Albert Pujols thought Will Venable threw an elbow while being tagged out to end the sixth inning in Sunday's game between the Cardinals and Padres. The team's benches and bullpens cleared following the incident, but no punches were thrown and umpires quickly restored order. "Last night he tried to run me over like he's playing freakin' football. A play like that you don't try to run people over," Pujols told the Associated Press. "Next time, if I would have known, I probably hit him in the face with the glove and tag him out there. He threw an elbow. He was out by a lot. It wasn't necessary, even to avoid a tag. Last night he jammed my wrist a little bit, and then tonight he tried to throw an elbow. That's pretty stupid." Venable added that it "was a whole lot of nothing." "It was one of those plays where I have to go along my path to the bag," Venable said. "It's what I was taught to do, just run hard to the bag. He thought differently and decided to stand there and look at me and I just asked him what his problem was."