In the 4th inning of the Bugeaters/Hawk's June 12 game, AJ Burnett was getting knocked around: a leadoff triple, followed by a homerun and then an Adrian Gonzalez double. Burnett had had enough. He threw at Ben Paulsen who promptly charged the mound. He took out Burnett and made fast work of poor Eduardo Nunez who felt compelled to come to his pitcher's defense, sending both to the DL for over 40 games each. Paulsen was ejected, apparently without a scratch on him.
The moral of the story: don't mess with Ben Paulsen.
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6/12/2015, BUG24-HWK24, Progressive Field
A.J. Burnett was injured for this game and 47 more days
Eduardo Nunez was injured for this game and 43 more days
Ben Paulsen was ejected from this game
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Hawks batting
4-0 0 --- 00 Duffy,MM lined a triple to right center (X)
4-0 0 --3 00 Brantley grounded out to short, Duffy,MM scored (X)
4-1 1 --- 11 Dickerson,C homered deep to center (BCX)
4-2 1 --- 20 Gonzalez,A lined a double down the left field line (BBX)
4-2 1 -2- 10 Paulsen was hit by a pitch (BH)
Burnett left the game with an injury
Nunez left the game with an injury
Paulsen was ejected
Ross,R now pitching
Ozuna pinch running for Paulsen
4-2 1 12- 00 Realmuto grounded a double down the third base line,
Gonzalez,A scored, Ozuna to third (X)
4-3 1 -23 22 Escobar,A grounded out to third, Ozuna scored, Realmuto
to third (BSBFX)
4-4 2 --3 01 Burns lined a single to shallow left, Realmuto scored (CX)
4-5 2 1-- 10 Phillips flied out to left (B1X)