Peters suspended

The Big West has suspended UC Davis baseball coach Rex Peters one game for his outburst during Sunday's 5-3 loss to UC Irvine. He'll miss Friday's crunch series opener against Cal State Northridge. The Aggies need to win this series to have much a shot at making the postseason.

Peters was thrown in the first inning Sunday for aruging balls and strikes. Presumably he was defending senior Ryan Royster, who had just been ejected. He protest and was kicked out of the game. Before leaving the field, he threw a bag of baseballs onto the field.

"His conduct following this ejection, including the tossing of a bag full of balls onto the field and his approaching of homeplate umpire Rick Scarbery following the game, was inappropriate, unprofessional, and unsportsmanlike," Big West Commissioner Dennis Farrell said in a statement.

Peters spoke harshly about the umpire after the game to The Enterprise:

"In my opinion, the umpire was not ready to umpire when he stepped onto the field, and the strike zone in the first inning showed that," Peters said. "He wasn't calling the strike at the knees, which has been mandated by the supervisor of umps this season. Royster just asked him why he didn't get the same call, and to throw a player like him out in a game of this magnitude for that, isn't right."

UPDATE: Royster will be available for Friday's game against the Matadors.