Rangers' Robinson Chirinos serving one-game suspension, Carlos Perez starting at catcher on Friday

Texas Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos is serving a one-game suspension on Friday night for his involvement in Wednesday's benches-clearing incident with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

What It Means:

Chirinos isn't appealing the suspension, so he will serve it immediately on Friday. Carlos Perez is starting at catcher and batting ninth against the Colorado Rockies.

Chirinos is batting .196/.306/.387 with 8 home runs and 22 RBIs this year.