MLB suspends Brewers’ Uribe, Peralta, Rays’ Siri

Milwaukee Brewers pitchers Abner Uribe and Freddy Peralta were suspended six and five games, respectively, for their roles in Tuesday’s benches-clearing incident against Tampa Bay, Major League Baseball announced.

MLB also announced Wednesday that Rays outfielder Jose Siri was handed a three-game suspension for his role in the skirmish. Brewers manager Pat Murphy received a two-game ban for inappropriate conduct toward officials, the league said.

Murphy began serving his suspension during Wednesday’s game. Siri was not in the starting lineup for the Rays.

All four parties also received an undisclosed fine for their actions during Tuesday’s game, an

8-2 win by the Brewers.

Peralta was tossed after hitting Siri with a pitch with one out in the sixth inning and Milwaukee up 6-1.

Siri, whose 452-foot solo homer in the third inning was the only hit off Peralta, also was ejected in the eighth after exchanging punches with Uribe following a groundout to first base. That scrap led the benches to clear as a scrum broke out.

Murphy also was booted for the second consecutive game. On Monday, he was ejected after arguing a ninth-inning, batter-interference ruling that prevented Milwaukee from scoring the tying run. Tampa Bay held on for a 1-0 win.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES

Tigers 4, Cardinals 1s:

Matt Vierling drove in three runs, including a two-run home run, and host Detroit defeated St. Louis

Brewers 7, Rays 1:

Milwaukee’s Willy Adames belted two home runs and drove in four runs and Colin Rea pitched six shutout innings as the Brewers defeated visiting Tampa Bay in the final meeting of a three-game series.

Twins 10, White Sox 5: Jose Miranda and Willi Castro had three hits apiece and Alex Kirilloff homered as Minnesota defeated host Chicago, extending their winning streak to 10 games. Minnesota has earned seven victories against the White Sox in its current tear. The latest three in Chicago all required comebacks.

Royals 6, Blue Jays 1: Michael Massey hit a threerun homer, right-hander Seth Lugo allowed two hits over seven innings, and visiting Kansas City defeated

WEDNESDAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Minnesota 10, Chi. White Sox 5 Kansas City 6, Toronto 1

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore Cleveland at Houston

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Colorado at Miami

Chi. Cubs at N.Y. Mets

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona Cincinnati at San Diego

INTERLEAGUE

Detroit 4, St. Louis 1

Milwaukee 7, Tampa Bay 1 Oakland 4, Pittsburgh 0

Toronto Blue Jays. Danny Jansen hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays in the rubber match of the threegame series. The Royals also take the season series between the teams, 5-2.

ELSEWHERE

Red Sox-Mets trade: Boston acquired infielder Zack Short from the New York Mets on Wednesday

for cash considerations. Short, 28, was designated for assignment by the Mets last Friday with the season debut of J.D. Martinez. He is 1 for 9 with two runs and four strikeouts in 10 games this season.

Short is a career .172 hitter with 13 homers and 55 RBI in 187 games with the Detroit Tigers (202123) and Mets.