MLB reduces Willson Contreras' suspension for scrum with Nationals to 5 games; Red Sox 1B will return after All-Star break

Boston Red Sox fans will have to wait until All-Star Week to see their standout first baseman play again. Willson Contreras will end up missing five games via suspension, including Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, for the scrum he took part in with the Washington Nationals at Fenway Park on June 30. MLB ruled before Thursday’s game in Chicago that, following Contreras’ appeal, his seven-game ban had been reduced, albeit by only two games. Advertisement Advertisement Nationals starting pitcher Cade Cavalli, the instigator in what became a benches-clearing scuffle, also had his seven-game suspension cut down to…