New York Post

MLB will not punish Boston manager

- By GREG JOYCE

SEATTLE — The league has spoken with Alex Cora, but they will not be stopping him from doing his job.

After the Red Sox manager insinuated that his club tried throwing at Aaron Judge on Saturday, Major League Baseball reviewed the situation and eventually spoke with Cora about his remarks, but a suspension will not be handed out, The Post confirmed on Tuesday.

Aaron Boone said he did not have any reaction to the lack of punishment.

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“We’re past this weekend,” Boone said Tuesday at T-Mobile Park before opening a series against the Mariners. “Chances are we’re not going to play them anymore this year. We got too much important things going on in front of us right now to really get caught up in that.”

The saga started when Gerrit Cole plunked Rafael Devers with a cutter in the first inning Saturday and then intentiona­lly walked him his next time up — which infuriated Cora, as the Red Sox manager felt it proved the Yankees ace did not want to face Devers. Later, in the sixth inning, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello threw a first-pitch fastball behind Judge.

On Sunday, asked if he thought the feud was finished, Cora responded, “It was closed [Saturday] around the sixth inning. We had our chance. It didn’t happen.”

The episode led to a league review, which is standard protocol, but it did not ultimately lead to any punishment for Cora.

Cora spoke with Judge after Saturday’s game and described it as “profession­al.”

➤ After being moved to the bullpen for at least the time being to solve the Yankees’ rotation crunch, Marcus Stroman made his first relief appearance of the season Tuesday, throwing the final three innings of the Yankees’ 11-2 win over the Mariners.

Stroman gave up a solo home run to Luke Raley in the eighth inning and had traffic on the bases in all three innings. But in his ninth career relief appearance, he was able to record the final nine outs of a blowout to give the Yankees’ bullpen a breather.

It marked Stroman’s second career save, the first coming in his rookie year with the Blue Jays in 2014.

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