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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was suspended for Saturday night's game by Major League Baseball for his role in an altercation with San Diego Padres manager Andy Green the night before. Roberts was also fined an undisclosed amount. Green and Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood were fined, too. The discipline was announced a few hours before the teams played the middle game of a three-game series. "It's what Major League Baseball felt was the right course of action, so I support it," Roberts said. Roberts had to leave the ballpark by game time Saturday. He said he was either going to go to his home in northern San Diego County or to the team hotel across the street from Petco Park. Bench coach Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 10:24:pm EST

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts received a one-game suspension for his actions during a bench-clearing argument with San Diego Padres manager Andy Green in Friday's game at Petco Park, Major League Baseball announced Saturday. Roberts, Green and Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood have also each been fined an undisclosed amount. Roberts will serve his suspension Saturday. Roberts and Green were ejected after a dispute in which Roberts shoved Green behind home plate. Wood yelled at Padres baserunner Jose Pirela on second base in the bottom of the first inning Friday and gestured back at the plate, an indication he believed Pirela was giving pitch signs to a Padres hitter. Plate umpire Greg Gibson Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 8:05:pm EST

Austin Barnes and the Los Angeles Dodgers put on another power display while tempers flared between the two mangers. Barnes hit two homers and drove in seven runs in a 10-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night in a game where both managers were ejected early on for arguing with each other. "Crazy stuff like that happens," Barnes said. Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 8:17:am EST

SAN DIEGO Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Padres manager Andy Green were both ejected from Friday night’s game at Petco Park after a confrontation between the first and second innings. After a leadoff double by Jose Pirela in the bottom of the first inning, Dodgers starter Alex Wood appeared to complain to home plate umpire Greg Gibson about Pirela possibly stealing signs and signaling to the Padres batter. Gibson signaled to both benches as he returned to home plate. Both managers were confused – Green was caught on camera, yelling “What happened?” toward Gibson. When the inning ended, both managers met at home plate with Gibson to get an explanation. As they parted, Roberts was clearly Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 12:12:am EST

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (center) is held back after getting into a heated confrontation with Padres manager Andy Green. Managers Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Andy Green of the San Diego Padres were at the center of an unexpected blow up that nearly led to a brouhaha on Friday night. It happened in the middle of the first inning after the managers had huddled with home plate umpire Greg Gibson to iron out developing tensions between Dodgers starting pitcher Alex Wood and Padres infielder Jose Pirela. Continue to Article

July 01, 2017 12:06:am EST