Kansas City pitcher Runelvys Hernandez was suspended for 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount Thursday, and manager Buddy Bell will have to sit out a game following a benches-clearing brawl last weekend at Detroit.
Tigers reliever Kyle Farnsworth was suspended for six games and Detroit starter Jeremy Bonderman was penalized for five. Both pitchers were fined, as was Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillen.
Hernandez and Bell also were fined. The penalties were imposed by Bob Watson, baseball's head disciplinarian.
Hernandez, whose beaning of Guillen touched off the brawl, will appeal the ruling and said he plans to start on Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. Farnsworth and Bonderman also plan to appeal.
Hernandez insisted that he wasn't aiming at Guillen's head and felt the penalty was severe.
"That's too much," he said. "I didn't do it on purpose. I never hit anybody in the head."
Runelvys Hernandez Suspended 10 Games




