TORONTO -- Major League Baseball on Friiday decided to uphold its one-game suspension of Jose Bautista for his recent altercation with the Rangers.
Bautista went through the appeals process on Thursday morning in New York. He was hoping to get his suspension lifted, but instead he was forced to miss Friday night's series opener at home against the Red Sox.
The veteran slugger was penalized for his involvement in the on-field fracas between Toronto and Texas on May 15. At the time, MLB said in a statement that it had suspended Bautista for his actions on the field, as well as for his postgame comments to the media.