Nyjer Morgan charged the mound after Chris Volstad threw an errant pitch earlier this week. A brawl ensued where no strikes were landed (Sorry, Morgan glanced his punch off Volstad’s neck.), but Gaby Sanchez clothes lined Morgan. Sanchez spoke with 790 The Ticket about the fight. He was just protecting his pitcher.

From Sports Radio Interviews:

On what he was thinking when the brawl started:

“I was really just wanting him to not hurt my pitcher. That was the biggest thing. The only thing I was thinking of when I was going over there was, ‘I need to get him off of my pitcher as fast and as quick as I possibly can.”

On whether there would be a funnier guy on the Marlins to get in a fight than “pale, thin, pasty, pink Chris Volstad:”

“That was a shock to me. As I was running in, I don’t know how I didn’t start laughing when I heard him throw down his glove and say ‘Bring it on.’ … I would never have thought [he would be the one to do it]. He’s a tough kid, but just in the situation, it definitely surprised me. I was happy about it with him because he shows that he is a tough guy and he’s not going to take anything.”

On whether Volstad thanked him:

“Yeah, he definitely came up to me and gave me a hug and said thanks for being there. I told him, ‘No problem. I would be there every single time.’ We’re basically a family. We’re always together, always in the clubhouse and when you’re playing on a Major League team, it’s basically a family situation. When somebody is coming after you’re pitcher, it’s like he’s going after your family member.”

Read the rest over at Sports Radio Interviews.

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