Being attacked by a man wielding a bat it would seem is assault with a deadly weapon.
The Marine would have been justified in sending this idiot to hell.
The perp is lucky as Marines are killing machines.
Anyone with some basic fundamental martial arts/self defence training could take on a thug with a baseball bat. It is a very clumsy weapon with a predictable and very telegraphed range of attack options.
To be fair, he did tuck him to bed...