VIDEO: Red Sox-Rays Round 2: Benches clear, again
Yankees-Red Sox, that's so last decade. The most heated rivalry in baseball is Boston and Tampa Bay.
Less than a week after benches emptied at Tropicana Field, tensions were still running high Friday at Fenway.
It all started in the first inning, when Rays left-hander David Price drilled Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, prompting Boston manager John Farrell's ejection and a warning from home plate umpire Dan Bellino.
Three innings later, a bench-clearing brawl nearly broke out after Price plunked Red Sox first baseman Mike Carp.
Once again, it was Ortiz in the thick of it, challenging anyone and everyone on the Rays roster and resulting in the second ejection of a Red Sox manager when Torey Lovullo was tossed over Price being allowed to stay in the game.
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Fight! pic.twitter.com/NTRrCNORMX
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) May 31, 2014
Oh wait, there's more.
And now Workman gets ejected for throwing behind Longoria. Butterfield goes with him. Onto the fourth manager...
— WEEI (@WEEI) May 31, 2014
To recap: three Red Sox managers and a reliever ejected. Through six innings.