Benches cleared during a Yankees-Mets Triple-A game for the second straight day. And it centered on the same players.
In the ninth inning, Syracuse Mets reliever Arquimedes Caminero threw up and in to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre first baseman Mike Ford, resulting in Caminero's ejection for the second straight game.
On Sunday, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's Mike Ford set off a skirmish with a home run trot that the Syracuse Mets took offense to. Monday was almost round two as Mets reliever Arquimedes Caminero buzzed him with a high pitch, setting off this staredown. pic.twitter.com/k0ivhxbYRt
- Syracuse Baseball (@syrbaseball) May 27, 2019
Here we go again. @SyracuseMets @swbrailriders ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/vPYxtbSc3E
- Mike Lindsley (@MikeLsports) May 27, 2019
Ford, who played in 10 MLB games with the Yankees earlier this season, hit a go-ahead homer off Caminero in the seventh inning of Sunday's game.
Caminero followed by hitting the RailRiders' Breyvic Valera in the back, resulting in his ejection and a benches-clearing brawl.
Bad blood in IL @Yankees @Mets @SyracuseMets @swbrailriders All because @Mike7Ford had the nerve to hit homer. pic.twitter.com/kkxCkyrNxa
- Andy Collins (@AndyNY2) May 27, 2019
Caminero was the only player ejected on Monday as Syracuse won 9-5.
On Sunday, Syracuse shortstop Danny Espinosa and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre outfielder Logan Morrison were also ejected for their roles in the brawl.
The two teams play again in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a four-game series beginning on June 7.