Brewers Pitcher Responds To Red Sox's Willson Contreras' Hit By Pitch Threat
Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was fired up following Monday night's game, saying 'So next time they hit me again, I’m going to take one of them out.'
Brewers Pitcher Responds To Red Sox's Willson Contreras' Hit By Pitch Threat originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was fired up Monday night after being hit by a pitch, yet again, by Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff.
The 33-year-old hurler discussed the situation following Milwaukee's 8-6 win. "We’ve been through that -- nine years for me. It seems like every year," Woodruff said .
"He’s trying to play a game and he’s trying to get his side fired up, which is fine. Once I knew what was going on, I wasn’t going to let it affect me on the mound. " The two-time All-Star right-hander drilled Contreras in the third inning , which was the sixth time that Woodruff hit the former longtime member of the Chicago Cubs and St.
Louis Cardinals with a pitch. The Brewers as a team have now plunked Contreras 24 times across his 10-plus MLB seasons. "I knew I had a job to do.