SPORTS
BOSTON MANAGER SURPRISED BY
CARSON SMITH ' S COMMENTS ON INJURY
BOSTON RED SOX MANAGER ALEX CORA SAID HE
WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT RELIEVER CARSON
SMITH FEELS FATIGUE MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO
THE DISLOCATION OF HIS THROWING ARM
SHOULDER. ON TUESDAY, SMITH WAS PLACED ON THE
10-DAY DISABLED LIST.
"I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT," CORA SAID WHILE
MEETING WITH THE MEDIA ON WEDNESDAY AT
FENWAY PARK BEFORE THE FINAL GAME OF THE
SERIES AGAINST THE OAKLAND ATHLETICS. "ON A
DAILY BASIS, WE TALK TO THE PITCHERS AND SEE
HOW THEY FEEL, AND IF THEY FEEL THEY CAN’T PITCH
THAT DAY, WE LET THEM REST.
"IT TOOK ME BY SURPRISE. IF HE FELT THAT WAY, HE
SHOULD HAVE TALKED TO US."
SMITH, A 28-YEAR-OLD RIGHT-HANDER, WAS INJURED
WHEN HE THREW THE GLOVE DURING A TANTRUM IN
THE DUGOUT AFTER LEAVING THE MOUND MONDAY
NIGHT IN A 6-5 LOSS TO OAKLAND. HE WENT INTO
RELIEF WHEN THE RED SOX WON BY 5-4 IN THE
EIGHTH, ALLOWED KHRIS DAVIS TO CONNECT THE
LEAD HOMER AND THEN RETIRED IN ORDER TO THE
NEXT THREE BATTERS. AFTER BEING PLACED ON THE
DISABLED LIST, SMITH WAS HONEST.
BY: CARLOS CISNEROS
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