Strickland suspended six games; Harper four

San Francisco Giants reliever Hunter Strickland has received a six-game suspension and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper four games for their roles in a benches-clearing brawl at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Each also has been fined an undisclosed amount, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. Both players planned to appeal. Strickland hit Harper in the hip with a pitch and the Washington slugger charged the mound, wildly firing his helmet and trading punches to the head with Strickland during the Nationals’ 3-0 win Monday over the San Francisco Giants.