Plunked: Red Sox’s Wilson Contreras issues HBP warning to Brandon Woodruff, Brewers’ staff
Hit by a pitch 24 times by Milwaukee pitchers, Boston's Wilson Contreras has endured enough.
Plunked: Red Sox’s Wilson Contreras issues HBP warning to Brandon Woodruff, Brewers’ staff originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras issued a stern “message.
” “They always say, ‘I’m not trying to hit you. ’ That gets old,” Contreras said, as reported by the Boston Globe . “So next time they hit me again, I’m going to take one of them out.
“That’s a message. ” Red Sox’s Wilson Contreras delivers warning flare The public warning was issued Monday night after Contreras, an 11-year veteran, endured his 24th hit by pitch by Milwaukee Brewers hurlers. His anger extended to Brewers starter Brandon Woodruff, who hit Contreras for the sixth time .
In the bottom of the third inning Monday, Woodruff allowed a lead-off single to Roman Antony before walking Masataka Yoshida. With runners on first and second and the last-place Red Sox, who are off to a slow start, in need of a spark, Contreras absorbed another hit by pitch, loading the bases. The Red Sox scored two runs in the inning, but suffered an 8-6 loss at Fenway Park.