Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers Players Suspended After Bench-Clearing Brawl

Baseball fans were blessed with a brawl Tuesday night, which led to a handful of suspensions being handed down on Wednesday. Players on the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers, including a manager, received suspensions over an eighth-inning, benches-clearing spat featuring punches! 

Tensions began rising in the sixth inning when Milwaukee pitcher Freddy Peralta plunked Tampa's Jose Siri, facing a 3-0 count. 

MILWAUKEE - Rhys Hoskins #12 of the Milwaukee Brewers holds back Jose Siri #22 of the Tampa Bay Rays who attempts to go after pitcher Abner Uribe of the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning at American Family Field on April 30. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

Two innings later, Brewers reliever Abner Uribe got testy with Siri. The players started jawing at each other after Uribe traipsed to first as Siri grounded out. Uribe swung first, then Siri swung back, and both teams swarmed to first base as Uribe and Siri scrambled on the dirt.

Jose Siri gave his thoughts on the plunking by Peralta, as well as the spat with Uribe.

"I never really had a problem with Peralta. Never have," Siri commented on Tuesday. "He hit me, and I just went to first base."

"He was the one who threw first. I don’t think I did anything bad," Siri added. "Of course, I would expect (Uribe) to get a suspension. Me, I might even get a game or two."

"I think there were some words shared that didn’t have much to do with the game, that probably shouldn’t have been shared there in that exchange" Abner Uribe responded, trying to justify his swing at Siri.

MLB suspended Peralta, Uribe, Siri and Brewers manager Pat Murphy on Wednesday. Uribe, guilty of starting the spat, received the heftiest suspension, at six games. He plans on appealing the decision, alongside Peralty, who received a four-game suspension for plunking Siri in the sixth. The Brewers manager received two games. Murphy cannot appeal the decision, per MLB's guidelines.

Siri appealed his three-game suspension, which was later reduced to two games. His first game was served on Wednesday, which Tampa lost, 7-1, to the Brewers.

MILWAUKEE - Rhys Hoskins #12 of the Milwaukee Brewers holds back Jose Siri #22 of the Tampa Bay Rays who attempts to go after pitcher Abner Uribe #45 of the Milwaukee Brewers in the eighth inning at American Family Field on April 30. (Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images)

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