Mets’ Rhame suspended 2 games for pitches near Hoskins’ head

By: The Associated Press Posted: 5:18 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 25, 2019 Last Modified: 5:18 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 25, 2019

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New York Mets right-hander Jacob Rhame has been suspended for two games for sailing two fastballs over the head of Rhys Hoskins during a tense series with the Phillies.

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New York Mets right-hander Jacob Rhame has been suspended for two games for sailing two fastballs over the head of Rhys Hoskins during a tense series with the Phillies.

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New York Mets right-hander Jacob Rhame has been suspended for two games for sailing two fastballs over the head of Rhys Hoskins during a tense series with the Phillies.

The commissioner’s office also fined Rhame on Thursday for what it said were intentional near-beanings.

The suspension is scheduled to begin Friday, when the Mets host the Milwaukee Brewers, unless Rhame appeals.

Philadelphia Phillies' Rhys Hoskins hits a two-run home run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Hoskins got buzzed twice by Rhame with two outs in the ninth inning of New York’s 9-0 victory Tuesday, a day after two Mets got plunked. The Philadelphia cleanup man said later that the Mets catcher insisted they were trying to go inside.

Hoskins got his revenge Wednesday night with a ninth-inning homer off Rhame. He taunted the reliever with a slow jog around the bases in the Phillies’ 6-0 win. It took him 34.23 seconds, the slowest trot in the majors this season.