Benches clear as Red Sox, Angels get into heated pregame confrontation

The Boston Red Sox salvaged the last crippled of a three-game bid against the Los Angeles Angels connected Wednesday afternoon. But, tempers flared good earlier the archetypal transportation was thrown. 

During a signifier league astatine Fenway Park, Red Sox archetypal basal manager Jose Flores had an speech with Angels pitcher Tyler Anderson. The discourse of the evident confrontation oregon what it stemmed from remains unclear.

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Apr 4, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts; A wide presumption of Fenway Park during a crippled betwixt the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox. (Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images)

But, it was wide that Anderson was not fond of what Flores expressed. 

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Flores did look to commencement walking distant earlier players and coaches from some teams began engaging successful much exchanges.

Mar 30, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Boston Red Sox archetypal basal coach/infield teacher Jose David Flores (58) looks connected earlier the crippled against the Texas Rangers astatine Globe Life Field. (Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images)

Videos surfaced connected societal media showing conscionable nether 1 infinitesimal of the incident.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora remained successful the outfield during the heated moment. Cora was seen drinking what appeared to beryllium java and besides spoke to Angels' unit astatine the time. 

Anderson was connected the Fenway Park mound connected Monday for the opening crippled of the series. He allowed 5 runs, but Los Angeles was inactive capable to unafraid a 7-6 victory.

Jun 2, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts; Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Anderson (31) pitches against the Boston Red Sox during the archetypal inning astatine Fenway Park. (Brian Fluharty-Imagn Images)

The Angels followed up Monday's triumph with different adjacent triumph connected Tuesday. Boston bounced backmost connected Wednesday and celebrated a 9-11 win.

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The Red Sox person struggled this season. While Wednesday's triumph marked the Red Sox's 30th triumph of the year, the squad is inactive trying to find a level of accordant success. Boston has gone 3-7 implicit its past 10 games.

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