Giants' Chapman has suspension reduced to fine

SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco Giants 3rd baseman Matt Chapman's one-game suspension was dropped by Major League Baseball connected Friday and helium alternatively volition wage a good for his relation successful a benches-clearing incidental astatine Colorado connected Sept. 2.

The Giants made the announcement up of Friday's opener successful a play bid against the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying an statement with the Commissioner's Office had been reached.

Chapman had faced a suspension and an undisclosed fine aft helium made interaction with Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland.

Chapman, Freeland and Giants shortstop Willy Adames were ejected pursuing the first-inning fracas during San Francisco's 7-4 triumph astatine Coors Field, past Chapman led the Giants past the Rockies 10-8 a nighttime aboriginal - playing the crippled arsenic the entreaty was considered.

Freeland, Adames and Rafael Devers besides were fined for their involvement. Tempers flared aft Devers deed a two-run homer successful the archetypal inning and admired it earlier opening his dilatory trot.

"Look, we didn't consciousness similar we started it. It is what it is, woody with it going forward. We'll spot what happens successful the appeal. The different ones were fines," Giants manager Bob Melvin said the adjacent day. "You knew thing was going to happen. We were hoping determination weren't suspensions. Ended up being one, and it's connected appeal, truthful spot wherever that goes."

Devers crushed a sweeper implicit the close tract partition and past Freeland took objection with Devers' celebration, prompting some players to outcry astatine each other.

Several players charged toward the infield, and MLB said Chapman was disciplined for "pushing" Freeland. Adames besides was successful the mediate of the scrum.