Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly has been suspended eight games by Major League Baseball after he "threw a pitch in the area of the head of Alex Bregman and later taunted Carlos Correa, which led to the benches clearing," the league announced Tuesday.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts received a one-game suspension. Kelly is appealing his suspension. Roberts will serve his suspension Wednesday, with bench coach Bob Geren filling in as manager.
Kelly's actions during the Dodgers' 5-2 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night were in apparent retaliation for the Astros' sign-stealing scheme in 2017, the same season Houston defeated the Dodgers in the World Series.
Astros manager Dusty Baker was fined.
