NEW YORK -- Mickey Callaway was walking through the clubhouse tunnel, not yet in front of a television when
\n\nAll of that happened to varying degrees in their victory, though the lingering image was of what happened in the fifth.\n\nWith the bases empty and one out, Arrieta plunked Frazier on the left elbow with an 0-1 changeup. Frazier, who had also been hit the previous night, slammed his bat to the dirt and began barking at Arrieta. Both benches stirred, but did not empty, as catcher J.T. Realmuto and Gibson walked Frazier down to first base.\n\nThe episode seemed to fizzle until Gibson decided to warn both benches, sparking additional anger from Frazier at first base. Gibson promptly ejected him.
\n\n“Basically, the way it all went down, the way the emotions were running, I decided I needed to issue warnings, because it was unintentional, in my judgment,” Gibson said of Arrieta’s pitch.\n\nGibson noted that he and his crew were well aware of the history between these two clubs. In an April game at Citi Field, reliever Jacob Rhame twice threw balls near the head of Phillies' slugger Rhys Hoskins, earning Rhame a two-game suspension that he still has not served, since the Mets optioned Rhame to Triple-A Syracuse before he could.\n\nEven so, Gibson said he believed both Arrieta’s pitch to Frazier, and a subsequent Arrieta changeup that struck Amed Rosario, were unintentional. After the latter, Callaway came sprinting out of the dugout to argue that Arrieta, given the warnings in place, should be ejected. Gibson tossed Callaway instead.\n\n“We just got one of our players thrown out, and then the guy comes and hits a batter two batters later,” Callaway said. “I felt like I needed to protect our players at that point.”
\n\nFrazier bolted Citi Field late Saturday without commenting or responding to Arrieta’s remarks, though perhaps the non-ejection worked in the Mets’ favor. Arrieta faced only one additional batter, serving up Nido’s three-run double to turn a one-run Mets' deficit into a two-run lead, before departing.\n\n“In that situation right there, it was a perfect example of trying to use the whole field,” Nido said. “They wanted me to ground out there, turn a double play. I just made sure to stay back, and get the ball in the air in the gap.”\n\nNido’s hit took