TORONTO -- Edwin Encarnacion decided to drop his appeal of a one-game suspension from Major League Baseball and served it by missing Sunday's matinee against the Tigers.
Encarnacion was suspended one game for making contact with home-plate umpire Vic Carapazza during the first inning of the Blue Jays' 2-1 loss to the Indians on July 1.
The contact took place during an argument over Carapazza's strike zone. Encarnacion was ejected from the game after he took issue with a called third strike, and following the ejection, he appeared to bump Carapazza's shoulder with his chest.