Tepera was fined and received a three-game suspension, which he is appealing. Ross received a one-game suspension and will serve it Friday.
Cubs reliever Ryan Tepera has received a three-game suspension, MLB announced on Thursday after throwing a pitch behind Brewers’ starter Brandon Woodruff in Tuesday’s 3-2 win. Tepera was also fined by the league and will appeal his suspension.
Manager David Ross received a one-game game suspension and will serve it on Friday when the Cubs will face the Atlanta Braves. Bench coach Andy Green will serve as interim manager.
Woodruff hit catcher Willson Contreras in the fourth inning of Tuesday’s game, the fourth time he’s been hit by a Milwaukee pitcher this season, including being hit in the head on April 6. Contreras was also hit the night prior and would hit a game-winning homer to send them to a 3-2 win in the game.
Contreras has acknowledged that he understands that teams are not trying to hit him intentionally, but things had started to boil over after being hit so often. MLB concluded that Tepera’s pitch behind Woodruff was intentional, therefore leading to the suspension.
“Obviously, you don’t want tempers to flare,” Ross said on Thursday. “Everybody’s out here doing their best and like Willson said, I don’t think anything’s been intentional on either side. I think I think that things do happen, but the frustration does build after a while and at some point you’re going to have enough and I think he had enough and was able to I thought it was able to exert the frustration in the right way last night which really helped us.”
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