Bryce Harper was suspended by Major League Baseball for one game on Wednesday following a confrontation with home plate umpire Brian Knight late in the Washington Nationals’ 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Harper is appealing the suspension.
In the bottom of the ninth inning on Monday, Nationals shortstop Danny Espinosa was called out on strikes, prompting several players in the Nationals’ dugout, including Harper, to yell at Knight. The umpire threw Harper out of the game, and Harper, incensed, had to be held back at the top of the dugout steps.