Astros' Bryan Abreu suspended 2 games for plunking Adolis Garcia after home run

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Major League Baseball announced Saturday Bryan Abreu has been suspended two games for hitting Adolis Garcia with a pitch in Game 5 of the ALCS in an at-bat after his three-run home run.

Garcia hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning Friday night that gave his Texas Rangers a 4-2 lead. The next pitch Garcia saw in the eighth drilled him in his right elbow pad.

Garcia's immediately got in catcher Martin Maldonado's face, and the two had to be separated.

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Adolis Garcia (53) of the Texas Rangers argues with Martin Maldonado (15) of the Houston Astros after being hit by a pitch by Bryan Abreu of the Houston Astros, prompting benches to clear during the eighth inning in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series at Globe Life Field Oct. 20, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.  (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Abreu and Garcia were both ejected, as was Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker.

The suspension will begin Game 6 Sunday, but Abreu is expected to appeal, and that would likely push the suspension to the 2024 regular season.

Baker was ejected after arguing with umpires shortly after Abreu was tossed, saying he hadn't been "that mad in a long time."

"It didn’t make any sense to me," Baker said after the game of Abreu’s ejection. "We got a two-run game, and they explained to me that the guy just hit a three-run homer, but that was a mistake that he hit a three-run homer. The ball was down and in, and he wasn’t trying to go down and in. 

Manger Dusty Baker of the Houston Astros, center, argues with the umpires after Bryan Abreu was ejected against the Texas Rangers during the