A bench-clearing brawl in a recent Australian Baseball League game brough record-breaking league sanctions and discipline, and also led to Seattle Mariners pitching prospect Troy Scott being arrested on Thursday for an assault charge related to his involvement in the fight.
Per Mark Townsend of Yahoo! Sports, "the incident in question took place on Jan. 16, when Scott and his Adelaide Bite teammates took on the Melbourne Aces. During the late innings of Adelaide's 8-2 victory, a beanball war broke out between the rivals, with the bad blood finally boiling over in the final half-inning. During the incident, which was broadcast on Australian television, Scott allegedly punched Melbourne designated hitter Kellin Deglan in the face, leaving him with facial injuries that required dental work."
The Mariners' 18th round selection in the 2013 MLB Draft, Scott was initially suspended six games for the incident - the longest suspension in Australian League history. However, that has been amended to an indefinite ban, keeping Scott out of the currently ongoing ABL Championship Series.
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