New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez had his suspension - stemming from an altercation with the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 24 - reduced from four games to three, according to multiple sources.

He will begin to serve the suspension Monday.

"I want to apologize for my actions during the last Detroit Tigers series," Sanchez said in a statement released on Facebook. "The heat of the moment and my desire to protect my teammates led me to commit some errors during the brawl.

"It's an incident I regret and from which I have learned. I know to some these may be mere words, but they are words that I feel the need to express because I sincerely feel this way, and for respect to you, the fans, the Yankees organization, the Detroit Tigers and the game of Baseball."

Sanchez, 24, appealed his original ban of four games after he was seen on video punching Tigers players during the melee at Comerica Park.

Miguel Cabrera and Alex Wilson of the Tigers both had their suspensions from the same brawl reduced on Saturday.

Sanchez will miss an important three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles as the Yankees try to fend them off in the American League wild-card race, and in the hunt for the AL East division crown.

The Dominican back stop is hitting .276/.344/.527 with 28 home runs and 79 RBIs across 103 games.