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League Punishes Pair for Fighting Monday, August 30th , 2060 Yesterday at Modern Woodmen Park Oliver Baker and Ramiro Juarez got into each other's space and then into each other's face. They began to grapple and fell to the ground. That's when it boiled over into a full-fledged bench-clearing tussle between the Quad Cities River Bandits and Lake County Captains. Reason finally prevailed as the umpires restored order. After much discussion, only the two major combatants were ejected from the game. Today the league office notified the ballclubs that Baker will have to sit out 4 while Juarez would be given a 9-game suspension for their roles in the brawl. A look at his season totals shows Baker with 6 home runs, .242 BA, .302 OBP, 18 RBIs and 20 runs scored. Juarez has taken the mound for 11 relief appearances this season, nailing down no saves while notching a 1-0 record with a 3.72 ERA. The Lake County reliever has limited opposing batters to a .293 batting average. |
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