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Willson Contreras Issues Warning to Brewers: 'Hit Me Again,' I Take You 'Out'

Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras had a warning for the Milwaukee Brewers after he was hit on the hand by a pitch Monday night from right-hander Brandon Woodruff. "They always say, ‘I’m not trying to hit you,’’’ Contreras said after the Brewers beat the scuffling Red Sox 8-6 at Fenway Park. "That gets old. So, next time they hit me again, I’m going to take one of them out. That’s a message." Contreras has been hit by a pitch 131 times in his major-league career, including 24 times by the Brewers — which is 10 more than he's been plunked by any other team. He has a testy history wi...