Manny Machado was fined $10,000 by Major League Baseball for an incident that sparked a benches-clearing spat between the Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The episode occurred in the 10th inning on Tuesday, when Machado hit a routine ground ball to shortstop. As he arrived at first base, he stepped on the bag with his right foot before appearing to kick the back of Jesus Aguilar’s foot.
Aguilar hobbled away from the base and exchanged words with Machado. Benches cleared, but no punches were thrown.