Major League Baseball has suspended Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura for nine games and Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado for four games following a bench-clearing brawl ignited when Ventura hit Machado with a pitch Tuesday.
Ventura received a heftier penalty for intentionally throwing at Machado and fighting, according to a statement released Thursday by MLB, while Machado was suspended for charging the mound and fighting. Both players were fined, Machado for $2,500.
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