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Stumble It!NEW YORK (AP) - Atlanta’s Rafael Soriano was suspended for four games by Major League Baseball today—three days after he hit Florida’s Dan Uggla with a pitch.
Soriano plunked Uggla in the top of the ninth inning during Atlanta’s 11-6 win over the Marlins on Monday night. Both teams were warned by umpires.
Uggla said the pitch was meant as payback for the three batters hit by Byung-Hyun Kim that night, or for the homer Uggla hit off Soriano in their last meeting.
Soriano denies throwing at Uggla intentionally and plans to appeal. He will be allowed to keep pitching until a hearing is held before John McHale Jr., the MLB’s vice president for administration.
A possible date for the hearing is Monday—the Braves’ final off day of the regular season.
Manager Bobby Cox was caught off guard by the suspension, saying Soriano had no reason to throw at Uggla.
