Detroit left-hander Framber Valdez was suspended five games by Major League Baseball on Wednesday for intentionally throwing at Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story, while Tigers manager A.J. Hinch received a one-game ban.
Valdez's suspension, which equates to one missed start in the rotation, was reduced from six games to five and will start with Wednesday's game against the Red Sox.
Hinch, who cannot appeal under MLB rules for managers, will also sit out Wednesday's game.
Both were also fined an undisclosed amount.
"Generally when you have an event like last night where there's a disruption of play and there's a guy kicked out of the game for what is deemed throwing at somebody, that doesn't come for free," Hinch said Wednesday.
The Tigers are already down three healthy starting pitchers with Tarik Skubal (elbow), Casey Mize (hamstring) and Justin Verlander (hip) all on the injured list.
Valdez already allowed eight runs in the first three innings of Tuesday's game when Willson Contreras hit a 449-foot homer on the first pitch of the fourth. Contreras watched the flight of the ball from home plate before flipping his bat.
Two pitches later, Wilyer Abreu boosted the score to 10-2 -- a career-worst for runs allowed by Valdez -- when he homered into the right-field seats, a 109.1 mph drive. Valdez's next pitch was a 94.4 mph offering -- his first four-seam fastball since last Aug. 3 -- that hit Story between the numbers on his back.
When home plate umpire Adam Beck and Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler got between Story and the mound Tuesday, the Red Sox dugout emptied, followed by Detroit's bench and both bullpens. There was no physical contact and few harsh words.
Valdez, who was ejected, said after the game that "it was not intentional" and that "there shouldn't be a suspension in that situation."
Hinch did not take Valdez's side after Tuesday's game.
"We play a really good brand of baseball here. That didn't feel like it," Hinch said. "It's not judging intent; I have no idea. But I know when you go out on the field and you end up sort of in those confrontations, you usually feel like you're in your right. And it didn't feel good being out there.
"So, I understand [Boston's] frustrations. I understand the moment, and it was a low moment of a frustrating night."
The last four-seam fastball that Valdez had thrown came while pitching for the Houston Astros last season, and he hit Boston's Ceddanne Rafaela under the left arm with the 95.5 mph pitch on a 3-1 count while trailing 6-1.
Also last season, Valdez denied intentionally hitting Astros teammate Cesar Salazar -- his own catcher -- in the chest with a pitch almost immediately after he gave up a grand slam in a loss to the New York Yankees. Two pitches after Trent Grisham's slam in that Sept. 2 game, Valdez crossed up Salazar by throwing a 92.8 mph sinker to Anthony Volpe.
Valdez and Salazar both said after the game the pitch that hit the catcher wasn't on purpose.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.