Simon Booked for Battery

Pittsburgh first baseman Randall Simon was booked for misdemeanor battery for hitting one of the Milwaukee Brewers’ popular racing sausages with a bat during Wednesday night’s game.

Simon was released, said a spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department, who asked not to be identified. Simon will meet with the district attorney’s office today, and it will be up to prosecutors to determine whether formal charges are filed.

In an event that is a fan favorite at Miller Park, four people in sausage costumes race around the bases between the sixth and seventh innings at Milwaukee Brewers games.

Film of Wednesday night’s race showed that when the group went past the Pirates’ third-base dugout, Simon took a two-handed chop at the Italian sausage character -- portrayed by a 20-year-old South Milwaukee woman -- hitting her from behind and causing her to tumble to the ground.

As she fell, a nearby sausage -- the hot dog -- went down as well.

The two women were treated at the scene for scraped knees, a sheriff’s department official said.