BASEBRAWL: Sox fans fight cops at the Trop

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St. Petersburg, Florida -- An out-of-control fan struggled with security officers and police on the roof of the Tampa Bay Rays' dugout during Wednesday night's game against the Boston Red Sox.

St. Petersburg Police and Tropicana Field security finally subdued Christopher Sciesinski of Sarasota and led him out of the ballpark after a struggle that lasted several minutes.

The altercation between the fan and security began several rows up in the aisle, but moved onto the roof of the Rays' dugout when Sciesinski rushed down the aisle and tried to jump onto the field.

While a handful of Tropicana Field security officers in blue polo shirts raced over to hold down the man, two uniformed St. Petersburg Police officers walked down to the scene of the fight.

For several minutes, play came to a halt in the bottom of the seventh inning as the combined group of about a half-dozen security and law enforcement officers struggled to bring the man under control.

One of the St. Petersburg Police officers drew his Taser gun and held it to the back of Sciesinski's neck, but never discharged the device, according to a police spokesman quoted in this St. Petersburg Times article.

The same fan, Sciesinski, was removed from the stands earlier in the game by police after arguing with people in neighboring seats. Minutes after he was allowed to return to his seat, he began shouting "Let's go Red Sox!" into nearby fans' faces.

A few minutes after Sciesinski was hauled away, police and security rushed back into the same section of seats and removed another writhing, struggling man from the stadium. That man, who was wearing a Red Sox t-shirt, was Robert Mansour, also of Sarasota.

This second tussle did not interrupt the game, but 10 News reporter Grayson Kamm caught the incident on his cell phone camera.

After the Rays' 10-3 win, fans filing out of Tropicana Field's Gate 4 walked past a parked police transport van. A person inside was pounding on the van's walls and shaking the vehicle.

Pinellas County records show that Sciesinski is in jail on a count of disorderly conduct and Mansour is locked up, facing disorderly intoxication charges.