Los Angeles Angels outfielder\/designated hitter Jorge Soler has been suspended seven games and fined an undisclosed amount and Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez agreed \u200bto a reduced five-game suspension and fine due to \u200cthe fight that led to their ejections in the fifth inning of Tuesday night\u2019s 7-2 Atlanta win in Anaheim, Calif.<\/p>\n
Major League Baseball initially suspended Lopez for seven games, via its announcement on Wednesday, before the \u200cdiscipline \u200bwas later reduced to five.<\/p>\n
Soler\u2019s suspension \u2060was scheduled to begin \u2060with Wednesday\u2019s series finale but he appealed, meaning it will be paused until the appeal is resolved.<\/p>\n
Soler, who hit a two-run homer in the first inning and was struck \u200bby a pitch on his left hand in the third, took exception to a high and inside fifth-inning fastball \u2060that glanced off the glove \u2060of catcher Jonah Heim and bounced to the \u200bbackstop, enabling Nolan Schanuel, who had walked, to advance to second.<\/p>\n
Soler \u200bstared at Lopez for several seconds before jogging \u200cto the mound. Both players then squared up and began throwing punches, none of which appeared to land squarely, as players from both teams rushed in. Lopez fended Soler off with \u2060his glove and threw punches with his right hand, which still held the baseball.<\/p>\n
Braves manager Walt Weiss ended up tackling Soler \u2060on the first \u200cbase line to help break up the fracas.<\/p>\n
Lopez \u2060was nearing the end of his outing, \u200bat \u200c80 pitches and 4 2\/3 innings over which \u200bthe right-hander \u2060struck out seven and allowed two unearned runs on three hits and two walks.<\/p>\n
Soler was the 2021 World Series MVP for the Braves and is now on his third different team since that brief stint, plus a return to Atlanta in \u200b2024.<\/p>\n
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