Raley’s penalty reduced

The Astros announced Saturday that MLB reduced reliever Brooks Raley’s suspension from three to two games. He served the first game Saturday and will sit out the second in Sunday’s series finale against the Twins.

Raley has maintained that he didn’t intend to throw at Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford during the Astros’ 11-8 loss July 26 in Seattle. Astros manager

Dusty Baker was handed a one-game suspension for the incident.

Odds and ends

José Urquidy (right shoulder discomfort) threw a bullpen session at Minute Maid Park on Saturday for the first time since going on the IL June 30. …

Pedro Báez (right shoulder soreness) completed back-to-back rehab appearances with Class AAA Sugar Land, pitching one scoreless inning Thursday and allowing one earned run in one inning Friday. … Michael Papierski went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs, Garrett Stubbs had a threerun homer, and a rehabbing Alex Bregman added an RBI double as the Skeeters won 12-3 on Saturday night in Round Rock. Astros manager Dusty Baker said Saturday that Bregman needs more at-bats before rejoining the Astros.