Published 6/27/2008
at FOXSports.com News for MLB
Major League Baseball reduced Coco Crisp's suspension from seven days to five for his role in a bench-clearing brawl during Boston's game with Tampa Bay on June 5.
Crisp was to start in center field for Friday's game against Houston. He will begin serving his suspension on Saturday, sitting out the last two games against the Astros and the three-game series in Tampa which begins Monday.
In all, eight players from the Red Sox and Rays were suspended a total of 38 games following the brawl.
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