Angel Hernandez explains his side of bizarre Red Sox-Rays delay

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If you're still wondering what in the world happened to cause the long, confusing delay in Wednesday night's Red Sox-Rays game, allow umpire Angel Hernandez to explain. When Rays manager Kevin Cash attempted to make some bizarre pitching changes in the top of the eighth inning, it caused mass confusion among the umpiring crew as well as Red Sox manager Alex Cora. Cora felt the Rays' placements of their substitutes in the lineup were illegal, but Hernandez clarified to a pool reporter that the moves were legal per Rule 5.10 B. Cash apparently didn't specify where in the lineup he wanted his substitution placed, so Hernandez made the decision for him.

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