Mariners second baseman Dee Gordon asks reporters to leave team's clubhouse

Shortly after Seattle Mariners, second baseman Dee Gordon asked reporters to leave the team's clubhouse prior to Tuesday's home game against the Baltimore Orioles, the doors were shut. But that didn't keep the sounds of "yelling, bodies moving and commotion" from being heard by media members outside the clubhouse.

Then the doors "crashed open, showing an altercation between two players and about six players," according to The Seattle Times' Ryan Divish. According to multiple reports, shortstop Jean Segura was one of the players involved. Conflicting reports had catcher Mike Zunino serving as either participant or peacemaker. Divish reported that Zunino, Cameron Maybin, and Nick Vincent were seen trying to break things up.

And while other players, most notably Robinson Cano, came to settle things down, according to Divish, "Gordon could be heard screaming obscenities."

Divish cited sources saying Gordon and Segura were the principals in the fracas, which had its roots in a misplayed ball Monday night in center field.

Manager Scott Servais was on the field at the time and not in the clubhouse, and met with reporters in the Mariners dugout a short time after the incident.

"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 stood 5 1/2 games behind the Oakland Athletics for the American League's second wild-card spot entering Tuesday's contest. However, Seattle was 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 reached a boiling point and you have to get it off your chest. You have very competitive people that all want to win."

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