The tip of a faculty baseball recreation between Jackson State and Prairie View A&M become a full brawl after a walk-off win by one of many SWAC groups.
The Saturday throwdown occurred after Prairie View A&M senior Trenton Bush hit a walk-off double and began to rejoice his game-winning hit close to second base.
The scene rapidly descended into chaos, and 9 gamers have been suspended by the SWAC for 4 video games.
Whereas the Prairie View celebration was taking place, Jackson State left fielder Davione Hull made a beeline for the Prairie View A&M celebration.
He then appeared to shove an opposing participant, prompting a scrum to interrupt out and the state of affairs to escalate from there.
Pushing and shoving continued between the 2 sides, however due to the gap of the digital camera, it was troublesome to discern what precisely occurred whereas each groups have been on the sphere.
Ultimately, because the groups have been separated, Jackson State outfielder/pitcher Arjun Huerta picked up Bush’s bat and tossed it towards the gang, in keeping with the Clarion Ledger.
The general public tackle announcer at Tankersley Subject could possibly be heard telling followers to not run onto the sphere whereas the melee was happening.
“All fans on the field will be banned. If you are a fan or a parent on the field, you will be banned. All players to the dugout,” he mentioned.
Each colleges have been handed a $25,000 high-quality for the incident by the convention.
The SWAC didn’t identify the gamers that have been suspended, although six gamers from Jackson State and three from Prairie View A&M will get bans, in keeping with the Clarion Ledger.
Regardless of the brouhaha, the 2 sides completed off the collection, and Prairie View A&M gained Sunday’s recreation, 9-5, to take the collection.
