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Piniella accepts suspension

Cubs manager Lou Piniella received a four-game suspension for weekend antics. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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Cubs manager Lou Piniella received a four-game suspension for weekend antics. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella’s suspension was set at four games Monday by Major League Baseball for his dirt-kicking tantrum against an umpire Saturday in Chicago.

“I will serve it and I will learn from this experience,” Piniella said before Monday night’s game at Milwaukee.

Piniella said he was suspended for making contact with umpire Mark Wegner – which the Cubs first-year manager denied – and for “exciting the crowd, which is not hard to do in Chicago.”

Bench coach Alan Trammell managed the Cubs in their 10-1 win over Atlanta on Sunday. He will continue running the team in Piniella’s absence.

Piniella was ejected in the eighth inning of Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves at Wrigley Field after Angel Pagan was thrown out trying to steal third.

Clemens planning start

Roger Clemens still hopes to make his 2007 Yankees debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday after an MRI exam showed he had a scar tissue injury in his right groin.

Clemens had originally planned to start Monday night at the Chicago White Sox.

Clearing the bases

Los Angeles Dodgers closer Takashi Saito has tightness in his left hamstring and may miss a key three-game N.L. West series in San Diego that starts tonight. … Washington Nationals reliever Ryan Wagner will have arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder. … The Chicago White Sox optioned Mike MacDougal and David Aardsma to Triple-A Charlotte while purchasing the contracts of pitchers Ryan Bukvich and Bret Prinz from the minor league club. … The Tampa Bay Devil Rays placed backup catcher Shawn Riggans on the 15-day disabled list with an injured right elbow and purchased the contract of catcher Raul Casanova from Triple-A Durham. … The Cincinnati Reds said they plan to recall outfielder Josh Hamilton and reliever Todd Coffey from Triple-A Louisville and send right-hander Brad Salmon and outfielder Dewayne Wise to Louisville. … Clete Boyer, the third baseman for the World Series champion New York Yankees teams of the 1960s, died Monday in Atlanta from complications of a brain hemorrhage. He was 70.