Two players on the Potomac Nationals, Washington's Class-A affiliate in the Carolina League, were injured and hospitalized overnight Thursday, after a bench-clearing brawl with the Winston-Salem Warthogs, a White Sox affiliate.
Potomac catcher Brian Peacock suffered hairline fractures to verterbrae in his lower back and pitcher Clint Everts suffered a concussion.
The brawl came at the end of the game Thursday after Potomac's Brian Rogelstad tried to take out Winston-Salem's second baseman Victor Mercedes with a hard slide to avoid a game-ending double play. Rogelstad ended up getting called out for interference and beaten up in the process.
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