Reds pitcher Ross Ohlendorf suspended for hitting the Pirates’ David Freese

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ross Ohlendorf has been suspended three games by Major League Baseball for throwing at Pittsburgh’s David Freese this week after warnings had been issued.

Ohlendorf also was fined. He appealed the penalties, and can pitch until there is a final resolution. Ohlendorf didn’t pitch in a 3-2 loss at Philadelphia on Friday night.

“I didn’t do it on purpose,” Ohlendorf said. “It wasn’t intentional.”

Reds Manager Bryan Price was suspended one game and fined.

“We don’t go out there to try to hit people, because in turn your guys start to get hit,” Price said.

Ohlendorf was ejected after hitting Freese in the ninth inning Wednesday night at Cincinnati. The Pirates won, 5-4, in a game in which four Pirates batters were hit and two Reds were plunked, continuing the recent bad blood between the teams.

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Former No. 1 overall draft pick Matt Bush, who was released from prison in October after a 3 1/2-year sentence for a drunken-driving accident, reached the majors for the first time when Texas called up the 30-year-old reliever. He was drafted first by San Diego in 2004 as a shortstop. . . .

Padres starter Andrew Cashner is on the disabled list with a right hamstring injury. . . . The Chicago White Sox waived veteran left-hander John Danks.