The Seattle Mariners had a pregame altercation inside their clubhouse prior to Tuesday’s home game against the Baltimore Orioles, manager Scott Servais confirmed to reporters.Multiple reporters tweeted that they were asked to leave the clubhouse by Seattle’s Dee Gordon just before the melee happened behind closed doors. The combatants are unknown as Servais declined to reveal their identities.Servais met with reporters in the Mariners dugout a short time after the incident. Servais said he was on the field when the altercation occurred.”Things happen in a clubhouse,” Servais told reporters. “You’re talking about 25, or now in this case now 35, of the most competitive guys you’re ever gonna be around and you spend basically every waking moment together all the time. I’ve been on a number of different teams, it’s something that you will see at some point.”… Our guys are working through the situation. … It’s unfortunate but it’s something that happens.”The Mariners stand 5 1/2 games behind the Oakland Athletics for the American League’s second wild-card spot entering Tuesday’s contest. However, Seattle is just 21-29 over its last 50 games after a torrid 56-32 start.Servais said that an altercation isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”Sometimes it brings teams together,” Servais said. “Things reach a boiling point and you have to get it off your chest. You have very competitive people that all want to win.”
