If I were Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora, I’d be angry at home plate umpire Nic Lentz, too. Mostly just because I’ve never seen this move pulled before…in my life, and it gave Yankees star Aaron Judge a free base.
Immediately afterward, the Bombers offense made him pay. Funny how that happens.
After a leadoff double by Anthony Rizzo to kick off the third inning high off the monster (340-foot flyout anywhere else, but we’re not angry about it), Nathan Eovaldi fell behind Judge 3-0, then missed the outside corner with a fastball by three or four inches.