Boston Red Sox outfielder Alex Verdugo was not in the lineup Thursday night against the Guardians after not hustling in the team's loss in Cleveland a night earlier.
Manager Alex Cora confirmed the decision to media ahead of Thursday's series finale against the Guardians.
Verdugo slowed up between first and second base on a chopper by Masataka Yoshida with two outs in the top of the seventh inning and was easily thrown out at second with Boston trailing, 5-2. Cora removed him from the game before the Red Sox took the field for the eighth.