DENVER (AP) — San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman is appealing a one-game suspension handed down Wednesday by Major League Baseball along with an undisclosed fine after he made contact with Colorado pitcher Kyle Freeland in a game a night earlier.

Chapman, Freeland and Giants shortstop Willy Adames all were ejected following the first-inning fracas during San Francisco’s 7-4 win at Coors Field.

In the second inning Wednesday, Chapman homered off Germán Márquez to put the Giants ahead 1-0. Chapman connected for a three-run shot in the sixth and a 9-5 lead, after manager Bob Melvin was ejected in the bottom of the fifth for arguing balls and strikes.

Freeland, Adames and Rafael Devers also were fined for their involvement in what became a benches-clearing incident that started after

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