Red Sox manager Alex Cora, after a bit of going back and forth, ultimately decided that he’ll skip his team’s trip to the White House to celebrate their World Series championship with President Donald Trump. Elsewhere in Major League Baseball, it’s more bad news for the Yankees on the injury front, as ace pitcher Luis Severino won’t be back as soon as originally thought. The division rival Red Sox also lost a pitcher in David Price. Meanwhile, the Cubs moved into first place with a weekend sweep of the Cardinals.
Cora is upset about some of Trump’s decisions and policies after a devastating hurricane hit Cora’s native Puerto Rico last year.
“I’ve used my voice on many occasions so that Puerto Ricans are not forgotten and my absence (from the White House) is no different,” Cora said. https://t.co/4yyhCgGuQu
— USA TODAY Sports (@usatodaysports) May 5, 2019
Another day, another Yankees injury update. And they haven’t usually been good. This time, New York learns that Luis Severino won’t be available for a quite a while.
The Yankees will be without their ace until at least mid-July https://t.co/3qNn0D7hxn
— SI MLB (@si_mlb) May 5, 2019
The rival Red Sox also got some bad injury news: David Price is hitting the injured list.
David Price placed on injured list with left elbow tendinitis, @RedSox announce. He had been scheduled to start tomorrow. His 3.75 ERA is the best among Boston’s season-opening starting rotation. @MLBNetwork @MLB
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) May 6, 2019
In the biggest series of the weekend, the Cubs swept the Cardinals and took over first place in the NL Central, finishing the job with a 13-5 rout on Sunday night.
KB’s slam puts exclamation point on #Cubs sweep of Cardinals.
Recap: https://t.co/BoAnRP1WbT #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/sZe6PaKeQt
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 6, 2019
Here’s something you don’t see every day: The Reds hit back-to-back-to-back home runs — on three consecutive pitches — against the Giants in the first inning Sunday. (Then they lost anyway).
The Reds hit back-to-back-to-back home runs on back-to-back-to-back pitches 😱 pic.twitter.com/O1czqLUcRy
— Baseball Bros (@BaseballBros) May 5, 2019
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