MLB announced that Washington Nationals pitcher Jorge Lopez has been suspended for three games for intentionally throwing at Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Andrew McCutchen, according to Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY.

Lopez is appealing the suspension, while Nationals manager Dave Martinez has also been suspended for one game for Thursday's game against the Pirates, according to Nightengale.

The incident took place in the bottom of the seventh inning with two outs in Wednesday's 6-1 Pirates win over the Nationals. Lopez delivered a 1-1 pitch that was up and in on McCutchen. It did not hit the batter, but he fell to the ground while avoiding the pitch. The benches eventually cleared, and Lopez was eventually ejected from the game.

Lopez replaced Mitchell Parker in the game for the nationals, and started off the inning by giving up back-to-back singles to Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Enmanuel Valdez before Henry Davis recorded an RBI groundout to make the score 2-0 Pirates. Ke'Bryan Hayez grounded out for the second out of the inning, and then Bryan Reynolds was hit by a pitch, which brought up McCutchen.

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Obviously, Lopez was ejected during McCutchen's at-bat. Eduardo Salazar eventually came into the game and walked McCutchen. Then, Oneil Cruz hit a grand slam to blow the game open and make it 6-0 Pirates. So obviously, Pittsburgh responded in the inning and took advantage on the scoreboard.

Thursday will be the last of the four-game set between the Nationals and the Pirates. Pittsburgh has taken two of the three games that have taken so far in the series. Thursday's game features Trevor Williams starting for the Nationals and Andrew Heaney starting for the Pirates.

It will be worth watching to see if there is any looming tension between the two teams. After Thursday's game, the next time the Nationals and Pirates will play is from Sept. 12-14 in Washington.