Dodgers-Diamondbacks brawl
Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero (26) tends to Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66), who was hit by a pitch thrown by Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Ian Kennedy (31) in the sixth inning. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The Dodgers and Diamondbacks brawled Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium after several batters were hit by pitches. On Friday, Major League Baseball announced eight suspensions for the incident, led by a 10-game penalty for Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy, who had plunked the Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke. Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly, hitting coach Mark McGwire, pitchers J.P. Howell and Ronald Belisario and utilityman Skip Schumaker also received suspensions of one or two games each.
Dodgers trainers and manager Don Mattingly tend to right fielder Yasiel Puig after he was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
The rivalry between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Dodgers intensified when Yasiel Puig was hit by a pitch during a game in June, just as the club began a historic 50-game run during which it went 42-8. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
Arizona Diamondbacks Miguel Montero talks with home plate umpire Clint Fagan after Montero was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning against the Dodgers. (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)
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Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke loses his helmet after being hit by a pitch from Ian Kennedy of the Diamondbacks an inning after Puigh was hit. The beaning ignited a benches-clearing brawl at Dodger Stadium. (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)
Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire, left, grabs Arizona third base coach Matt Williams during the brawl the ensued after the Diamondbacks’ Ian Kennedy hit Zack Greinke with a pitch. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Benches emptied after former Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke was hit by an Arizona Diamondback pitch in the seventh inning on June 11, 2013.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)The Dodgers and Diamondbacks fought on the field at Dodger Stadium after several batters were hit by pitches. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Dodgers third baseman Luis Cruz (47) holds back Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke (21) after Grienke hit Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero with a pitch in the seventh inning. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire and Arizona Diamondbacks manager Kirk Gibson grab each other by the collar during the brawl. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers manager Don Mattingly, right, pushes down Arizona Diamondbacks coach Alan Trammell during a bench-clearing brawl in the seventh inning at Dodger Stadium. (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)
Dodgers utility player Skip Schumaker, left, and third baseman Juan Uribe are restrained by Diamondbacks pitching coach Charles Nagy during the seventh-inning, benches-clearing brawl at Dodger Stadium. (Stephen Dunn / Getty Images)
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Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire escorts right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) away from the ruckus after benches emptied. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers’ Andre Ethier rounds first base after his two-run home run ties the game in the sixth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers’ Andre Ethier gets a hug from Yasiel Puig (66) next to Arizona Diamondbacks catcher Miguel Montero (26) after his two-run home run. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Dodgers second baseman Nick Punto (7) slams his bat to the ground after striking out with the bases loaded in the fifth inning. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke (21) takes a moment before throwing the first pitch of the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)