Chip Hale may be on the hot seat,but the Diamondbacks manager is going to stick up for his players until the bitter end.

Hale warned other teamsabout Christian Djoos Jersey hittingleadoff batter Jean Segura, who was upset at the latest pitcher to hit him. On Friday,Segura led off with a homer off Reds pitcherDan Straily, John Carlson Jersey who plunked him in the backin his next at-bat. While umpires warned each bench, Hale thoughtit looked as if Straily hit Seguraon purpose.

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"For the umpire to give a warning takes away your chance to show Jean you Braden Holtby Jersey 're behind him," Hale told reporters,. "We have to protect our teammates Brooks Orpik Jersey . We talk about it with our pitchers.

"I hope these opposing pitchers understand that if they're going to continue to hit our players, especially when it Lars Eller Jersey looks like and it looked like that in San Francisco and it looked like that last night that the pitcher hit him because he hit a home run, there's going to be Washington Capitals Jersey some retribution at some point."

It was the eighth time Segura has been hit this season, tied for eighth most in the NL.