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Three Ejected After Benches Clear on Hard Tag in CMU–Toledo Game

A widely shared video captured pitcher Max Hammond shoving runner Luke Walton to the ground before officials quickly restored order.

Overview

  • The confrontation began in the top of the seventh when Central Michigan reliever Max Hammond applied a hard, two-armed tag that knocked Toledo’s Luke Walton down on a slow chopper up the first-base line.
  • Hammond and Walton were ejected along with an unidentified Toledo player, according to a Central Michigan athletic department spokesperson.
  • Umpires contained the scrum with only light shoving reported, and the game continued without further incident.
  • Central Michigan won 6-5 in 11 innings on an RBI single by Harrison Bowman.
  • A clip of the play posted by Jomboy Media spread widely on social media, drawing broad attention to the benches-clearing incident in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.