The day after a brawl between the the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres that saw both managers getting ejected, MLB is handing down punishments.
The league announced Friday that Padres reliever Robert Suarez, who hit Shohei Ohtani with a pitch in retaliation, has been suspended three games. Per multiple reports, Suarez is appealing the ruling.
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In addition, San Diego manager Mike Shildt and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts have both been suspended one game, and have been fined as a result of their conduct.
The fight began in the eighth inning of Thursday’s game, as Dodgers rookie Jack Little — who was making his major league debut — hit Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. on the wrist with a wild pitch. It had already been a testy four-game series, and the hit-by-pitch caused emotions to boil over on both sides.
Shildt walked onto the field, yelling at the Dodgers dugout as he went to check on Tatis — leading Roberts to come out and yell right back. Both benches cleared as a result of the fight, with plenty of shoving on both sides.
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Both managers were ejected. Suarez, after taking his shot at Ohtani from the mound, was ejected as well.
(Little was sent back down to the minors earlier on Friday.)
The Padres went on to win the game, 5-3, to avoid a sweep.
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