Less than 24 hours after the Red Sox lost to the Blue Jays in heartbreaking fashion on a three-run, eighth-inning blast by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alex Cora explained why he chose not to intentionally walk the slugger.

Candidly, manager Alex Cora understood why people second-guessed his decision to pitch to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with the team protecting a one-run lead in the eighth inning Thursday night in Toronto — especially after the Blue Jays slugger blasted a 3-2 pitch from Justin Slaten 404 feet to left-center field for a three-run homer that decided the Red Sox’ 4-2 loss.

The Boston Red Sox didn’t have the series they wanted to have against the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston dropped the last two games of the series against Toronto in disappointing fashion. The Red Sox had a 6-0 lead over Toronto in the second game of the series,

Alex Cora said Buehler is experiencing right shoulder inflammation. The post Red Sox place Walker Buehler on 15-day injured list, recall Hunter Dobbins to start in his place appeared first on Boston.com.

The Boston Red Sox placed starting pitcher Walker Buehler on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching shoulder, manager Alex Cora told reporters on Friday. "Miss two starts and hopefully be back as soon as the days are over,