Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole’s struggles against Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers are well-documented over the pair’s careers.
Things seemed to reach a boiling point after Cole’s start versus Boston at Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
In the first at-bat between Cole and Devers, Cole hit Devers with a 91-mile-per-hour cutter on his second pitch to the hitter. This didn’t seem like an issue at the time, but as the game progressed, the Red Sox later believed the HBP was intentional by Cole.
The next time Cole faced Devers came in the fourth inning when New York was up 1-0.