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Article: Baseball: Astros' Oswalt drops appeal of five-game suspension.
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- The Sports Network
- Article date:
- August 29, 2002
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Aug 29, 2002 (The Sports Network via COMTEX)
Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt has decided to drop his appeal of a five-game suspension handed to him after he threw at Alex Gonzalez of the Chicago Cubs last week.
Oswalt, who earned his 17th victory of the year on Wednesday, was set to appeal his suspension, but began serving the penalty Thursday.
During the game at Wrigley Field on August 12, Oswalt intentionally threw at Gonzalez after ...