San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez has reportedly had his three-game suspension for hitting Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani with a pitch last week reduced to two games.

Suarez was immediately ejected after hitting Shohei Ohtani in the right shoulder blade with a 99.8 mph fastball.

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The Washington Nationals and the San Diego Padres play the middle contest of a 3-game series at Petco Park Tuesday.

With the Juan Soto trade, the Nationals and Padres will forever be connected. The Nats three best players all came from San Diego’s system. For the James Wood, this will be his first trip to San Diego to show Padres fans what they missed out on. On the field, the Nats desperately need to get going.