Hartford Courant (Sunday)

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LHP Caleb Smith lost his appeal and will serve a 10-day suspension for the use of a foreign substance in a game. Smith is the second major league pitcher to serve a suspension under umpires’ increased emphasis on enforcing the banned-substance rules. Manager Torey Lovullo said Smith had his appeal hearing Sept. 7 and is not with the team on its current trip, which continued Saturday night in Seattle. “He elected to fly back to Arizona,” Lovullo said. “We’ll stay within the ground rules as to what he is able to do.” Smith was ejected in the eighth inning of a game with the Phillies on Aug. 18 after umpires found a substance on his glove. He was suspended the following week and appealed.

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