Yadier Molina won’t be suspended for shoving umpire Jerry Meals in Game 1.

Yadier Molina is in the St. Louis Cardinals’ lineup for Game 2 of the National League Division Series, one day after the veteran catcher appeared to shove home plate umpire Jerry Meals during a benches-clearing incident:

“We heard a little bit from the league,” Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. “Mostly about players that aren’t on the active roster and involvement, being on the field. Those sort of things. Just some simple reminders about how things are supposed to operate when you have a larger roster than what’s typical.”

The Dodgers — who are carrying five extra players beyond their 25-man NLDS roster — presumably heard the same warning.”

Matheny added, “I appreciate the fact that the umpires understand the intensity of a situation like that and there’s a bunch of people, and when emotions are running high, it’s just people and you don’t really see exactly who it is and what’s going on around you when you’re kind of being bumped and pushed.”

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.