NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is investigating manager Alex Cora and the Red Sox after Cora insinuated that the club threw at Yankees’ Aaron Judge in Saturday’s contest, a league source confirmed Monday. The investigation was described as standard practice and no decision was made as of Monday afternoon.

In the sixth inning of Saturday's game, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello faced Aaron Judge and threw the first pitch behind his knees, missing the Yankees slugger. On Sunday, Cora appeared to admit that this was when the Red Sox were trying to even the score by hitting Judge on purpose.

When asked about Cora escaping unpunished, Yankees skipper Aaron Boone indicated that he was already past the incident and looking toward the future, though he didn't hesitate to sneak in a subtle diss at his team's arch rivals.

Major League Baseball is looking into Alex Cora’s comments that suggested the Red Sox threw at Aaron Judge on purpose. The league was reviewing the situation with no decision reached as of late Monday morning. Cora, the Red Sox manager, suggested Sunday that his team had its “chance” at retribution on Saturday.

Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora will not face suspension from the MLB after seemingly hinting that pitcher Brayan Bello purposefully threw at New

Aaron Boone responds to the Boston Red Sox's allegations of a possible intentional pitch to New York Yankees star Aaron Judge. New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone wasn’t silent about the incident in which Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora referred to the intentional pitch to Aaron Judge.

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have had a bitter end to their season opposing each other. Boston and New York squared off a handful of times throughout