Players Suspended in Tourists-Breeze Donnybrook
After an intense confrontation, both the Tourists <Frank Hickman:player#4751> and the Breeze <Alfredo Portal:player#20658> were handed their punishments today. The league commissioner's office issued suspensions for an on-the-field conflict that occurred at a recent <George Town :team#59>-<Virgina Beach:team#67> game. <Frank Hickman:player#4751> will miss 4 games, while <Alfredo Portal:player#20658> was suspended for 6 games.

"Sometimes we go too far and have to pay the consequences," <Frank Hickman:player#4751> commented later. "Hopefully cooler heads will prevail the next time we play."

This season, <Hickman:player#4751> is swinging the bat at a .318 rate with 27 hits in 85 at-bats. To date he has hit no home runs, scored 11 runs and driven in 10. 

In 4 starts this year, <Portal:player#20658> has posted 1 win while suffering 3 losses. He has pitched 17.2 innings, allowed 26 hits, struck out 10 and has a 6.11 ERA.