Major League Baseball wasted little time before announcing the penalties for Monday’s benches-clearing brawl between the Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants.
The incident was sparked by an eighth-inning pitch from Giants reliever Hunter Strickland that hit the Nationals’ Bryce Harper. An enraged Harper charged the mound, where he and Strickland exchanged a couple punches before their teammates swarmed.
Joe Torre, Chief Baseball Officer or Major League Baseball announced Tuesday evening that Strickland has received a six-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for intentionally hitting Harper with a pitch, inciting the incident. Harper was given a four-game suspension for charging the mound, throwing his helmet and fighting.