NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson was suspended five games by the commissioner's office Thursday for intentionally throwing at Cleveland's Eduardo Perez the night before.

New York manager Joe Torre was suspended for one game. Unless Johnson appeals, both penalties are scheduled to begin Friday night, when the Yankees open an interleague series in Washington.

Also, Johnson and Torre were each fined an undisclosed amount by Bob Watson, vice president of on-field operations for Major League Baseball.

The Big Unit threw way inside to Perez in the seventh inning of New York's 6-1 victory over the Indians on Wednesday night and was immediately ejected along with Torre.

Both benches had been warned by umpires in the sixth, when Yankees catcher Jorge Posada and Cleveland starter Jason Johnson exchanged words after Posada was hit by a pitch.