HOUSTON (AP) — Milwaukee reliever Abner Uribe received a one-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his inappropriate actions towards the St. Louis dugout earlier this week, MLB announced Friday.
Uribe is appealing the suspension so he will be available Friday night when the Brewers open a three-game series at Houston.
The suspension comes after Uribe's behavior Tuesday night following an inning-ending strikeout in a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Uribe retired Alec Burleson on a called third strike with two outs and runners on first and second in the eighth, the only inning he pitched. Uribe then made three WWE-style crotch chops while facing the Cardinals dugout.
The Cardinals challenged the call, which was close, but narrowly confirmed to be at the bottom of the strike zone.
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after the game that he was embarrassed by Uribe’s antics and that it was unacceptable. He reiterated that point Friday after the suspension was announced.
“We accept the fact that the MLB has a job to do and I’ll be the first one to say what Abner did is unacceptable,” Murphy said. “I’m not going to make any other statements about what’s fair and what’s not fair. I don’t have a full view of everything and how it works or what all goes behind it. But Abner has the right to appeal. He’s done that and I support him on that.”
Uribe said through an interpreter on Tuesday that he apologized to his team. But he did not apologize to the Cardinals.
“Everyone here knows me and knows who I am, and knows I have a bit of a history of being emotional out there,” Uribe said. “I think first I owe an apology to the Brewers. I owe an apology to my teammates, to my manager, all the bosses of the team. I understand that’s unacceptable, to go out there and react in a way like that.”
Uribe did not speak to reporters on Friday after the suspension was announced.
Murphy said Friday that they have dealt with the matter internally and added that Uribe was not available to pitch Wednesday.
“He clearly understands,” Murphy said. “He’s clearly made the apologies he needs to make. It was sincere. I know the kid very well and am happy with that.”
Uribe was suspended for six games and fined following a benches-clearing brawl against the Tampa Bay Rays in April 2024.
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Milwaukee Brewers' Abner Uribe gestures during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
Milwaukee Brewers' Abner Uribe gestures during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Aaron Gash)
DALLAS (AP) — Firefighters responding to reports of a gas leak at a Dallas apartment complex had already arrived and were preparing to evacuate residents when the building exploded in a massive fireball, killing three people and injuring several more, the city's fire chief said Friday.
Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief Justin Ball said the first group of four firefighters arrived within two minutes of the call reporting the gas leak on Thursday.
“Right before they were going to enter and evacuate, it exploded,” Ball said.
Firefighters had been on scene for about 10 minutes, conducting necessary safety protocols that include blocking off the street, finding the leak, donning protective gear and setting up a water supply, he said, describing their actions as “heroics.”
“No time was wasted,” Ball insisted. “That takes time to put all the safety protocols in place. I would be criticizing them if they had not done that."
The explosion shook nearby homes and the resulting inferno razed the two-story complex. A child and two other people were killed and at least five people were injured and sent to hospitals. No firefighters were injured, Ball said.
The building's 23 units were occupied by 19 families. Ball said authorities searched the charred wreckage late into Thursday night and early Friday morning with drones, cadaver dogs and specialized urban rescue teams, and did not expect to find any more victims.
“There is nobody unaccounted for or we’d still be searching,” Ball said.
Authorities have not released the names of the people who were killed. The local Democratic Party said one of its members was missing.
The cause of the gas leak before the explosion is still unknown and Ball said he would not speculate.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates gas pipeline accidents, is leading the probe into what happened with support from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The NTSB said initial reports indicate a contractor damaged an underground gas pipeline.
Atmos Energy, a natural gas provider in the area, said service to the neighborhood remained shut off, and company officials were working with investigators on-site.
An attorney for the apartment owner said the building was being sold to a buyer who planned to build a new housing unit. He said an engineering firm hired by that company struck the gas line while doing soil testing.
“The owner is shocked by this outcome and likewise mourns this outcome,” attorney Geoff Henley said.
Phone and email messages left with an engineering company that the complex’s owner said was doing soil testing were not immediately returned.
Jerry Knapp, the founder of the Explosive Gas Academy, which provides training for fire academies and fire departments about handling natural gas and propane leaks, said the protocols described by Ball appeared to be “100% proper.”
Gas leaks are unpredictable and firefighters must work quickly to find the leak and assess how long it has been going on, he said. Gas can be ignited suddenly and without warning.
“You go from, ‘Doesn’t look too bad,’ to 'Bang!” Knapp said.
Several blocks of streets around the explosion site were still closed off by police cars and police tape Friday.
Sherry Woods, who lives in an apartment across an alleyway from the fire site, said Friday she was sitting outside her front door when she and her boyfriend smelled what they believed to be gas.
Moments later, the explosion nearly knocked her down.
“All you heard was ‘boom.’ I shook like something was hitting me. It was scary to hear something like that. I felt the building shake,” Woods said.
Trish Thompson surveyed the site from across a grassy field Friday morning and could see the gap on the block where the apartment complex stood just 24-hours earlier.
Thompson, who lives nearby, described hearing a “loud rumble, something more like a train to me” and seeing smoke and fire.
“Pray for them,” Thompson said.
Associated Press journalists Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas, and John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas contributed.
Damage is visible following an apartment complex fire, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Officials stand near rubble following an apartment complex fire, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Officials stand near rubble following an apartment complex fire, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Trish Thompson looks over a fence at the damage left behind following an apartment complex fire not far from where she lives, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A vehicle is seen damaged following an apartment complex fire, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
