BOSTON — Alex Cora was mad. Mad at the umpires for issuing warnings to both benches in the bottom of the first and mad at Luis Severino and the Yankees for what he felt was head-hunting.
“I didn’t appreciate them throwing at my leadoff guy,” the Boston manager said after Severino threw up and in with Betts at the plate to lead off the game for the Red Sox. “I didn’t like the fact they gave a warning. If they felt that way, that the pitch had intent, just throw him out of the game. That’s it.”
Instead, the Red Sox tagged Severino for four runs in 5 ²/u2083 innings Friday in a 4-1 win, their second straight over the Yankees at Fenway Park.