Beckett’s suspension reduced
Published: April 19, 2009
BOSTON—Josh Beckett’s suspension has been reduced to five games from six, meaning the Boston Red Sox pitcher won’t miss his scheduled turn in the rotation.
The results of Beckett’s appeal were announced Sunday. He was suspended for throwing near the head of Los Angeles’ Bobby Abreu
last Sunday.
He will start Saturday against the New York Yankees. Jon Lester is now scheduled to pitch the series opener on Friday.
Beckett (2-1) pitched six innings in Boston’s 6-4 win over the
Orioles on Saturday night.
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Are you kidding me? This was wrong to suspend him. I watched the game and clearly he was already throwing the ball when this Abreu called time out. Then the LA team comes out screaming and trying to reach Beckett. What about that Hunter dude, what happened to him? Stop being babies and grow up, it is a baseball game.
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