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scuffleball · 01-19-2007, 11:17 AM

Monsters Fall 6-0 to Fairmont; Players Clear Benches
July 7, 2007
MORGANTOWN, WV - The Morgantown Monsters lost to the Fairmont Engineers this afternoon at Monongalia County Field, 6-0, before 3,192 testy and temperamental fans. Monsters ace, David Slater, was chased after an eventful seven and two-thirds innings by four Engineer runs in the seventh and fatigue in the eighth, losing only his second game of the season and dropping his record to a league-leading 15-2 mark.

The seventh inning saw the game degenerate into a shoving match and both benches cleared and tempers erupted in an already testy game. Slater, who had been throwing inside all night, rudely brushed back two consecutive Engineer batters early in the eighth inning. Engineer's first basemen, Mark Weaver, apparently said something from the dugout, to which Slater replied. It was then that both benches cleared.

Both teams wrestled, shoved, and argued at the mound and homeplate for several minutes before being separated and returning to their benches. Fans littered the field with trash, prompting a 22-minute delay to clean up the field. Despite the eruption, no punches were thrown and no one was ejected from either side.

"It's just one of those things," Slater stated after the game. "Apparently, some of their players don't like inside pitching."

"I just asked him if he was planning on throwing at all our guys or just the ones he wasn't afraid of," Weaver said, concerning what he had said to Slater that instigated the melee.

Weaver wouldn't say what Slater had replied back with that brought Engineer players off the bench.

"That's just between me and him," Slater coyly answered, declining to repeat his words. "If he wants to tell you, that's fine, but I'm moving on."

"Just another day in the best rivalry in the Mountaineer League," Engineers manager Daniel Poe surmised with a grin. "What do you want me to say? I don't think the league is going to suspend anybody. The umpire today let it go because no one threw any punches. We were just making a statement out there, that the best pitcher in the league doesn't intimidate us. That's baseball - guys sticking up for one another."

01-19-2007, 11:17 AM	#43 (permalink)
scuffleball Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2003 Location: USA Posts: 237 Thanks: 44 Thanked 7x in 6 posts	Monsters Fall 6-0 to Fairmont; Players Clear Benches July 7, 2007 MORGANTOWN, WV - The Morgantown Monsters lost to the Fairmont Engineers this afternoon at Monongalia County Field, 6-0, before 3,192 testy and temperamental fans. Monsters ace, David Slater, was chased after an eventful seven and two-thirds innings by four Engineer runs in the seventh and fatigue in the eighth, losing only his second game of the season and dropping his record to a league-leading 15-2 mark. The seventh inning saw the game degenerate into a shoving match and both benches cleared and tempers erupted in an already testy game. Slater, who had been throwing inside all night, rudely brushed back two consecutive Engineer batters early in the eighth inning. Engineer's first basemen, Mark Weaver, apparently said something from the dugout, to which Slater replied. It was then that both benches cleared. Both teams wrestled, shoved, and argued at the mound and homeplate for several minutes before being separated and returning to their benches. Fans littered the field with trash, prompting a 22-minute delay to clean up the field. Despite the eruption, no punches were thrown and no one was ejected from either side. "It's just one of those things," Slater stated after the game. "Apparently, some of their players don't like inside pitching." "I just asked him if he was planning on throwing at all our guys or just the ones he wasn't afraid of," Weaver said, concerning what he had said to Slater that instigated the melee. Weaver wouldn't say what Slater had replied back with that brought Engineer players off the bench. "That's just between me and him," Slater coyly answered, declining to repeat his words. "If he wants to tell you, that's fine, but I'm moving on." "Just another day in the best rivalry in the Mountaineer League," Engineers manager Daniel Poe surmised with a grin. "What do you want me to say? I don't think the league is going to suspend anybody. The umpire today let it go because no one threw any punches. We were just making a statement out there, that the best pitcher in the league doesn't intimidate us. That's baseball - guys sticking up for one another." __________________ I came. I saw. I played OOTP. The Storm Tigers - my book, check it out! Last edited by scuffleball; 01-19-2007 at 11:19 AM.