Oops! Wrong guy

Was listening to WJPA Radio's Randy Gore and his pregame interview tonight with Wild Things third-base coach Bob Bozzuto. The subject was the benches-clearing incident in Saturday night's game.

According to Boz, the tag on the rundown happened about six feet from third base. With Windy City pitcher Ross Stout standing in the baseline ready to make the tag, Chris Sidick tried to run through Stout to get to the bag. After the collision, Stout came up swinging. Because the play happened at third base and in the first inning, the umpires got confused about who made the tag and threw the first punch. They reasoned that the play happened at third base, then it had to be ThunderBolts third baseman Josh Horn.

Horn was ejected, but it was actually Stout who was involved in the fight. Bozzuto said he tried to explain their mistake to the umpires, but it wasn't until later in the game that they figured out what he was telling them.

Apparently, that's why Horn didn't draw the automatic suspension that comes with an ejection for fighting.