NEW YORK -- The Mets and Marlins' benches cleared in the bottom of the seventh inning of Sunday afternoon's series finale at Citi Field after Mets DH Mark Vientos was hit by a pitch from Miami starter Sandy Alcantara .

With the Marlins ahead 5-0 and Alcantara holding the Mets scoreless into the seventh, Alcantara's running 90.4 mph changeup caught Vientos on the leg.

Vientos stared down Alcantara as he headed to first base, and he and Alcantara began jawing at each other. Both benches and bullpens quickly emptied, with the teams coming together in the middle of the infield.

Order was quickly restored and no ejections were made. Both teams were issued warnings by the umpires. Vientos had gone 0-for-2 with a strikeout before the kerfuffle.

Brandon Nimmo -- who was quick-pitched by Al

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