Willson Contreras had an epic meltdown when he was tossed from the series opener between the Cardinals and Pirates, having to be held back by coaches and inadvertently hitting one with his bat as he crashed out over a called third strike in the bottom of the seventh.

St. Louis led Pittsburgh, 6-5, when Contreras was rung up by home plate ump Derek Thomas.

As Contreras was walking away, he apparently looked back and said something in the direction of the umpire, which led to the ejection and the ensuing chaos. 4

Willson Contreras was so mad at this umpire that he threw a bat that hit his own coach and then launched a bunch of Hi-Chew onto the field pic.twitter.com/fslJY71FS6 — Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 26, 2025

Contreras spun around and charged back at Thomas as Cardin

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