BALTIMORE — Wade Miley did not want to leave Thursday’s game, and he let his manager know — emphatically.
The Boston Red Sox left-hander struggled through his start against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up three homers and five runs, prompting manager John Farrell to pull him after the fourth inning.
Miley didn’t like the move. He started screaming at Farrell in the dugout, pointing to the outfield with his left hand and slamming his right hand down.
Both Miley and Farrell kept walking and barking at each other and eventually made it to the steps that lead to the clubhouse. The pair then disappeared down the tunnel.
After the game, a 6-5 Baltimore victory, both men tried to downplay the incident.
Farrell repeatedly talked about this kind of being a function of Miley’s nature, adding that they talked about the issue already.
“It’s a competitive guy on his day to pitch, and I fully respect that,” Farrell said. “Kind of a heat-of-the-moment thing. I can respect his competitiveness.”
Miley, who took the loss and fell to 5-6 with a 5.07 ERA, wasn’t quite as open about the incident. He didn’t want to say much but was trying to put it behind him.
“It’s between me and John,” Miley said. “It is what it is. It’s fine. It’s over. Everything that happened is over. I think we’re all grown men here. We talk, and he’s competing from his end of it, I’m competing on my end of it. It’s over.”