Minor League Brawl :: Dayton Dragon Vs Peroia Chiefs

July 24 2008
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.

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.

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.

Sandberg was in Cooperstown, N.Y., for the weekend's Hall of Fame induction ceremonies. Earlier this season, he was suspended three games for confronting the opposing manager during a game.

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[ghochmuth]

haha the pitcher threw towards the dugout but hit a fan.

that's why he's in the minors...

[MaRiie2012]

i hate how...this pitcher threw the ball and tried with all his might to make it go into the dugout and he missed....wow....no accuracy at all

[bball512345]

I was sitting two rows up from the guy that got hit it was pretty scary

[suggestedusername1]

@MaRiie2012 thats why he's in the minors

[generalbullmoose]

@xXSeanXx32 He's from Dominican Republic. Wouldn't shock me if he was deported, I do know he hasn't played in the U.S. since. Besides, his career record was 5-13 with a 4.79 ERA.

[DMart34]

@busdriverohio I hope you know he was throwing the ball at the dugout...completely missed...and therefore hit the fan

[kcraven25]

@MaRiie2012 thats why he was in the minors... :)

[Keenanirish]

I remember watching that pitcher earlier in the year, I'm not surprised he missed the dugout.

[cepdv]

Juuuust a bit outside!

[PGOLDEN88]

This is the kind of attention that baseball DOESN'T need.

[busdriverohio]

I salute the Dragons player for tackling Castillo. Nobody throws a baseball at a fan and gets away with it. It doesn't matter if he was 'aiming' for the dugout either. Wish I could go to more Dragon's games.

[Ranteal]

Kinda tells you why that pitcher is in the minors. Seriously, that throw had no motion or style.