After a rough series with Oakland, the Royals seem to keep the trouble going in Chicago:

Nerves appeared to be on edge after the White Sox’s Jose Abreu was hit in the left elbow by a Yordano Ventura pitch in the fourth inning, and the Royals’ Mike Moustakas was hit in the upper right arm by a Chris Sale pitch one inning later. Both benches were warned after Moustakas was hit.

But things didn’t get ugly until Adam Eaton hit a comebacker at Ventura in the seventh inning. Television replays appeared to show that Ventura barked an expletive at Eaton before throwing to first base for the out.

Both Eaton and Ventura were quickly restrained by umpires, but once both teams gathered on the infield, punches began flying. Jeff Samardzija lost his footing at one point in the fracas, with a dogpile quickly forming near the first-base bag.

The White Sox saw Sale and Samardzija get tossed, while the Royals lost Ventura, Lorenzo Cain and Edinson Volquez.

Abreu was Ventura’s third hit batter this season in four games. He’s walked six in 22 innings, so he’s hardly wild. The teams are going to the eleventh inning tied at two.