RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- After a few days of reflection, Luis Suarez acknowledged what millions saw on TV -- he did bite an opponent during a game at the World Cup. In addition, he said hes sorry about it, and promised it will never happen again. Ending a unified protest in Uruguay by everyone from Suarez to teammates, fans and even the countrys president that the star striker had done nothing wrong, the Liverpool player on Monday offered an apology to Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. "I deeply regret what occurred," Suarez said in a statement posted on Twitter. "I apologize to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire football family. ... I vow to the public that there will never again be another incident like (this)." The Uruguay striker was banned for four months from all football by FIFA for biting the shoulder of Chiellini during the teams 1-0 win over Italy in their group-stage game in Brazil. The incident was not spotted by the referee, and the Uruguayans victory sent them through to the second round while Italy was eliminated. It is the third time Suarez has been banned for biting an opponent, after similar incidents at both Ajax in the Dutch league and Liverpool in the English Premier League. Chiellini responded on Twitter shortly after Suarez posted his statement, accepting the apology. "Its all forgotten," the Italian wrote in English. "I hope FIFA will reduce your suspension." Suarez had originally denied wrongdoing in a written response to FIFA, and had been staunchly defended by teammates and Uruguayan officials. His apology could be taken into account by FIFA when it considers an appeal of the ban, which the Uruguayan federation has said it will file. "After several days of being home with my family, I have had the opportunity to regain my calm and reflect about the reality of what occurred during the Italy-Uruguay match," the statement said. "(The) truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me." Suarez was also suspended from Uruguays next nine international matches -- the first of which was a 2-0 loss to Colombia in the round of 16 on Saturday. Suarez had already returned home to Uruguay by then, and has received an outpouring of support from Uruguayan fans and even the countrys president, who blasted FIFA over the ban. President Jose Mujica referred to FIFA as "bunch of old sons of whores" as he welcomed Uruguays team back from the World Cup on Sunday. He also referred to FIFAs stiff ban as "fascist," though he said that Suarez could have been sanctioned with a lesser sentence. Suarez was named the player of the year in the Premier League this past season after scoring 31 goals to lead Liverpool to a second-place finish. 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Happ fell to 2-1 with a 5.46 ERA in five career encounters with the Yankees after giving up four runs on three hits and five walks over 5 1/3 innings. "I just walked two guys in the sixth inning and cost us the ball game," Happ noted. "I felt good making pitches, doing everything I could. I felt good about the way the game was going. Some crazy stuff happened in this game that Im just not going to talk about." The 30-year-old is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA in four games since coming back from injury and 3-3 on the campaign with a 5.10 ERA in 11 starts. Having Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez in the lineup together for the first time this season did not result in a win for the New York Yankees. Things seemed to tilting towards New York on Monday night, as they were set to have Jeter in the lineup for only the sixth time this year. The shortstop hhas had three stints on the disabled list due to various leg ailments and went 0- for-3 with a walk in his first game since Aug.dddddddddddd 2. 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Phil Hughes remained winless since July 2 after allowing five runs -- three earned thanks to an error by Ichiro Suzuki -- on seven hits and three walks over 4 2/3 innings for the Yankees, "Every time I feel like Im making progress ... it seems like I have these kind of hiccups," Hughes said. Andy Pettitte defeated Torontos J.A. Happ last Thursday to cap off the four- game sweep in New York and rematches with the left-hander tonight. Pettitte has won consecutive outings since going winless in five straight starts. He won for the first time since mid-July with a 10-3 decision in Boston on Aug. 16, then bested the Blue Jays with six innings of one-run ball in a 5-3 decision. The 41-year-old lefty is 9-9 with a 4.26 earned run average in 23 starts this year and has won both of his outings versus the Blue Jays in 2013. 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