Trevor Bauer Goes Savage on the Astros, Then Gets Owned by Chicago's Tim Anderson

Saturday night Trevor Bauer was the losing pitcher in a 5-0 setback to the Chicago White Sox, but prior to the game went after the Astros, a team he's had a long running rivalry with. It started with a pair of "trash can" cleats, followed by a shirt after the game. Then there was the White Sox Tim Anderson, who returned the favor back to Bauer hitting a homer and telling the Reds broadcast team to tell Bauer to post that video on his website.

Former Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer had a pretty interesting night Saturday in Cincinnati when he was on the mound for the Reds against the AL Central leading Chicago White Sox.

Bauer lasted seven innings in the loss, allowing two runs on five hits with a walk and five K's in an eventual Reds 5-0 loss.

The always outspoken pitcher made waves prior to the game when he sent out a tweet promoting his cleats he would wear for the start

Cleat game 💪🏻

— Trevor Bauer (トレバー・バウアー) (@BauerOutage) September 19, 2020

What Bauer produced was epic, cleats with garbage cans on it - poking some fun at a team he's had a running rivalry with - the Houston Astros.

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In case you forgot, the Astros reportedly used trash cans during their World Series winning season to send signals to players about what pitches were being thrown.

Bauer's Garbage can shoes 

Bauer has been vocal about the Astros cheating scandal, and the shoes were not the only thing that he trolled the Astros with.

Reds beat reporter Bobby Nightengale for the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Bauer wore a shirt postgame with "Houston cheated," on it.

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Here's a pic of Bauer wearing that shirt from prior in the season.

Bauer wearing a "Houston Cheated" shirt

It's not the first time this season that Bauer sported a shirt claiming that the Astros had cheated.

Bauer poking more fun at the Astros

While Bauer was busy going after the Astros, one of the great young players in the game, White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson, had something to say about Bauer after hitting a homer against him.

Anderson hit a pair of homers in the win, the first against Bauer in the 5th inning, and then had something to say to the broadcast team about Bauer's "Momentum" website.

Tim Anderson took Trevor Bauer deep and then told the broadcast team to tell Bauer to put it on his YouTube channel. Savage. pic.twitter.com/QjYn8heZqj

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) September 20, 2020

Knowing Bauer and how much he loves the game and the back and forth, he likely doesn't have any issue with what Anderson had to say after taking him deep.

No matter, whenever Bauer takes the mound it's always interesting.

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