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White Sox's Jimmy Cordero, Rick Renteria Suspended for Willson Contreras HBP

Chicago White Sox pitcher Jimmy Cordero has been suspended by Major League Baseball for three games after plunking Chicago Cubs catcher Willson Contreras on Friday, per Jon Heyman of the MLB Network, while manager Rick Renteria received a one-game ban.

Contreras hit a homer in the third inning and flipped his bat high in the air. Cordero hit him with a pitch in the seventh inning, and umpire Dan Bellino and his crew saw it as retaliation.

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