Houston-Birmingham Fight Results in Suspensions
Yesterday at Stampede Park <Reed Coyle:player#8671> and <Jim Patterson:player#3510> 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 <Houston Stampede:team#9> and <Birmingham Vulcans:team#20>. 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 <Coyle:player#8671> will have to sit out 3 while <Patterson:player#3510> would be given a 7-game suspension for their roles in the brawl. 

For the year <Coyle:player#8671> has hit .297 with 9 home runs, 32 RBIs and scored 31 runs.

This year <Patterson:player#3510> has 3 saves, totaled 29.2 innings, allowed 43 base hits and fashioned a 5.46 ERA while racking up 14 strikeouts and a record of 2 wins and 3 losses.