Major League Baseball has announced that Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras has received a six-game suspension and an undisclosed fine in relation to his behavior during last night’s game. Contreras is appealing the suspension, so he can continue playing with the club until that process has been completed. Contreras got into an argument with the home plate umpire Derek Thomas …
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ST. LOUIS — Willson Contreras said he did not believe he had any reason to be ejected after he was thrown out in the bottom of the seventh inning of Monday’s series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates, causing an intense altercation with home-plate umpire Derek Thomas. With the Cardinals leading 6-5, Contreras was rung up on a called strike three …
Read More »ST. LOUIS (AP) — The benches cleared in a Cardinals-Padres game for the second straight night Saturday as St. Louis’ Willson Contreras and San Diego’s Manny Machado each got hit twice by pitches. The bench-clearing incident came in the ninth inning of the Padres’ 3-1 victory as Machado complained after he was hit by a pitch from Andre Granillo. Cardinals …
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