San Diego Padres reliever Robert Suarez reveals whether or not he intentionally hit Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani.

Major League Baseball suspended San Diego Padres right-handed pitcher Robert Suarez for three games Friday, while Padres manager Mike Shildt and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts received one-game suspensions following the conclusion of a feisty series between the teams this week.

Both managers were ejected in the top of the ninth after they ran onto the field and bumped into each other during an argument.

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Amid baseball’s most heated rivalry, the benches cleared Thursday night at Dodger Stadium after San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt and his Los Angeles Dodgers counterpart, Dave Roberts, confronted each other moments after Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr.

MLB suspended Padres and Dodgers personnel after a bench-clearing incident sparked by Fernando Tatis Jr. being hit by a pitch for the third time this season.

Padres reliever Robert Suarez, meanwhile, has been suspended for three games after plunking Shohei Ohtani. Each of those three individuals, ejected from Thursday's game, were also fined an undisclosed amount.