"Surprised it hasn't happened before with that guy," Giants starter Logan Webb said of Freeland. "He runs his mouth a lot of the time. Rafi got him good."

Adames and Chapman, the next two hitters behind Devers, rushed to the scene to back up their teammate. Chapman pushed Freeland, and Devers began taking some swipes. As players were being restrained, Adames tried to go after Freeland again. He was halted by bench coach Ryan Christenson.

As the four umpires huddled, Devers walked to first base and stood on the bag and eventually was told by an ump to continue running the bases. Devers completed the final 270 feet, and it turned out to be a nifty 8-minute home run trot.

"That's a first," Melvin said.

After the game, in an interview with a pool reporter, crew chief Dan Bellino said Freeland was ejected because "he was an instigator. Same with Chapman. He was an instigator. And Adames, while initially he was not one of the instigators, he prolonged the bench-clearing situation by instigating a second melee."

Bellino called Chapman's actions "overly aggressive."

The Giants are hoping neither of their left-side infielders will be suspended.

"We didn't do anything drastic that merits any suspensions," Devers said. "It was nothing out of the ordinary."

A frustrated Freeland, whose team lost its 100th game, offered a different opinion and said Devers should have been ejected, too, claiming the Giant was among those who pushed him.

Adames, who turned 30 Tuesday, never got a birthday at-bat. Casey Schmitt, who wasn't supposed to play because of his tender right elbow -- he was pelted by a pitch in Monday's opener -- hit for Adames, and Dominic Smith hit for Chapman.

Defensively, Christian Koss moved from second to short, Schmitt played second, and Dom Smith played first.

Most stunning of all, Melvin put Devers at third base, the position he used to play in Boston before his well-chronicled falling out with the Red Sox. It was Devers' first appearance at third this season (he hadn't even taken grounders at the position), and he looked right at home, making several nice plays -- perhaps it helped that he borrowed Chapman's glove.

"I didn't hesitate. (Melvin) asked me to play third base, and I'm here to help the team," Devers said.

When the dust settled, several house cleaning items needed addressing: