The incident occurred in the top of the eighth inning of Monday's game. At the end of a rundown play, Tavarez was covering the plate. As Gathright came sliding in, Tavarez tagged him out and inadvertently stepped on the outfielder's right forearm.
The speedy Gathright seemed to have an issue with how aggressively Tavarez was covering the plate with his left leg, and he gave the pitcher a slight nudge as he slid.
Irked by this, Tavarez landed a glancing blow to Gathright's chin area. He followed up with a hit to the top of the forehead.
Devil Rays infielder Greg Norton then piledrived Tavarez to the ground and both benches emptied.
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