The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees have been disciplined for incidents that occurred in the sixth inning of Thursday afternoon's game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Joe Torre, Chief Baseball Officer for Major League Baseball, made the announcement.
Rays pitcher Andrew Kittredge has received a three-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for throwing a pitch in the area of the head of Austin Romine of the Yankees in the top of the sixth.
Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia has received a five-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch at Jesús Sucre of the Rays while warnings were in place in the bottom of the sixth.