PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg was suspended for three games as manager of the Midwest League’s Peoria Chiefs for his role in bench-clearing incident last week.

Sandberg, in his second season as Peoria’s manager, began the suspension with Saturday night’s game at Clinton, Iowa, and was to complete the penalty Monday night at home against Quad Cities. He also was suspended for two games on May 13 last year for bumping an umpire during a game at Fort Wayne

The Peoria Journal Star reported Sandberg confronted Clinton manager Mike Micucci between the sixth and seventh innings of Peoria’s 7-3 loss last Thursday. Sandberg apparently was upset because a Clinton player tried to bunt in the sixth inning with a 6-0 lead. Sandberg was ejected for the third time this season and seventh time with the Chiefs.

Sandberg played 16 major league seasons, all but one with the Cubs, and hit 282 homers while batting .285. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2005.