Alex Cora, Terry Francona React To Red Sox-Reds Opening Day ABS System Challenges
The Boston Red Sox went 2-for-3 on ABS system challenges on Opening Day vs. the Cincinnati Reds, though Alex Cora wished the team tried one other attempt.
Alex Cora, Terry Francona React To Red Sox-Reds Opening Day ABS System Challenges originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Boston Red Sox didn't wait long to test out MLB's new automated ball-strike (ABS) challenge system .
The Red Sox went 2-for-3 on ABS system challenges on Thursday during their Opening Day 3-0 win vs. the Cincinnati Reds. Star outfielder Roman Anthoy won an important challenge in the top of the ninth inning to turn a would-be strikeout into a walk.
Both Boston manager Alex Cora and Cincinnati leader Terry Francona discussed the newly instituted rule following the contest. Cora pointed to shortstop Trevor Story's fifth inning at-bat as a missed opportunity for the Red Sox to win another challenge. "You just have to make sure.
There was one early where Trevor is in that situation again, he'd probably challenge," Boston's eighth-year man at the helm said, according to an Associated Press and ESPN report . "We thought the pitch was up. We don't mind him challenging there because it changes the whole thing, right?