The Trentonian (Trenton, NJ)

PUNISHMENT­S HANDED DOWN FOR ANGELS-MARINERS BRAWL

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It’s going to be a while before Phil Nevin manages the Los Angeles Angels again.

The team’s interim skipper was suspended for 10 games Monday by Major League Baseball after the Angels and Seattle Mariners got into a nasty brawl Sunday.

In all, a combined 12 members of the two teams — from players and coaches to an Angels interprete­r — were suspended for their roles in the fight.

MLB said Nevin was banned because Angels opener Andrew Wantz intentiona­lly threw at Jesse Winker while warnings were in place for both clubs. Nevin made the late decision to pitch Wantz instead of scheduled starter Jose Suarez.

Nevin began serving his penalty Monday night as the Angels won their series opener against the Chicago White Sox. Bench coach Ray Montgomery, who received a two-game suspension, ran the team in Nevin’s place. Montgomery and catching coach Bill Haselman (one game) will begin serving their suspension­s after assistant pitching coach Dom Chiti returns from his five- game ban.

Winker (seven games), Seattle shortstop J.P. Crawford (five games) and outfielder Julio Rodriguez (two games) also received sus- pensions.

For the Angels, Wantz (three games), pitcher Ryan Tepera (three games), reliever Raisel Iglesias (two games) and major league interprete­r Manny Del Campo (two games) were banned.

Los Angeles third baseman Anthony Rendon, sidelined for the rest of the season after undergoing wrist surgery, will be suspended five games when he returns from the injured list. For now, he is prohibited from sitting on the bench for the next seven games.

Wantz is the only player not appealing.

Winker was hit by the first pitch of the second inning from Wantz, who had also thrown behind Rodriguez’s head in the first inning.

Seattle catcher Luis Torrens went on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left shoulder injury suffered during the fight. Mariners manager Scott Servais also had bruises on his arm after ending up at the bottom of a pile during the skirmish.

Winker was still angry Monday. Asked if the brawl was a bad look for baseball, he responded, “I think it’s a bad look on Phil Nevin and could have been handled differentl­y.” (Baz 0-1), 12:10 p.m.

Oakland (Irvin 2-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Taillon 8-1), 1:05 p.m.

Houston (Verlander 9-3) at N.Y. Mets (Williams 1-4), 1:10 p.m.

Texas (Dunning 1-5) at Kansas City (Greinke 1-4), 2:10 p.m.

Detroit (Garcia 2-2) at San Francisco (Wood 5-6), 3:45 p.m. Baltimore (Voth 0-0) at Seattle (Flexen 3-8), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Pivetta 8-5) at Toronto (Manoah 9-2), 7:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Bundy 4-4) at Cleveland (Quantrill 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Kopech 2-4) at L.A. Angels (Ohtani 6-4), 9:38 p.m.

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