Boston Red Sox pitcher David Wells was suspended for six games for making contact with two umpires. Red Sox manager Terry Francona said Wells would appeal, allowing him to start Friday night's game against the New York Yankees. "I just want to make sure it gets done properly because he's pitching tonight," Francona told reporters who filed back into his office when the suspension was announced about 2? hours before game time. "I kind of had an idea that it was coming." A few minutes earlier, Wells sat at his locker in the Red Sox clubhouse reading a magazine. Asked if he had been suspended, he said, "Get away from me, man. I'm pitching tonight." After taking a phone call, Francona went out to talk to Wells, who did not react to the news. Francona said he left the pitcher a message earlier in the afternoon, but Wells did not check his voice mail. "Obviously, he'll appeal it," Francona said. "He's going to pitch tonight. It doesn't affect that."