St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas has been suspended for five games and fined an undisclosed amount for intentionally throwing at Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ in the first inning of Thursday's game between the two teams.
Mikolas, 34, is appealing the suspension thus his discipline will be held in abeyance until the process plays out. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol received an automatic one game suspension due to Mikolas' actions and will serve it during Friday's game.
Mikolas hit Happ in the back of the hip after the his backswing nailed catcher Willson Contreras in the head on a previous pitch.