Major League Baseball suspended Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts one game and gave Joe Kelly an eight-game ban for Tuesday’s benches-clearing incident with the Houston Astros. Kelly is appealing his suspension and remains available to play for the time being.
Manager Dusty Baker was fined, but neither he nor any Astros players were suspended as a result of the dustup. Someone from the Houston dugout, which some have alleged was Baker, used an expletive while shouting at Kelly to get back on the mound after recording an out at first base.
“Kelly, who has previously been suspended in his career for intentional throwing, threw a pitch in the area of the head of Alex Bregman and later taunted Carlos Correa, which led to the benches clearing,” MLB senior vice president of baseball operations Chris Young wrote as part of the announcement.