BOSTON -- Yankees right-hander Michael Pineda was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday for possessing a foreign substance during Wednesday's game against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.Pineda said he will accept the suspension, which will begin Thursday, when the Yankees and Red Sox continue their series in Boston."I'm sorry. I made a big mistake," Pineda said. "I feel really bad for that." 
Pineda was ejected by home-plate umpire Gerry Davis in the bottom of the second inning after Red Sox manager John Farrell asked Davis to inspect a suspicious brown substance on the right side of Pineda's neck.Pineda later admitted that he had applied pine tar to his neck after allowing two runs in the bottom of the first inning, saying that he was having difficulty controlling his pitches and that he did not want to hit any batters."It was a really cold night and in the first inning I [didn't] have a really good grip on the ball," Pineda said after the game.Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
Pineda was ejected by home-plate umpire Gerry Davis in the bottom of the second inning after Red Sox manager John Farrell asked Davis to inspect a suspicious brown substance on the right side of Pineda's neck.Pineda later admitted that he had applied pine tar to his neck after allowing two runs in the bottom of the first inning, saying that he was having difficulty controlling his pitches and that he did not want to hit any batters."It was a really cold night and in the first inning I [didn't] have a really good grip on the ball," Pineda said after the game.Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
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