wild, wild night at the fens.
beanballin', brawlin' on the field, brawlin' in the dugout, injuries.
shields plunked coco, payback for a previous hard slide into 2nd, which was in response to a questionable tag at 2nd.
[URL=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2008/06/05/benches_clear_at_rays_sox_game_after_hit_batsman/]boston.com[/URL] wrote:Crisp dropped his bat, charged the mound, ducked a wild right by Shields before throwing a few punches that may have grazed Shields before being tackled to the ground by catcher Dioner Navarro.
Rays DH Jonny Gomes charged the mound from the dugout, jumped on Navarro and Crisp, and threw a few punches that hit Crisp while he was on the ground.
The teams have a history of on-field confrontations.
later, jacoby rolled his wrist on a diving catch in center.
it looked to similar to jd drew's, and he didn't miss too many games.
manny, who blasted #503 over everything in the first, tweaked a hammy while batting in the 7th and left the game.
2 innings earlier, he and youk got into a shoving match in the dugout.
a tv camera recorded the event.
i'm guessing youk said something to him about his lack of hustle running the bases, and manny being manny, gave him a backhand shiver.
these little flare-ups usually happen behind the scenes, out of view...
so lost in all the hoop-lar was a nifty 3-game sweep of the rays, a dominant outing from lester (6.1 innings, 8 hits, 1 run, no walks, 5 K's), and rookie chris carter's 1st (and 2nd) major league hit.
the lead: 1.5 games.
the home win streak: lucky 13...
