"That's a little scary. I think Barnes could have been seriously injured on that play. He basically swung straight down and backwards. I'm not saying it was intentional. But that was not a big-league swing right there. "I asked the umpire if I could just hit the catcher's glove every time. I've got a much better chance of doing that than hitting the ball." The incident happened one day after the benches cleared in the first game of the series after Dodgers reliever Dennis Santana hit Jorge Mateo. Dodgers pitcher David Price acknowledged after the first game that the L.A.-San Diego rivalry hit the "next level" after the benches cleared.