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Major League Baseball handed down a five-game suspension Tuesday to Kansas City Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera for throwing behind A’s third baseman Brett Lawrie Sunday and fined K.C. starter Yordano Ventura and undisclosed amount for hitting Lawrie a day earlier.
Both could appeal the disciplinary charges levied against them.
None of the A’s were disciplined by MLB’s front office.
It was Ventura who threw a pitch at Lawrie, catching the A’s third baseman in the left elbow Saturday, a day after Lawrie’s slide into Kansas City shortstop Alcides Escobar infuriated the Royals.