Brawl Night down on the farm

A 17 player brawl between the Dayton Dragons (Reds affiliate) and Peoria Chiefs (Cubs affiliate) got a bit out of control on Wednesday night especially after Peoria’s pitcher Julio Castillo threw a ball at Dayton’s dugout which missed, hitting a fan in the stands. The fan was taken to the hospital while Castillo was arrested and charged with one count of felonious assault. Yeah, missing that badly probably explains why Julio is still in Single-A.

The tangle was set off by a hit batsman, a Peoria player to be exact. Castillo (Peoria pitcher) then took it upon himself to one up the Dragons by hitting not one but two Dayton players. Zack Cozart who was hit in the head, had to leave the game. The second hit batter, Angel Cabrerra then “made an aggressive slide into second to break up a double play.” Castillo followed the unfavorable move by throwing a warning pitch to a Dragons player prompting their manager Donnie Scott to complain to the home plate ump. Peoria’s interim manger Carmelo Martinez (filling in for Ryne Sandberg) joined the conversation. Then things got nasty leading to 17 ejections. Only problem was, with that many ejections the game could not continue without pitchers playing the outfield. After a phone call to league president George Spelius the ejections were reversed and Dayton came out with a 6-5 win. All in a days work down on the farm.

Oh and Julio, watch out, because the popo are on your tail!
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It’s been fun blogging with you,
Kate