Volquez drops appeal
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cleveland, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Edinson Volquez has dropped his appeal and will begin serving his five-game suspension Monday.
Volquez was one of four Royals suspended for their roles in a brawl against the Chicago White Sox last week. In addition to Volquez, starting pitcher Yordano Ventura received a seven-game ban and reliever Kelvin Herrera and outfielder Lorenzo Cain each received two-game suspensions.
Chicago starting pitchers Chris Sale and Jeff Samardzija were each suspended five games for their roles in the brawl.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Benches cleared at the end of the seventh inning after Ventura snared a comebacker from Adam Eaton and yelled an expletive at the White Sox outfielder.
Once the teams gathered on the infield, punches began to be thrown and a pileup ensued.
Volquez started Sunday's game against the White Sox and suffered the loss, allowing five runs -- one earned -- on five hits over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two, falling to 2-2 with a 1.91 ERA this season.