The Associated Press

BOSTON - Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox were fined Sunday, along with Don Zimmer and Karim Garcia of the New York Yankees for their actions in Game 3 of the AL championship series.

Bob Watson, baseball's vice president in charge of discipline, did not announce specifically why the four were fined, other than to say it was for their behavior in the fourth inning of New York's 4-3 victory Saturday.

Martinez was fined $50,000, Ramirez $25,000, Garcia $10,000 and Zimmer $5,000, according to a baseball executive who spoke on the condition he not be identified.

"I am very disappointed in the behavior of some of the participants in last night's game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees," commissioner Bud Selig said in a statement.

"I have instructed the umpires and told the clubs that any furthur misconduct by either team will not be tolerated and will be dealt with severely."

Zimmer apologized for his role, fighting off tears as he made a brief and emotional statement Sunday.

"I'm embarrassed for what happened last night," he said, his voice quivering and body shaking. "I'm embarrassed for the Yankees, the Red Sox, the fans, the umpires and my family."

Boston owner John Henry was pleased with the apology.

"I wouldn't mind seeing the same thing coming from our side," he said.

During a regular-season game, umpires might have issued ejections.

"Some of the things that happened out there I was a little surprised that no one was thrown out," Boston manager Grady Little said.

Game 4 was postponed because of rain Sunday and rescheduled for tonight at 8:18 p.m. EDT.

Garcia, who injured a knuckle during a fight in the bullpen Saturday, was in New York's original lineup Sunday but was replaced by Juan Rivera about three hours before the game was scheduled to start.

Watson, who was in Florida, reviewed tapes of the game that turned ugly after Martinez threw a pitch behind Garcia's head in the fourth inning and it nicked the batter's shoulder.

Garcia slid hard into Boston second baseman Todd Walker later in the inning, bringing players out of the dugouts.

Then, in the bottom half of the inning, Ramirez took offense to a pitch by Roger Clemens that was high but slightly inside at most. Ramirez started yelling and walking toward the mound, bat in hand. The benches and bullpens emptied, and Zimmer charged at the 31-year-old Martinez, who threw the 72-year-old coach to the ground.

Watson said the ninth-inning bullpen fight involving Garcia, Yankees reliever Jeff Nelson and a member of Boston's grounds crew, Paul Williams, is "under review."

"Because it's the playoffs, I think the commissioner will end up having the final say so," Watson said.

Reached at his home in Milwaukee, Selig would not comment beyond the statement other than to say he's "monitoring the situation."

Police are looking for witnesses to the bullpen fight before deciding whether to file charges.

"They're looking for people to come forward," officer Michael McCarthy, a police spokesman, said Sunday.

The Yankees denied the players were to blame.

With tempers already high following a bench-clearing melee earlier in the game, Nelson was annoyed that Williams was cheering for the Red Sox while he was in the New York bullpen.

Police refused Sunday to release their report on what happened.

Game 4 pitchers stay on schedule; Wakefield-Mussina rematch of Game 1

BOSTON - Grady Little and Joe Torre juggled their rotations Sunday night after Game 4 of the AL championship series was postponed because of rain.

The game was rescheduled for tonight, but Red Sox pitcher John Burkett and New York's David Wells will be bypassed. Instead, Game 4 will feature a rematch of Game 1 starters as Boston's Tim Wakefield goes for his second straight win over Mike Mussina.

"Tim's coming off that good game," Little said. "He's got his regular rest."

Torre switched to Mussina for the same reason.

"A lot of it was keeping Moose on his regular day," Torre said.

Burkett understood Little's decision to pitch Wakefield with his usual four days of rest.

"To me it's a no-brainer," Burkett said. "I'm not mad."

The right-hander said Lowe would pitch Game 5 and he would pitch Game 6. But Little said he wanted to wait to make sure changing Lowe's schedule by pushing up his start from Wednesday to Tuesday wouldn't be a problem.

Wells last pitched in New York's clinching 8-1 win in Game 4 of the first round against Minnesota.

If the Yankees win today, Wells will have a chance to clinch the series and give the Yankees a World Series berth.

Wakefield outpitched Mussina in Game 1, a 5-2 Boston win in which he allowed two runs and two hits in six-plus innings. Mussina went 5 2/3 innings, giving up four runs and eight hits, including three homers.

"I don't think I would try to do anything differently," Mussina said. "I didn't have the best command of the baseball that day."

LINEUP SHAKEUP: Marlins manager Jack McKeon shuffled his lineup again Sunday, moving rookie Miguel Cabrera into the cleanup spot. McKeon moved Cabrera from third base to right field for Game 4, his first start there since Little League.

Cabrera went 1-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch Sunday.

He is hitting .400 (8-for-20) in the series with two home runs.

NUMBERS: Television ratings for Game 3 of the ALCS on Saturday were 72 percent higher than they were over the comparable Saturday afternoon game a year ago, Fox Sports reported Sunday.