Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon was suspended five games on Monday for a public altercation with a fan in Oakland last week, videos of which circulated on social media.
The decision was announced Monday by Michael Hill, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of on-field operations. If Rendon does not appeal, he will begin serving his suspension during the team's road game against the division rival Seattle Mariners on Monday evening.
Rendon, who was also fined an undisclosed amount, grabbed the fan by the shirt as he was making his way out of the first-base dugout and into the tunnel that leads to the visitors' clubhouse at RingCentral Coliseum on Thursday night in the aftermath of the Angels' 2-1 Opening Day loss to the Oakland Athletics.