MLB Issues Three-Game Suspension To Ron Marinaccio
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Key Points:
- Padres reliever Ron Marinaccio has been suspended for three games and fined for intentionally hitting Orioles' Gunnar Henderson with a pitch; Marinaccio is appealing, so the suspension is currently on hold.
- San Diego manager Craig Stammen received a one-game suspension and a fine for Marinaccio’s actions and will miss the upcoming game against the Cardinals, with bench coach Randy Knorr stepping in as manager.
- The incident occurred in the ninth inning of a 9-3 game when Marinaccio hit Henderson on the front hip with a 94 mph fastball, leading to Marinaccio’s ejection and Stammen’s subsequent ejection for arguing.
- The tension followed an earlier event where Baltimore’s Trey Gibson hit Xander Bogaerts in the helmet with a 94 mph pitch, causing Bogaerts to leave the game temporarily.
- Henderson and others believed Marinaccio’s pitch was intentional, citing prior inside pitches by Padres reliever Bradgley Rodriguez, though Marinaccio and Stammen denied any intent to hit Henderson deliberately.
