Managers, coaches, players suspended / fined following ‘ugly’ Angels-Mariners benches-clearing brawl
A total of 12 players, managers and coaches with the Los Angeles Angels and the Seattle Mariners have been suspended and / or fined for their roles in the benches-clearing on-field brawl that broke out in the top of the second inning of Sunday’s game at Angel Stadium.
Things got so crazy that at one point, a full crate of sunflower seeds were launched out onto the field.
In the top of the second inning, Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz drilled Mariners right fielder Jesse Winker in his leg with a pitch. That sent Winker off, who kept trying to get to Wantz before he was joined on the field by both dugouts and bullpens as a brawl broke out. ~ Yahoo! Sports
Unless appealed, the suspensions for all the players became effective last night, when both teams were scheduled to play (BAL @ SEA and CWS @ LAA). If any player elects to appeal, then his discipline will be held in abeyance until that process is complete.
ESPN shared that the three Mariners’ players did appeal their suspensions and were in the lineup for Seattle’s 9-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles.
Michael Hill, Major League Baseball’s Senior Vice President for On-Field Operations, made the announcement regarding the disciplines. The discipline per member is as follows:
- Angels manager Phil Nevin has received a 10-game suspension for the intentional throwing by pitcher Andrew Wantz while warnings were in place.
- Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker has received a seven-game suspension for actions that caused the incident and for fighting.
- Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon has received a five-game suspension for his actions during the incident and for leaving the dugout while on the Injured List. His suspension will be served when he returns from the Injured List. In addition to the suspension, Rendon is prohibited from sitting on the bench for the Angels’ next seven games.
- Angels assistant pitching coach Dom Chiti has received a five-game suspension for his actions during the incident.
- Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford has received a five-game suspension for fighting.
- Angels pitcher Andrew Wantz has received a three-game suspension for his intentional throwing at Jesse Winker of the Mariners while warnings were in place. Wantz is not appealing and will begin serving his suspension tonight.
- Angels pitcher Ryan Tepera has received a three-game suspension for his actions.
- Angels pitcher Raisel Iglesias has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
- Mariners outfielder Julio Rodríguez has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
- Angels bench coach Ray Montgomery has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
- Angels Major League Interpreter Manny Del Campo has received a two-game suspension for his actions.
- Angels catching coach Bill Haselman has received a one-game suspension for his actions.
Nevin, Chiti and Del Campo began serving their disciplinary actions last night. Montgomery and Haselman will both serve when Chiti returns from suspension.
“That probably shouldn’t happen in the game, what happened out there today,” Seattle manager Scott Servais, one of those ejected, told reporters.
“Emotions running high, but it was pretty clear what was going on. They switched, put an opener in there to throw some balls at us. Got out of hand from there and kind of a black eye.”
There was a delay of almost 20 minutes before play got back underway and Angels manager Phil Nevin said the run of eight matches in 11 days between these teams contributed to the “ugly” scenes. ~ CNN
You can catch Sunday’s brawl on the video accompanying this article.
(Source: MLB) / (Cover photo: CBS Sports / Twitter)
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