St. Louis Cardinals' Willson Contreras Exchanges Words With Milwaukee Brewers Dugout

First baseman Willson Contreras collided with Caleb Durbin on Saturday, leading the Milwaukee Brewers dugout to call out the St. Louis Cardinals first baseman.

Arlington, Texas, USA; St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras (40) catches a throw to first base and puts out Texas Rangers center fielder Wyatt Langford (36) during the ninth inning at Globe Life Field. | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

Willson Contreras, a catcher by trade, started some drama at first base on Saturday.

Milwaukee Brewers third baseman Caleb Durbin led off the bottom of the third with a ground ball to the hot corner. St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado took a crow hop and delivered the assist to Contreras on the other side of the diamond, beating Durbin to the bag.

After Contreras made the putout at his new position, though, he took a step back into the basepath, colliding with Durbin as he tried to run out the grounder.

Durbin took a spill, drawing some trash talk from the Brewers' dugout. Contreras chirped right back, defending himself while an umpire tried to keep things under control.

Some chirping going on between Willson Contreras and the Brewers dugout after a collision at first base pic.twitter.com/Lgkv2d0XR6

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When Contreras stepped up to the plate in the fifth, Jose Quintana hit him in the shoulder with an 89 mile-per-hour fastball. Warnings were issued to both dugouts.

Contreras had logged 11 appearances at first through his first four MLB seasons, then didn't play the position at all over the next five campaigns. He has ceded backstop duties in 2025, however, making all 54 of his appearances in the field this year at first.

The 33-year-old entered Saturday with two defensive runs saved since taking over at first full-time. Contreras is batting .255 with a .762 OPS on offense.

Contreras' younger brother, William, has been the Brewers' catcher for three seasons running. The two NL Central stars both homered in the ninth inning Saturday as St. Louis held on to win 8-5.

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