Youkilis was ejected because he charged Porcello as soon as he was hit in his back. Youkilis threw his helmet at Porcello as he neared the mound (he missed), then got hold of the retreating Porcello between first and second base. But Porcello threw him down as the benches were emptying.
There appeared to be few if any other punches. There were no other ejections besides Youkilis and Porcello.
Youkilis, like Miguel Cabrera, got hit for the second straight Tigers-Red Sox game. In the first inning Tuesday, Cabrera got hit on or near the left hand by a 0-2 pitch from rookie Junichi Tazawa with two runners aboard.
In the Boston first, Porcello threw an inside pitch to Victor Martinez with two out and nobody on. Martinez gestured toward Porcello with one hand, but nothing else happened -- then.
Cabrera left the game in the second inning during his second at-bat, evidently because the hand that got hit the previous inning was bothering him. The club later announced he's suffered a bruised left hand and that X-rays didn't show any fracture. He was listed as day-to-day.
On Monday night, Cabrera got hit in the fourth inning by Brad Penny. Edwin Jackson hit Youkilis in the bottom of the inning.
On Tuesday night, getting hit twice in two nights was apparently too much for Youkilis.
Mike Lowell pinch ran for Youkilis and Chris Lambert relieved Porcello.
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