posted 05/17/16   

ARLINGTON (AM News Net) – A bench-clearing brawl between the Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays last Sunday resulted in numerous suspensions. The fight, started after Toronto’s Jose Bautista slid into Rangers second baseman Rougned Odor. Odor threw a punch at Bautista, which escalated into a fight between the teams.

Suspensions:

Rougned Odor: 8 games

John Gibbons: 3 games

Jesse Chavez: 3 games

Jose Bautista: 1 game

Elvis Andrus: 1 game

Tim Leiper: 1 game

Both Odor and Bautista will appeal their suspensions. Rangers short stop Elvis Andrus chose not to appeal, and will sit out during tonight's game against Oakland.
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*UPDATE*
05/26/16, 5:06 PM

Odor's suspension has been reduced from eight games to seven.

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