Tennessee commit in middle of bench-clearing brawl at Honkbalweek Haarlem
Kansas transfer and Tennessee baseball commit Maui Ahuna was in the middle of a bench-clearing brawl Thursday at the Honkbalweek Haarlem international baseball tournament in Netherlands.
Benches clear between Team USA vs Curaçao 👀👀 pic.twitter.com/APetybWY6T
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Ahuna, wearing jersey No. 10, was reportedly relaying pitch locations to the Team USA batter, per 11point7. A clearer view of the leadup to the altercation can be seen below:
For those wondering what happened. 10 (Ahuna) was trying to tell hitter location/pitches something along those lines and Curaçao wasn’t having it. pic.twitter.com/rAM07AETOE
— 11Point7: The College Baseball Podcast 🎙 (@11point7) July 14, 2022
And it seems Ahuna, who is a major part of Team USA’s success to this point in the tournament, will fit right in with the Tennessee faithful. The Vols developed a reputation of being the ‘villains’ of college baseball this past season, and Ahuna is showing he won’t be shying away from any altercations early.
Team USA held a 2-1 lead at this point against Curaçao in Thursday’s semifinals, but gave up a run the following frame. The two went to 10 innings, where Curaçao knocked through a run to take the win, 3-2.
Team USA will face off against one of Japan and Team Kingdon for the Bronze medal Friday, per USA Baseball’s official site.