Framber Valdez’s impetuous decision to drill Trevor Story in the back after a pair of Boston Red Sox home runs earned him a six-game suspension from Major League Baseball, the league announced Wednesday, May 6.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch was also suspended for one game. Valdez is expected to appeal the suspension, but Hinch must serve it Wednesday, when the Red Sox and Tigers conclude their series.
Valdez was tagged for 10 runs -seven earned – and three home runs by the Red Sox in just three-plus innings of their 10-3 loss. And after yielding consecutive home runs to Willson Contreras and Wilyer Abreu in the fourth inning, Valdez drilled Story between the numbers with the first four-seam fastball he’s thrown this season.
That resulted in a benches-clearing incident, and Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, in so many words, admonished Valdez for sparking the fracas.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tigers’ Framber Valdez suspended after hitting Red Sox Trevor Story