![]() ![]() It’s not life and death and it’s not this drama, and the fact that people come to the ballpark and they decided to throw a baseball (at) one of the players, I was in shock that that happened.” Cole in controlĬole's last pitch was a strikeout of Christian Vazquez, stranding the bases loaded to end the sixth. Verdugo said he threw the ball into the stands to a young Red Sox fan, but a Yankees fan intercepted it and threw it back onto the field and hit Verdugo. keeping the game moving, knowing we had continuous rain.'' "We tried to make sure that there was a security presence in left field. Understandably so,'' Nelson told a pool reporter. “There’s zero place for that in this great game, this great rivalry.’’Īccording to plate umpire and crew chief Jeff Nelson, Verdugo was struck in the back of the neck by the ball thrown from the left field stands. “It’s just a bad situation, and if I was Alex Cora, I would have done the same thing’’ in pulling his club off the field. “Hopefully, he’s in jail right now,’’ Boone said of the offending fan. Yankees manager Aaron Boone called the incident “awful, embarrassing, unacceptable,’’ and called Cora from the manager’s office to apologize to Verdugo and the Red Sox. Verdugo had to be pulled away from his position, pointing and shouting at the fan who was eventually escorted out of the ballpark. Yanks apologize to Red Soxīoston left fielder Alex Verdugo became enraged by a fan who threw a baseball at him, causing Red Sox manager Alex Cora to pull his team from the field. In a stretch where the rivals are playing each other seven times through July 25, the Yankees remain eight games behind the AL-East leading Red Sox.Īnd the Red Sox were understandably upset by an incident prior to the bottom of the sixth. NEW YORK - Into Saturday night’s fifth inning, the Yankees were engaged in another uphill struggle to find a hit – let alone a run – against Boston starter Nathan Eovaldi.Īn inning later, the Red Sox were battling with the fans at Yankee Stadium.Īnd both clubs were fighting through rainy conditions that finally halted play before the seventh inning, when Gerrit Cole was about to take his warmup pitches.Īfter a 52-minute rain delay, the Yankees had won a rain-shortened, six-inning game that was delayed at the start by 50 minutes – with no rain falling.īack-to-back home runs by Gary Sanchez and Gleyber Torres ultimately sent the Yankees to a 3-1 victory, their first win over the Red Sox this year at the club’s most critical hour. ![]()
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