An unusual moment in the seventh inning of the Red Sox’ 7-3 win over the Astros on Saturday led to an exchange between Houston pitcher Hector Neris and Boston third base coach Kyle Hudson that caused the benches to clear.
After Trevor Story hit an RBI double in the inning, Neris surrendered an intentional balk to send the Red Sox shortstop to third base with Carlos Narváez at the plate with two outs in the inning. As Neris seemed to think that Story was relaying signs, he said something to Hudson when he ran past him after getting Narvaez to ground out to end the inning.