Vogelsang and Porteiro Suspended for Free-for-All
Yesterday at High Rock Park <Niek Vogelsang:player#10408> and <Lílian Porteiro:player#6097> 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 <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> and <El Paso Express:team#29>. 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 <Vogelsang:player#10408> will have to sit out 5 while <Porteiro:player#6097> would be given a 6-game suspension for their roles in the brawl. 

For the year <Vogelsang:player#10408> has hit .301 with 7 home runs, 29 RBIs and scored 30 runs.

This season <Porteiro:player#6097> has a 9-5 mark in 25 starts with a 4.20 ERA. He has given up 157 hits in 145.2 innings, struck out 85 and issued 64 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .280 batting average against him. 