Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson had his suspension from the brawl with the Cleveland Guardians diminished to 5 video games, Major League Baseball introduced Thursday.
It’s a discount of 1 recreation following the preliminary MLB ruling on Aug. 7. Anderson appealed.
Anderson will miss the three-game collection in opposition to the Colorado Rockies, which begins Friday at Coors Field in Denver, and the primary two video games of the house collection in opposition to the Seattle Mariners on Monday and Tuesday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Anderson on Thursday issued an apology in an Instagram story, writing: “I wish to apologize to your complete White Sox group, my teammates, supervisor and coaches and to the followers personally within the altercation which occurred in Cleveland.
“This has been an extremely disappointing season for me personally and for our staff. I can’t get into the issues that have been stated to me by Cleveland gamers each Friday evening and Saturday, however these feedback don’t excuse my language or conduct, and I take full duty for my feelings getting the higher of me.
“The Cleveland players are free to say whatever they want, but I will just say that no one has more respect for the game of baseball than me. I look forward to returning after serving my suspension and finishing the season playing the best baseball I can to help my team.”
The ruling stems from the combat which broke out within the sixth inning on Aug. 5 at Progressive Field when Guardians third baseman José Ramírez doubled to proper with one out and made a headfirst slide into second, the place Anderson utilized the tag. Words have been exchanged earlier than Anderson and Ramírez squared off close to second base and traded swings.
Ramírez landed a proper haymaker that leveled Anderson. The benches cleared, and it took 14 minutes to revive order.
Anderson was one among six folks to obtain suspensions as a part of the fallout from the incident. Ramírez had his suspension diminished from three video games to 2, which he served Saturday and Sunday.
Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol and Guardians supervisor Terry Francona, nearer Emmanuel Clase and third-base coach Mike Sarbaugh every served one-game suspensions.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com