NEW YORK — Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave was extended by seven days through July 15 by Major League Baseball and the players’ association on Thursday while the sport’s investigators check into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.
Bauer was placed on seven days’ paid leave on July 2 under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy adopted by MLB and the players’ union in 2015. The paid leave has been repeatedly extended for players in the past while investigations proceed.
Police in Pasadena, California, and MLB are investigating the allegations made against Bauer by a Southern California woman who says the pitcher choked and punched her during two sexual encounters earlier this year. The woman obtained a protection order against Bauer last month under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
According to the woman’s declaration attached to the request for the protection order, she suffered injuries as a result of the second encounter, including two black eyes, a bloodied swollen lip, significant bruising and scratching to one side of her face.
“We continue to refute (the woman’s) allegations in the strongest possible terms and Mr. Bauer vehemently denies her account of their two meetings,” the pitcher’s agents, Jon Fetterolf and Rachel Luba, said in a statement. “Again, administrative leave is neither a disciplinary action nor does it in any way reflect a finding in the league’s investigation.”
Feteroff has said his client’s interactions with the woman were wholly consensual. A hearing related to the protection order is scheduled for July 23.
Bauer agreed to a $102 million, three-year contract to join his hometown Dodgers earlier this year after winning his first Cy Young with the Cincinnati Reds last season. Bauer is 8-5 with a 2.59 ERA in 17 starts this season.
MARLINS: Manager Don Mattingly will return for a seventh season in 2022, GM Kim Ng said.
Mattingly and the club agreed to the mutual option in his contract that allows him to manage next season.
The Marlins ended a 17-year playoff drought when they reached the postseason in 2020. That accomplishment earned Mattingly NL Manager of the Year honors.
ASTROS: Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa will not play in next week’s All-Star Game. Both were named reserves for the game Tuesday night in Denver.
Altuve, a second baseman, cited needing the time off to deal with unspecified “issues” with his left leg as his reason for pulling out of the game.
Correa, a shortstop who received his second All-Star nod, chose to skip the game to spend time with his wife, Daniella, who is pregnant with the couple’s first child.
THURSDAY’S GAMES
DODGERS 6, MARLINS 1: Julio Urias allowed Jazz Chisholm’s leadoff homer, then didn’t allow another run through the seventh inning for his major league-leading 11th win as visiting Los Angeles avoided a four-game sweep.
Chisholm put Miami ahead when he drove a 2-0 fastball off the facade above right-center field for his 10th homer.
Urias (11-3) allowed just four more hits, struck out nine and walked two, throwing a season-high 101 pitches. With the score 1-1, Urias singled leading off the fifth, starting a five-run inning.
MARINERS 4, YANKEES 0: Rookie Logan Gilbert pitched one-hit ball over seven innings in the best start of his young career, Kyle Seager and Dylan Moore homered, and Seattle avoided a three-game sweep by visiting New York.
Gilbert (3-2) set a career-high with eight strikeouts and retired his final 18 batters.
ATHLETICS 2, ASTROS 1: Jed Lowrie and Matt Olson drove in a run each to back a strong start by Frankie Montas and give Oakland a win at Houston.
The victory stopped a three-game skid for Oakland and ended a six-game winning streak for the Astros, who lead the AL West.
Lance McCullers Jr. (6-2) lost for the first time in 10 starts since April 14.
Montas (8-7) fanned 10 while allowing five hits and a run over 6 2/3 innings. Jake Diekman gave up one hit in a scoreless ninth for his seventh save.
ROCKIES 9, DIAMONDBACKS 3: Dom Nunez, hitting just .159, doubled twice and singled as Colorado avoided a three-game sweep at Arizona.
The Rockies won for just the seventh time in 40 road games this season. They’re 31-17 at Coors Field.
Colorado scored twice in the sixth off Jordan Weems (0-1) for a 4-3 lead and added four runs in the seventh.
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