| 1 | TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto pitcher Aaron Sanchez was suspended for three games and manager John Gibbons for one for their roles in Sunday's brawling game between the Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals. |
| 2 | Major League Baseball on Tuesday also fined Sanchez an undisclosed sum for intentionally throwing at Alcides Escobar with warnings in place during the top of the eighth inning of Toronto's 7-6 win. |
| 3 | Sanchez contends his pitch just got away. |
| 4 | Gibbons was missing Tuesday night's home game against Minnesota. |
| 5 | He was disciplined for coming back on the field when the benches cleared following Sanchez's pitch. |
| 6 | Gibbons already had been ejected in the seventh inning. |
| 7 | Sanchez's suspension was to start Monday night. |
| 8 | If he appeals, his penalties will be held until the matter is settled. |
| 9 | Sanchez was ejected by umpire Jim Wolf, who had put a warning in place in the first inning when Royals starter Edison Volquez hit Toronto third baseman Josh Donaldson. |
| 10 | ''If I wanted to send a message I would've sent a message to their big guys,'' Sanchez said after the game. |
| 11 | ''I think it was kind of crap, but we'll move on. |
| 12 | The Blue Jays did not like the way Wolf handled the game. |
| 13 | After issuing the warning in the first, the Jays were upset when reliever Ryan Madson wasn't tossed for hitting shortstop Troy Tulowitzki in the forearm in the seventh inning. |
| 14 | Donaldson got buzzed in the next at-bat, which led to Gibbons' ejection. |
| 15 | ''I have a lot of respect for him behind the plate. |
| 16 | I don't think he made a lot of the right decisions today,'' Donaldson, referring to Wolf, said after the game. |