In the sixth inning of Saturday's game, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello faced Aaron Judge and threw the first pitch behind his knees, missing the Yankees slugger. On Sunday, Cora appeared to admit that this was when the Red Sox were trying to even the score by hitting Judge on purpose.

Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 53rd homer, and the New York Yankees beat the Boston Red Sox 5-2 to open a three-game AL East lead over second-place Baltimore.

Aaron Boone, who is good friends with Cora, mostly brushed off his counterparts’ remarks, chalking them up to “gamesmanship” and trying to “rally the troops” as the Red Sox fought to keep their playoff hopes alive.

The Yankees prevailed Thursday night in extra innings over the Red Sox, 2-1, on Juan Soto's 10th-inning walk-off single. It moved the Yankees to 85-62 on the season, good for a two-game lead in the AL East and for the best record in the American League.

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is investigating manager Alex Cora and the Red Sox after Cora insinuated that the club threw at Yankees’ Aaron Judge in Saturday’s contest, a league source confirmed Monday. The investigation was described as standard practice and no decision was made as of Monday afternoon.

Major League Baseball is looking into Alex Cora’s comments that suggested the Red Sox threw at Aaron Judge on purpose. The league was reviewing the situation with no decision reached as of late Monday morning. Cora, the Red Sox manager, suggested Sunday that his team had its “chance” at retribution on Saturday.

Aaron Judge's MLB-leading 52nd home run of the 2024 season and eighth-ever grand slam snapped a career-long drought and led the Yankees to Friday's 5-4 comeback win over the Boston Red Sox.

Alex Cora, manager of the Boston Red Sox, after suggesting a possible intentional pitch to Aaron Judge, the star of the New York Yankees, speaks out about the situation. Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora will not face a suspension from MLB following his comments suggesting Brayan Bello‘s pitch to New York Yankees star Aaron Judge was intentional.

MLB launched a brief investigation into recent remarks from Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora in which he hinted that pitcher Brayan Bello may have intentionally thrown at (or behind) New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge during their weekend matchup.