Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was eager to put his four-game suspension behind him as he returned to the team's lineup for Friday's 6-3 series-opening win over the Tampa Bay Rays, but said he wouldn't do anything differently if the same situation that prompted his discipline occurred again.
Machado was suspended for charging the mound and throwing a punch at Kansas City Royals right-hander Yordano Ventura on June 7 after he was hit in the back with a first-pitch 99-mph fastball. It prompted a benches-clearing brawl between the teams.
"Why would I act differently?