Peoria Chiefs vs Dayton Dragons Fight

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DAYTON, Ohio -- Fifteen players and both managers were ejected -- and a fan was sent to the hospital -- following a 10-minute, benches-clearing brawl in a Class-A minor league game between affiliates of the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs on Thursday night.

The ejections were reversed by the league president George Spelius and the game was completed with Dayton winning 6-5.

The fan was taken to the hospital after being hit by a ball thrown by Peoria (Cubs) pitcher Julio Castillo, who was throwing at the Dayton (Reds) dugout but missed during the first-inning melee between Midwest League teams.

Castillo was arrested and faces one count of felonious assault. He is in the Montgomery County Jail and has a court appearance Friday.

After a Peoria player was hit in the top of the first, Castillo hit two batters in the bottom half -- one in the head. The second hit batsmen by Castillo, Angel Cabrerra, made an aggressive slide into second to break up a double play. Castillo followed that by throwing his next pitch up-and-in to the next Dayton batter, prompting Dayton manager Donnie Scott to complain to the home plate umpire. Interim Peoria manager Carmelo Martinez -- filling in for Ryne Sanberg -- came onto the field to join the discussion.

The two managers began arguing, and when Martinez pushed Scott, the benches emptied.

Dayton shortstop Zack Cozart had to leave the game after being hit in the head with a pitch and Peoria second baseman Gian Guzman went out with a broken left leg, the Dayton Daily News reported.

During an hour-long delay, the teams protested the ejections by phone to league president George Spelius, saying they didn't want pitchers playing in the outfield to complete the game.

Spelius will take appropriate action once video footage of the game has been reviewed, Dayton general manager Gary Mayse said in a statement.

A telephone message left by The Associated Press left for Reds general manager Walt Jocketty, who attended the game, was not immediately returned.

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• Cincinnati
• Reds
• Chicago
• Cubs
• Peoria
• Chiefs
• Dayton
• Dragons
• Julio
• Castillo
• Carmelo
• Martinez
• Ryne
• Sanberg
• Fight

[BeatPushaProductions]

how is he a pitcher if he cant even throw. how does he miss and hit a fan. souldnt be a pitcher. he sucks

[ylekiot43]

Castilla looks like Red Sox bullpen material.

[KatieBakeins]

Juan C. Was at the game I went to today (Monday, May 23, 2011, on which we got rained out before the first half hour). I love the Dragons ♥ And it's hard to watch my hometown team get into a fight.

[Ryan0556]

Im from Peoria and I didn't realize this happened... just found this... wow i should watch the local news more often

[TheCuttymane]

All my niggaz Gung ho- Cutthroat- Animals!

[LunayyYasminaa53]

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[Hoodhitta]

damn was this in tha fifth third field riqht downtown ??

i hate baseball but i woulda went if i woulda known niqqas would qet mad && start fiqhtin =D

[Tojoballer]

@ylekiot43 its julio castillo

[sirrahttam]

my gun had 97 on that ball Castilla threw

[ThEsHeEn117]

I was there, dayton totally kicked ass. Everyone went after the pitcher, and i think the fan that got hit got free box seats.

[pointxgame]

the whole dugout was his strike zone...and he missed, he's going pro

[iDropBabies]

he prolly missed because he was so pissed, he might not even have been aiming at the dugout, it might have just been an act of rage, you know to throw something as hard as you can, with no control, that kinda thing