The Red Sox defeated the Blue Jays 6-5 in 10 innings on Wednesday night, avoiding a sweep in Toronto. Boston now heads to Wrigley Field to play the Cubs in a three-game series starting tomorrow at 2:20 p.m.
Red Sox players on the benches-clearing moment from Wednesday’s win: In the bottom of the third inning of Wednesday’s Red Sox win over the Blue Jays, Boston starting pitcher Nick Pivetta hit Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk with a pitch.
The incident eventually caused both benches to clear, though no brawling ensued.
According to Blue Jays players, they took exception with Pivetta hitting Kirk due to what they viewed as a response to the latter’s recent success in the batter’s box (Kirk is hitting .