The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry ratcheted up again on Thursday night.
The Yankees won the game 6–2 behind a strong pitching performance from C.C. Sabathia but Sabathia became incensed in the first inning when former his Yankees teammate Eduardo Nunez bunted and reached on a throwing error by Sabathia.
Sabathia, 37, was on the disabled list in mid-August with inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee. (The Sox also bunted against Sabathia two weeks earlier in Boston, in his first start since coming off the disabled list.)
As he walked off the mound after the first inning, Sabathia cursed in the direction of the Boston dugout.