cubs manager David Ro s was ejected.Reds first baseman Joey Votto, who accounted for three of the Reds' four runs by homering and tripling in the early innings, felt the first shot acro s the bow from Cubs reliever Rowan Wick. Wick threw a fastball high and inside on Votto before walking him on four pitches.Cubs reliever Rowan Wick throws up and in on Joey Votto then Tomas Hertl Jersey yells at him after walking him on four pitchesThen Reds reliever Hunter Strickland hits Patrick Wisdom and Chicago manager David Ro s gets ejected Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) MORE:On Votto's way to first base after his traditional walk bat flip, Wick said something that looked suspiciously like either Brent Burns Jersey "nice walk motherf-----" or "washed motherf-----," although it's hard to say exactly what he said. Either way, Votto took i sue and started yelling at the Cubs dugout.Joey Votto was heated and had some words for Rowan Wick & the Cubs dugout (via ) FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) In the top of the ninth inning, Reds reliever Hunter Strickland hit the Cubs' Patrick Wisdom, who made a show of going to first. Eventually, Ro s left the dugout and got himself ejected.After the game, Wick had some hazy memories while Votto's seemed sharp.All I said was 'nice bat flip,'" Wick said after the game, Votto had a different recollection of events."He had something to say and I answered," Votto said in the Chris Tierney Jersey clubhouse after the game. "That's how ball is sometimes. You're competitive, and clearly he was competing and locked in on performing well. And I'm pulling on the opposite end of the same rope. And if someone says something to me, sometimes I don't answer. But I wasn't in the mood to keep my mouth shut. And it's part of the game."Joey Votto discu ses what happened between him and Cubs reliever Rowan Wick in the 8th inning and insists that Hunter Strickland was not intentionally throwing at Patrick Wisdom in the 9th. Bally Sports Cincinnati (@BallySportsCIN) Votto added that Strickland hitting Wisdom wasn't intentional."You don't put the tying run at the plate with one out, that was absolutely unintentional," he said. "We are trying to win a baseball game and our closer's coming in, and he just misfires a ball. We don't get paid for retribution. We get Mikkel Boedker Jersey paid to complete games, to perform well."Ro s, however, wasn't so sure.MORE:"I think typically with what happened the inning before, with Votto walking towards Wick and him not doing a lot and Strickland hitting Wisdom, and two umpires wanting Joe Thornton Jersey to discu s about whether they thought it was intentional or not -- nobody doing that -- I didn't understand why, and so I wanted to know," "...Two guys wanting to get together and them not getting together? That was the frustrating part for me."Wisdom was eventually driven in, but Strickland completed the save, giving the Reds a 4-3 win in the third of a four-game series. They'll conclude Thursday.