BOSTON -- Major League Baseball wasted no time issuing discipline from Wednesday's Red Sox-Yankees melee, handing a six-game suspension to Boston righty Joe Kelly and a five-game suspension to New York infielder Tyler Austin.
Both players have appealed their suspensions, meaning they are available for Thursday's rubber match of the three-game rivalry series at Fenway Park.
CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Joe Maddon didn't see Javier Baez flip his bat when he popped up in the seventh inning on Wednesday night. But Pirates manager Clint Hurdle did.