Houston Astros star Justin Verlander laughed off his choice of words toward Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora in his team's 7-3 victory Tuesday.
Cora came out to speak with the umpires midway through the game "because he thought Verlander was pretending that his PitchCom failed to avoid receiving a pitch clock violation," per MassLive's Christopher Smith.
The television broadcast caught an exchange stemming from this between Verlander and Cora in which the three-time Cy Young Award winner told Cora to "f--k off." After the game concluded, he was mostly amused by the whole thing.