![]() It's man on second, no outs again," Cora said. Like even that play, we throw to the plate, they advance, and we give an opponent the opportunity to score. Specifically, he pointed out Refsnyder's throw to the plate on a Manuel Margot RBI single, as the throw allowed Margot to take second base with nobody out in the top of the fifth inning. That came despite Boston scoring just five combined runs over the past three games. Just as he did on Sunday, Cora spent much of his Monday postgame session with the media lamenting his team's defense above all else. 500 at 21-14 on May 6, the Red Sox went 9-16 to drop to 30-30 on the season after Monday's loss. The frustration, though, likely is tied into the Red Sox' relative freefall over the past month. He ended up striking out looking, leaving two runners on base. Instead of an automatic ball, Refsnyder took a called first strike on that pitch in question. ![]() It's the rule, and if the clock is a zero, it's a ball. ![]() And that one is not about judging or strike zone or whatever. And that one either is a ball or is a pitch, and it was a ball. But a 1-0 count with first and second and two outs is a different at-bat. ![]() If we're gonna play this game of the clock and all this stuff, we've gotta call it the right way."Ĭora admitted that both pitches in the eighth inning were strikes, so he pinned much of his lingering frustration on what he considered to have been a black-and-white rules violation in the seventh. "The first pitch to Ref, it was a pitch violation. He changed the complexion of the at-bat," Cora said. "I think he missed one the previous inning that he really missed, and it was actually a pitch, it was a rule pitch. While getting tossed for arguing two correct calls would be a bit of an embarrassment, Cora said after the 4-1 loss to Tampa that he was mostly frustrated with a missed call from an inning earlier.Īccording to Cora, Rays pitcher Calvin Faucher committed a pitch clock violation prior to throwing his first pitch to Rob Refsnyder in the seventh inning. E87 - Alex Cora Ejected Arguing Chris Guccione's Strike 3 Call to Rafael Devers at Bottom of Zone by ![]()
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