Rays reliever, manager suspended after Phillies’ Nick Castellanos hit with pitch before benches cleared

Rays reliever Edwin Uceta has been suspended for two games after intentionally hitting Phillies outfielder Nick Castellanos with a pitch, MLB announced Wednesday. Uceta was originally banished for three games, but had that punishment reduced to two ahead of Wednesday’s contest against the Phillies.

The two teams engaged in a benches-clearing spat on Tuesday night as part of a 9-4 Phillies victory (box score). The incident occurred during the bottom of the eighth inning, when Uceta plunked Castellanos in the back with a 96 mph sinker.

Castellanos took exception. Bryce Harper, who had been stationed at second base, did as well. Harper even walked from the bag to the mound to confront Uceta before being corralled by an infielder. Here’s the entire scene in all its motion picture glory