CHICAGO _ The punishments have been handed down.
Friday afternoon, Major League Baseball announced the five suspensions stemming from Thursday's Detroit Tigers-New York Yankees game, which featured a bean-ball war, three benches-clearing episodes and eight ejections.
From the Tigers, first baseman Miguel Cabrera (seven games), right-handed reliever Alex Wilson (four games) and manager Brad Ausmus (one game) were suspended. Both Cabrera and Wilson have begun the appeals process, Ausmus said before Friday's series opener against the White Sox.
According to MLB, Cabrera was suspended for, "inciting the first bench-clearing incident and fighting."
After righty Michael Fulmer hit Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez in the top of the sixth inning, righty Tommy Kahnle threw behind Cabrera in the next half inning.
Kahnle and New York manager Joe Girardi were ejected. As Cabrera stepped back into the box, he initiated a fight with catcher Austin Romine.
"I figured because it started with Miggy that his would be one of the longer ones," Ausmus said.
Wilson _ who hit Todd Frazier in the eighth inning and admitted to doing so intentionally afterwards _ was suspended for, "intentionally throwing a pitch at Todd Frazier of the Yankees while warnings were in place for both sides."
Ausmus was suspended one game for, "the intentional actions of Wilson while warnings were in place." His suspension coincides with Wilson's: Whenever the appeals process ends, Ausmus will be suspended for the first game Wilson is suspended.
On the Yankees' side, Sanchez, who was spotted punching Cabrera while he was in the middle of the melee, received a four-game suspension for, "fighting, including throwing punches."
Said Ausmus: "I'm a little surprised at how short Gary Sanchez's is, quite frankly, considering some of the video I saw. I think that one probably shocked me the most. I thought he'd get the largest suspension of anyone."
Also on the New York side, Romine was suspended two games for, "fighting, including throwing punches."
All five players who were suspended received undisclosed fines from MLB. Also fined were Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias, Yankees manager Joe Girardi, bench coach Rob Thomson, outfielder Brett Gardner and righty Tommy Kahnle.
Righty Dellin Betances, who hit catcher James McCann in the head with a fastball in the seventh inning, emptying the benches again, was not fined or suspended.
