David Ortiz, who homered in the first inning, whiffed on a few punches during an eighth-inning, bench-clearing brawl with Orioles reliever Kevin Gregg. The incident took place in Boston's 10-3 win over Baltimore on Friday night at Fenway Park. Ortiz and Gregg exchanged several wild punches, both coming close but not quite connecting in what could have turned into an even uglier scene as the benches and bullpens cleared for the second time in the inning. "I think you show them that we're not backing down. We're not scared of them -- them and their $180 million payroll," Gregg said. "We don't care. We're here to play the game. We have just as much right to play the game here and we're going to do everything we can to win." Gregg said he yelled at Ortiz for not running toward first on a popout, which apparently enraged Ortiz. "I was actually watching the ball and then you look down and there's two humongous guys going at it," Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia. "In that situation you just try to support your teammates and you try to break it up. That's pretty much it." Ortiz and Gregg were both ejected.