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NEW YORK – Major League Baseball suspended Washington Nationals starting pitcher Sean Nolin five games Friday for intentionally hitting Atlanta Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman.
Nolin, who was also fined in an undisclosed amount, is appealing the suspension and can continue playing until there is a final resolution.
The league also suspended Nationals manager Dave Martinez for one game and fined him in an undisclosed amount. Martinez is serving the suspension in Friday night’s game in Pittsburgh. Bench coach Tim Bogar manages the team in place of Martinez.
Nolin was sent off in the first inning on Wednesday after throwing behind Freeman and then hitting him in what became a 4-2 Nationals win. Nolin launched Freeman a day after Atlanta’s closest Will Smith hit Washington star Juan Soto.
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