BASEBALL

Former American League MVP Jose Canseco and his twin brother will stand trial in Miami on May 13 on battery charges stemming from a Halloween scuffle at a Miami Beach nightclub.

Canseco, a free agent after playing last season with the Chicago White Sox, and his brother Ozzie sat in the gallery for the brief hearing and had no comment as they left.

Jose Canseco faces two felony counts and one misdemeanor, and his brother faces two misdemeanors and one felony.

Police said Jose Canseco grabbed a club patron by the neck, punched him and broke his nose. A second man needed 20 stitches in his lip.

Canseco, who lives in Miami, said one of the men groped one of the women he was with. He acknowledged pushing the man but denied hitting him.

He was prosecuted twice for domestic violence in 1992 and 1998.

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