Braves’ Hector Olivera suspended 82 games

The Atlanta Braves’ dismal season took another turn for the worse Thursday when outfielder Hector Olivera was suspended through Aug. 1 for his arrest on domestic violence charges.

The suspension, announced by Commissioner Rob Manfred, is without pay and covers 82 games, retroactive to April 30.

Olivera was arrested April 13 at a hotel outside Washington, D.C., charged with assault and battery of a woman and was immediately placed on leave.

Agreeing with the police report filed in Arlington, Va., Manfred’s office finished an investigation that concluded Olivera was responsible for visible bruises on the woman’s body. A police spokeswoman said at the time that Olivera and the woman were acquainted.

Moustakas on DL

The Kansas City Royals placed third baseman Mike Moustakas on the 15-day disabled list because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

Such injuries usually sideline players for a long period. Moustakas said he will seek a second opinion on the injury.

Moustakas and left fielder Alex Gordon collided Sunday while chasing a fly ball. Gordon went on the disabled list Monday because of a right wrist fracture.

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The Minnesota Twins suspended pitching coach Neil Allen indefinitely with pay following his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving. Minor league pitching coordinator Eric Rasmussen, who is based in Fort Myers, Fla., at the team’s spring training and minor league facility, was named the interim pitching coach. The Twins open a series at Seattle on Friday. ... The Miami Marlins lost yet another piece to their bullpen when they placed right-hander Bryan Morris on the disabled list because of lumbar disk herniation.