Louisville and Utah will be glad their series is over....
5/14/27
League Suspends Pirela and Santana for Brawl:
If there wasn't a history between Jose Pirela of Utah and Johan Santana of Louisville, then there is one now. The incident between the two sparked a bench-clearing scrum with those two being the center of attention. Now they will miss 5 and 6 games respectively as a result of their actions. The league office announced their suspensions today.
"We're both really competitive," Pirela said later, "and sometimes things go a little too far because of it."
Pirela is batting .257 this season in 40 games with 1 home run, 11 RBIs and 16 runs scored. He has 36 hits in 140 at-bats.
For this year Santana has chalked up 3 wins and 2 losses in 9 starts with 92 strikeouts in 57 innings and a 4.74 ERA.