Red Sox News: Alex Cora Describes the Dizzying Ninth Inning Challenge

After Tampa Bay benefited from a seven-minute delay, the Red Sox had a chance to rally for the third time against the Rays in the bottom of the ninth inning, but they were defeated 7-5.

 

Rays pitching coach Kyle Snyder walked out of the dugout to approach the mound with Rob Refsnyder on third and Rafael Devers on first, but home plate umpire Alex Tosi sent him back.

This caused Red Sox manager Alex Cora to emerge from his bench and question how many times the Rays visited the mound during the course of the game.

Cora confronted crew head Phil Cuzzi about his disagreement with Tosi on Tampa Bay’s mound visitation total. To make sure the count was accurate, Cuzzi submitted the matter to the league office in New York, which caused a delay.

As seen on NESN’s postgame coverage, Cora told reporters following the game, “It wasn’t confusing.” Because Erasmo Ramirez had time to warm up in the bullpen, the umpires made a mistake.

He needs to be thrown out immediately. He enters, receives eight pitches, and then proceeds. That is the proper method for the rule to operate.

He’s had time to warm up by the time I stepped outside to protest and check the rules. Most likely, the same result would have occurred, but it’s difficult to go into a big league game unprepared, taking only eight pitches and going to war. Rule 5.10(m)(1) states that a club may only make four mound visits in a nine-inning stretch without a pitching change.

In order to enforce the mound visit limits, the club must switch up its pitching after using up all of its mound visits for the game, as per Rule 5.10(m)(4).

Cora stated, “There were no mound visits (left). “… The pitcher needs to be removed right away. The pitcher must be removed from the game immediately. The regulation said that it was still a mound visit even though the umpire stopped Snyder from reaching the mound because he crossed the foul line.

He never made it to the mound since they stopped him. Cora remarked, “I was like, ‘No, no, no, that was a visit.'” In essence, it was messed up by the umpires. Although New York fixed it, it took about seven minutes at the time.

In his sixth season start, Cooper Criswell had trouble. With four hits, two walks, and a home run allowed over 3 2/3 innings of work, the 27-year-old right-hander gave up five runs—three of which were earned.

Among the nineteen batters he faced, he struck out three. Performed on NESN’s postgame report, Criswell described his outing as “frustrating.” “Wish I had given the team more of a chance to succeed.”

The Red Sox’s offensive leader was Jarren Duran. He hit a home run and two doubles while going 3-for-5 at the plate.

He collected his 17th RBI of the season in addition to scoring two runs. As shown during NESN’s postgame coverage, Duran stated following the game, “I was just getting the right pitches I was looking for.” “I basically followed the plan, and it seemed good enough.

I felt very good at the plate today, but I was just wanting to put in some decent at-bats.

Rafael Devers hit his sixth home run of the season in the second inning, and the Red Sox rallied again in the fifth and sixth innings to level the game 5-5.

The Rays were too strong for Kenley Jansen to contain in the ninth inning, and Boston was unable to muster a third surge. Duran remarked, “It’s hard, but you have to focus on the positive things.” “We made a strong comeback.

We retaliated to their punches. We punched back (again) when they punched us. All it is is baseball. Tonight, they performed better than we did.

“I like our current location. I like how we’re currently retaliating. (…) We were down, but we got back up and didn’t give up, so this is a huge game that we can build on.

That’s something we can absolutely build upon and continue on. – Starting Friday night, the Red Sox will take on the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a six-game road trip.

The game and 90 minutes of pregame programming may be seen on NESN. The first pitch from Busch Stadium is set for 8:15 p.m. ET.

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