Alex Cora Explains Surprise Benching Of Red Sox Superstar Vs. Cardinals
Why was Roman Anthony out of the lineup again?
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For the second time in eight games, the Boston Red Sox 's best player was not in the starting lineup on Friday. After benching Roman Anthony in the Red Sox's previous road game against the Houston Astros on April 1, Alex Cora held him out of the lineup again for Friday's series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals.
While Anthony has been scuffling to start the year, Cora did not use that as the reason why Anthony wasn't in Friday's lineup against Dustin May . Instead, he cited Boston's outfield logjam , which has cost Jarren Duran playing time as well. "We gotta play everybody.
Masa is putting good at-bats, we need him to keep going. J. D.