Yasiel Puig lost appeal of two-game suspension

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig lost his appeal of a two-game suspension and will begin serving it on Tuesday night against the New York Mets.

Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig lost his appeal of a two-game suspension and will begin serving it on Tuesday night against the New York Mets.

Puig will also miss Wednesday's game against the Mets due to the benches-clearing incident that occurred on Aug. 14 against the San Francisco Giants.

The incident occurred in the seventh inning of a game at Dodger Stadium, when Puig fouled off a pitch from Giants reliever Tony Watson and demonstrably swatted his bat in frustration.

San Francisco's Nick Hundley made a comment while still down in his catcher's crouch. Puig walked toward Hundley, who got up and the two were to face to face before Puig twice pushed Hundley.

The pushes led the dugouts and bullpens of both teams to empty. During the scrum, Puig threw an open-handed punch at Hundley and hit him in the front of the catcher's mask.

Puig also received an undisclosed fine for his actions. Hundley also was fined.

Puig is batting .259 with 15 homers and 47 RBIs in 104 games this season.

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