"Major League Baseball has announced that infielder Jose Iglesias has received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his conduct towards umpires after Game Three of the Wild Card series against the Cubs last week. It does not say if Iglesias will appeal. If the suspension is either uncontested or upheld, Iglesias would serve the suspension next season. Fellow Padres infielder Xander Bogaerts has also received a fine for the same incident."
"The best-of-three series was tied one game apiece and the Padres were trailing 3-0 going into the ninth inning. Jackson Merrill led off with a home run off Brad Keller to pull the Padres within two. Then Bogaerts worked a 3-2 count and took a pitch down and outside, as seen in this video from MLB.com. Had it been called ball four, Bogaerts would have drawn a walk, bringing the tying run to the plate for the Friars."
"The on-screen strike zone from the broadcast certainly made the pitch look like a ball. Some other pitch-tracking sources, such as Statcast, made it look like it clipped the bottom of the zone. Regardless, Bogaerts and the Padres certainly felt it was a ball. The Friars then got a couple of men on base via hit-by-pitches but fell 3-1, ending their season. Later, fan footage emerged of the umpires being berated as they left the field through the away dugout steps, per @padsfanatic."
Major League Baseball announced a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for infielder Jose Iglesias for his conduct toward umpires after Game Three of the Wild Card series against the Cubs. The announcement did not indicate whether Iglesias will appeal. If uncontested or upheld, the suspension will be served next season. Fellow Padres infielder Xander Bogaerts was fined for the same incident. The decisive call occurred in the ninth inning with the series tied and the Padres trailing 3-0, when Bogaerts took a low outside pitch that was called strike three by home plate umpire D.J. Reyburn. Broadcast and pitch-tracking views differed on the pitch location. The Padres lost 3-1 and the season ended, and fan footage later showed umpires being berated as they exited.
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