MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee reliever Abner Uribe was suspended for six games and starter Freddy Peralta for five on Wednesday for their roles in a brawl during a Brewers’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Rays outfielder Jose Siri was suspended for three games, a penalty later cut to two, and Milwaukee Manager Pat Murphy for two by Mike Hill, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for on-field operations. All four also were fined.
Murphy started his suspension on Wednesday, when associate manager Rickie Weeks led the team against the Rays.
Uribe and Peralta appealed to MLB special assistant John McHale Jr., and their discipline remained pending until the appeal is resolved. Later Wednesday, Uribe was optioned to Triple-A Nashville.
Siri dropped his appeal as part of an agreement cutting the penalty to two games, and he served the first game as the Rays lost 7-1 Wednesday.
MLB cited Peralta for intentionally throwing at Siri and Murphy for Peralta’s actions plus “inappropriate conduct towards umpires.” Uribe was disciplined for causing a benches-clearing incident and Siri for his actions during the incident.
Before Wednesday’s game, Siri revealed a bruise on his left leg that he received after getting hit by a 3-0 fastball from Peralta in the sixth inning of the Brewers’ 8-2 victory Tuesday. That incident led to the ejection of Peralta and Murphy.
The animosity between Siri and the Brewers had been building since he took a long look at his solo home run off Peralta in the third inning.
After Siri grounded out leading off the eighth against Uribe, the two exchanged words near first base and Uribe threw a punch at Siri, who then took a wild swing at the pitcher. Milwaukee first baseman Rhys Hoskins tried to break up the fight and was knocked to the ground as dugouts and bullpens emptied.
ORIOLES: The Baltimore Orioles put right-hander Grayson Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list because of shoulder inflammation, and they activated lefty John Means.
Means has not pitched yet for the Orioles this season because of a forearm strain.
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
TWINS 10, WHITE SOX 5: Max Kepler and José Miranda hit run-scoring singles to put visiting Minnesota ahead in the seventh, and the Twins rallied late for their 10th straight win.
Miranda added his third hit for another RBI in a four-run ninth that put it away for the Twins, whose winning streak is their longest since June 2008 and the longest in baseball this season. Willi Castro added an RBI single to cap a three-hit day that included a double and triple.
BREWERS 7, RAYS 1: Willy Adames homered twice with four RBI and Colin Rea pitched six scoreless innings to lead Milwaukee over visiting Tampa Bay.
TIGERS 4, CARDINALS 1: Kenta Maeda got his first win for Detroit, allowing four hits over six innings in a victory over visiting St. Louis.
Matt Vierling had three RBI for the Tigers, who are 31-16 against St. Louis in interleague play.
ROYALS 6, BLUE JAYS 1: Seth Lugo pitched seven strong innings to win for the fifth time in seven starts, Michael Massey hit a three-run home run and Kansas City won at Toronto.
Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits, scored once and also drove in a run as the Royals won for the fifth time in seven meetings with Toronto.
ATHLETICS 4, PIRATES 0: Ross Stripling threw six strong scoreless innings to earn his first win in nearly two years, and Oakland hit two home runs to beat visiting Pittsburgh to complete its first series sweep of the season.
Abraham Toro and Phil Nevin both went deep to help the A’s to their fourth straight victory in front of another sparse crowd of 4,679 at the Coliseum. Kyle McCann added two hits and an RBI.
BRAVES 5, MARINERS 2: Chris Sale allowed one run over five innings and struck out nine, Austin Riley had the big blow at the plate with a two-run triple, and visiting Atlanta salvaged the final game of a three-game series with Seattle.
Sale (4-1) continued to flash signs of his former self — one of the most dominant lefties in the game before injuries sidetracked his career. He used his assortment of arm angles and pitch shapes to reach a season high in strikeouts, scattering six hits. The only run Sale allowed came with two outs in the fifth inning on Jorge Polanco’s blooper.
Sale won his third straight decision and has a 2.36 ERA over his last three starts.
PADRES 6, REDS 2: Jake Cronenworth hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the seventh inning and Jurickson Profar had four hits as San Diego won at home.
Cronenworth hit his third career grand slam and the second for the Padres this season. It came after Tyler Wade opened the inning with a bunt single over the head of reliever Fernando Cruz (1-2), followed by Profar’s single and Fernando Tatis Jr.’s walk. Cronenworth connected to right on the first pitch he saw from Cruz.
PHILLIES 2, ANGELS 1: Kyle Schwarber had a two-run single in the second inning, Alec Bohm extended his hitting streak to 15 games and visiting Philadelphia defeated Los Angeles.
MARLINS 4, ROCKIES 1: Roddery Muñoz pitched six strong innings to get his first major league win and Miami topped visiting Colorado.
Making his second major league start, the 24-year-old Muñoz (1-0) gave up one run and three hits, striking out seven and walking two. After allowing two base runners in the first, Muñoz retired 11 straight before Elehuris Montero’s one-out single in the fifth.
The Rockies are the first team since 1900 to have trailed at one point in each of their first 30 games.
YANKEES 2, ORIOLES 0: Luis Gil outdueled Corbin Burnes, Oswaldo Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and visiting New York topped Baltimore.
Gil (2-1) allowed two hits and a walk over a career-high 6 1/3 innings in another low-scoring game between the top two teams in the AL East. Baltimore began this four-game series with victories of 2-0 and 4-2, but Gil’s performance helped the Yankees ensure they weren’t swept.
The game was significant enough that New York used closer Clay Holmes for the final five outs in his longest outing of the season. He struck out Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman with two on to end the eighth, then pitched around a leadoff single in the ninth for his 10th save in 11 chances.
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