Chris Sale went to Royals clubhouse after being ejected in game brawl

— -- CHICAGO -- As the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals await punishment from Major League Baseball for their roles in an on-field brawl Thursday night, more information was revealed Friday on how things escalated behind the scenes.

White Sox manager Robin Ventura confirmed that pitcher Chris Sale, one of five players ejected Thursday, approached the Royals clubhouse after the fight. Sale was believed to have banged on the visitors clubhouse door in the eighth, one inning after the brawl.

Added Ventura: "Yeah, all emotions are running high at that point. I just found out about it. You've got to have a conversation, and you move on from there. Luckily, cooler heads prevailed and nothing happened."

A source indicated that injured Royals outfielder Alex Rios played a role in calming down Sale. Rios and Sale were teammates on the White Sox from 2010 until late in the 2013 season.

Asked about going to the Royals locker room, Sale declined to talk about it specifically.

"I mean, there's really nothing to talk about; it is what it is," Sale said. "What's done is done. It's all in the past. Baseball's a day-to-day sport. Every day is a new day, so anything that happened yesterday, we're ready to win a ballgame today, and we're just ready to put this all behind us. Come in every day ready to win, and that's what we're ready to do."

While Sale was ejected Thursday after giving up two runs over seven innings, it was not clear what his role was in the original fight to get the attention of umpires. As for the other players ejected -- the White Sox's Jeff Samardzija and the Royals' Lorenzo Cain, Yordano Ventura and Volquez -- their roles in the fight were much more clear.

Samardzija expressed regret about being an instigator, instead of a peacemaker, Thursday.

"Nobody wants to act that way," he said. "In a way, it's embarrassing, and you want to come back and show you want to be known for what you do on the field and the way you play the game. Obviously, look back on it and you're not happy about it, you're not proud about it, but I wear my emotions on my sleeve and I care for my teammates and I want to win every game."