Alex Manoah Calls Out Gerrit Cole To Come & Get Him

When Alex Manoah plunked Aaron Judge with a pitch in the 5th inning of a critical one-run ballgame on Sunday, it clearly wasn't intentional. But New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole took exception and charged out of the dugout screaming at Manoah.

The Jays' young All-Star phenom shot back at Cole after the game, calling him out to come closer next time, instead of stopping just in front of the Yankees dugout:

“If Gerrit wants to do something he can walk past the Audi sign next time”

Alek Manoah said that like he meant it pic.twitter.com/MTBdCra3sL
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“If Gerrit wants to do something he can walk past the Audi sign next time” said Manoah, referring to the sign just outside the New York dugout. "I made a pitch, obviously it hit Judge," continued Manoah. "Obviously, I looked at (Judge) and I said, ‘Man, I’m not trying to do that.' I think he understood that." And that was clearly evident from the interaction between Manoah and Judge right afterwards.

Aaron Judge had words for Alek Manoah and Gerrit Cole was quick to come out of the dugout pic.twitter.com/KnUDe0gjMh
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