Pittsburgh Pirates relief Dennis Santana issued a suspension of four games and an unknown fine by Major League Baseball for “aggressive action after a fan” of the visitors’ bull at Comerica Park during Thursday’s match against the Detroit Tigers.

Santana appeals to the suspension and will be available to stand for Friday’s match with the Texas Rangers.

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The incident in question occurred during the second match of a double hair. Santana was filmed by several viewers in the left field stalls jump up to clap at A fan above the visitors’ bull in the seventh innings. The fan was shot out of the ballpark after the interruption, The athletics’ Cody Stavenhagen reported.

Santana was not removed from the match and was the record of the record in the ninth innings when the match was delayed by the rain for more than an hour. He ends up with a third of a turn before being replaced by David bednar After the delay with the score at 4-4. Pittsburgh went on an 8-4 winand divide the double hair with Detroit.

After the match, Santana addressed the incident, saying that the fan “crossed the line a few times.”

“You know me – I’m a calm behavior,” Santana said by Pirates translator Stephen Morales, via the Associated Press. “I’ve never had trouble for one of the teams I played for. This guy crossed the line several times. ‘

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Santana did not specify what the fan said to provoke him, but said he told Pirates manager Don Kelly that he regretted what had happened.

The suspension comes amid Santana with the best season of his career in eight years. He has a 1.72 era and five savings in 32 appearances, which compiled 25 strokes and five hikes in 31 1/3 overs. The veteran reliever is surely a popular target through the play -off match on the MLB deadline.

MLB’s fine of four games is in line with The suspension issued two seasons ago after Los Angeles Angels infilder Anthony Rendon. Rendon confronted a fan on the plots as he left the field and eventually grabbed the spectator by the shirt. He originally issued a five -match suspension, which was reduced to four games on appeal.