WASHINGTON — Rockies all-star third baseman Nolan Arenado is out of the lineup Saturday against the Nationals as he begins serving his five-game suspension for throwing punches in Wednesday’s brawl between the Rockies and Padres.
Arenado appealed and was able to play in Friday night’s 2-1 victory over the Nationals, but he then dropped his appeal and will serve the full five games of his suspension. He’ll miss the final two games of the series in Washington, as well as the three-game series at Pittsburgh which begins Monday.
The good news for the Rockies is that center fielder Charlie Blackmon was back in the starting lineup Saturday after missing four games because of a tight right quadriceps.