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Cavalli: No ill will meant with Contreras remark
Key takeaways
- BOSTON -- Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli apologized Wednesday for shouting "sit down, boy" at Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras while instigating a benches-clearing scrum a night earlier.
- "I'm extremely torn up about the way that things were perceived," Cavalli said.
- Cavalli shouted at Contreras after striking him out looking with a full-count pitch in the fourth inning of the Nationals' 8-1 victory over the Red Sox.
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BOSTON -- Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli apologized Wednesday for shouting "sit down, boy" at Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras while instigating a benches-clearing scrum a night earlier.
"I'm extremely torn up about the way that things were perceived," Cavalli said. "Obviously, there was no ill intention behind that."
Cavalli shouted at Contreras after striking him out looking with a full-count pitch in the fourth inning of the Nationals' 8-1 victory over the Red Sox.
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