CLASE ORTIZ ARRAIGN 

IN NORTHEAST OHIO, TWO CLEVELAND GUARDIANS PITCHERS ACCUSED OF RIGGING PITCHES WILL APPEAR BEFORE A JUDGE. DANITA HARRIS OF O-N-N AFFILIATE WKYC-TV HAS THE STORY...
((NOT GUILTY)) :29 CLASE ORTIZ ARRAIGN1
GUARDIANS PITCHERS EMMANUEL CLASE AND LUIS ORTIZ ARE SET TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR THEIR ROLE IN A BETTING SCANDAL. A SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT FILED LAST WEEK ACCUSES CLASE OF RIGGING PITCHES IN AT LEAST 15 GAMES BETWEEN 2023 AND 2025, INCLUDING A GAME IN 2024 WHERE BETTORS WON AROUND $4000. NOW ORTIZ IS ACCUSED OF RIGGING PITCHES IN TWO GAMES. THE INDICTMENT ALSO NAMES AN ALLEGED CO CONSPIRATOR FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WHO INVESTIGATORS SAY WORK WITH CLASS A, BOTH ORTIZ AND CLASS A HAVE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.