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Tampa Bay-New York Fight Results in Suspensions Tuesday, July 15th , 2110 Yesterday at Jon Nunez Sr. Stadium Ricardo Rubio and Nate Merritt got into each other's space and then into each other's face. They began to grapple and fell to the ground. That's when it boiled over into a full-fledged bench-clearing tussle between the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees. Reason finally prevailed as the umpires restored order. After much discussion, only the two major combatants were ejected from the game. Today the league office notified the ballclubs that Rubio will have to sit out 3 while Merritt would be given a 6-game suspension for their roles in the brawl. So far this year, Rubio has 10 home runs and a .276 batting average. Merritt has gone 5-6 this season with an ERA of 4.31 and 59 strikeouts in 87.2 innings pitched. Other clubs are hitting .237 against him. |
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