AVENTURA, Fla. — A Miami man is facing a felony charge after police said he attacked a fellow softball player with a bat, sending him to a trauma center during a brawl that broke out during a game in Aventura over the weekend.

Aventura police said it happened during a softball league game at Waterways Park, located at 3310 NE 213th St., on Sunday morning.

Authorities said at around 9:30 a.m., a verbal dispute broke out between the teams, which led to pushing and shoving between “multiple players.”

Police said during the brawl, Roberto Araujo, 41, of Allapattah, grabbed a metal bat and and hit the victim in the back of the head.

Medics took the victim to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital as a trauma alert patient, according to an arrest report.

Authorities said CCTV footage showed Araujo swinging the bat and hitting the victim, causing the latter’s baseball cap to pop off.

Officers arrested Araujo on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

As of Monday afternoon, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set” in online records.

Bat attack during Aventura softball brawl leaves 1 hurt, 1 jailed, cops say

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