Nick Pivetta appeared to understand and agree with whatever Alex Cora said at the mound in the seventh inning right before he exited the game on Thursday.
Still, Pivetta couldn’t pretend he was happy about it.
“No, I did not want to come out,” Pivetta said with a small amount of exasperation on Thursday after he was removed from the game 7.2 innings into a no-hitter. “But it’s not about me, it’s about the game, it’s about winning baseball games. That’s what’s most important.”
Unfortunately for Pivetta and the Red Sox, they didn’t win either. In the ninth inning, Rays pinch-hitter Manuel Margot singled to left, stole second and advanced to third when the throw to second bounced into the outfield.