San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez has reportedly had his three-game suspension for hitting Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani with a pitch last week reduced to two games.

In all, 10 total batters were hit in those seven games, including eight in the just-concluded four-game set. Hostilities finally bubbled over when Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit on the right hand in the ninth inning of Thursday's series finale by a fastball from Dodgers rookie Jack Little:

San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. had a clear message for the Los Angeles Dodgers after he was hit by a pitch for the third time in the last nine days by