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- Updated: August 10, 2016
BOSTON — Just as the Fenway Park crowd was finishing a collective roar over Jackie Bradley Jr.’s latest cannon throw from center field, the Red Sox and Yankees briefly cleared the benches and bullpen due to a heated exchange between Boston pitcher Rick Porcello and New York third baseman Chase Headley.
Headley’s drive to left-center in the seventh inning of Boston’s thrilling 5-3 win took a wild bounce off the top of the scoreboard, and Bradley ranged quite a ways to retrieve the ball. He quickly fired the ball to third, falling down as he unleashed it. Brock Holt slapped down the tag and Headley was out.
Set off by something Porcello said, Headley started walking toward the mound. At that point, the benches and bullpens emptied, but there was no altercation.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi thought Porcello was accusing Headley of stealing signs.
“The way I understand it is that Porcello accused him of peeking at the catcher, I think, is the understanding I got,” Girardi said. “Chase has never been accused of that. I don’t know. It’s an emotional game and sometimes …
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