St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and pitcher Genesis Cabrera were each suspended by Major League Baseball for their role in the brawl in Wednesday’s 10-5 win over the New York Mets at Busch Stadium.
Arenado received a two-game ban for “contributing to inciting the incident,” the league said Thursday, while Cabrera received a one-game ban. Both were also fined an unknown amount.
Arenado is appealing his suspension and starting Thursday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Cabrera will serve out his suspension Thursday.
Cabrera hit Mets batsman JD Davis with a pitch top of the eighth inning, the major league-leading 19th hit-by-pitch for the Mets this season. It came a day after St. Louis hit three Mets batters with pitches Tuesday night.
New York appeared to retaliate against Arenado a half-inning later when Mets assist Yoan Lopez plucked a 94-mph fastball near his head. Arenado began yelling at Lopez to do it again. The benches and bullpens were cleared, and the teams pushed and pushed near home plate.
Arenado was ejected for attacking the hill, crew chief Mark Wegner said afterwards. Lopez stayed in the game.
Lopez also received an undisclosed fine for his role in the incident, while two other players — Cardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty and Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker — were fined for joining the bench-clearing brawl during they were on the injured list.