The wife of baseball star Alex Rodriguez has filed for divorce - just days after Madonna denied being romantically involved with the New York Yankees star.

Last week, reports claimed third baseman Rodriguez, 32, had been frequently spotted leaving Madonna's Manhattan apartment late at night.

Days later, it emerged the sportsman's wife had left the couple's Florida home with their two children, Natasha, three, and Ella, 11 weeks and fled to Paris to stay with rocker friend Lenny Kravitz.

Complicated: Alex Rodriguez's wife Cynthia did not mention his acquaintance Madonna (pictured with husband Guy Ritchie in New York on Saturday) in her divorce petition

Lawyers for Scurtis filed suit in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court today, accusing her husband of 'emotionally abandoning' her.

In a divorce petition, Cynthia Rodriguez said: 'The marriage of the parties is irretrievably broken because of the husband's extramarital affairs and other marital misconduct," according to Cynthia Rodriguez's petition for dissolution of marriage.

Rodriguez has refused to comment on his relationship with Madonna, who denied any romantic involvement with the slugger in a statement posted on people.com.

Contemplation: Alex Rodriguez has a lot on his mind at a baseball press conference last week

'The petitioner has exhausted every effort to salvage the marriage of the parties,' Cynthia Rodriguez said in the filing.

The statement continued: 'However, Alex has emotionally abandoned his wife and children and has left her with no choice but to divorce him.'

The couple, who married in November 2002, have a $12 million, six-bedroom house in the upscale Miami suburb of Coral Gables. A company run by a corporation controlled by Rodriguez bought an apartment at Trump Park Avenue in Manhattan for $7.4 million in July 2005.

Cynthia Rodriguez has asked for primary custody of their two children, as well as child support and alimony.

Their two daughters are Natasha Alexander, 3, and 2-month-old Ella Alexander.

In action: Alex Rodriguez on the field, playing the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, yesterday

The filing comes just days after the third baseman was linked to Madonna in various U.S. media outlets. Cynthia Rodriguez later visited the Paris home of rocker Lenny Kravitz, who said she came to France to escape the media frenzy in New York and denied anything improper.

Cynthia Rodriguez's lawyer, Maurice Kutner, declined to elaborate on the filing, which does not mention Madonna or any other alleged paramours by name.

'Cynthia has made it very clear to me that she wants to take the high road and protect her children and herself. There's no vindictiveness here,' Kutner said.

'She wants to resolve the issues between Alex and herself in an amicable fashion.'

The divorce petition was filed the day after Rodriguez hit his 536th homer, tying Yankees Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle for 13th.

As one of America's biggest sports stars, Rodriguez is in the first season of a $275 million, 10-year contract with the Yankees, a deal that allows him to earn up to $305 million.

He made $185.45 million from 2001-7 from his contract with the Texas Rangers and Yankees.