Overview

• During Saturday’s 7-3 loss at Fenway Park, Astros reliever Héctor Neris intentionally balked in a 2-2 count to advance Trevor Story after suspecting the Red Sox were relaying signs.
• As Neris returned to the dugout, he exchanged words with Red Sox third-base coach Kyle Hudson and both benches briefly emptied before order was restored.
• Neris downplayed the confrontation as “something funny” and said his sign-stealing suspicions were “maybe yes, maybe no.”
• Red Sox announcer Will Middlebrooks criticized the Astros’ reaction as hypocritical, recalling Houston’s own 2017 sign-stealing scandal.
• No disciplinary action has been announced and Astros manager Joe Espada said he will ask Neris to explain what prompted the benches to clear.