Umpire Mike Winters was suspended by Major League Baseball for the remainder of the regular season on Wednesday because of his confrontation with San Diego’s Milton Bradley last weekend.
The Padres claimed Winters baited Bradley, who has a history of losing his temper. Bradley tore a knee ligament when his manager spun him to the ground while trying to keep him from going after the umpire during Sunday’s 7-3 loss to Colorado in San Diego.
Winters was suspended because the commissioner’s office concluded he had used a profanity aimed at Bradley, a baseball official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the reasoning for the suspension was not announced.
Rangers: Michael Young joined some select company.
Young’s RBI single in the seventh inning of the Texas Rangers’ home finale was his 200th hit this season. It is the fifth consecutive 200-hit season for Young, who joined Wade Boggs and Ichiro Suzuki as the only players since 1940 to achieve that feat.
“I’m definitely humbled by it.,” Young said.
Young reached his milestone by going 3-for-5 in the Rangers’ 16-2 win over the Angels.
Yankees: Roger Clemens will remain in St. Petersburg, Fla., to continue his rehab program for a strained left hamstring while the New York Yankees close out the regular season this weekend at Baltimore.
Pirates: Second baseman Freddy Sanchez will sit out the final five games of the season because of a shoulder injury that will require arthroscopic surgery Friday.
