BOSTON -- After the Boston Red Sox 8-6 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night at Fenway Park, first baseman Willson Contreras sent a message to the Milwaukee Brewers. 

The Red Sox are now 2-8 on the season, and while that's frustrating enough, Contreras's issues appear to extend much deeper than that. He has a career-long frustration with the Brewers, who are one of the best teams in the sport.

After a Roman Anthony single and Masataka Yoshida walk to lead off the bottom of the third inning, Contreras stepped to the plate against Brewers' starter Brandon Woodruff and was hit in the knuckles by the first pitch he saw. Contreras immediately shouted at Woodruff as his younger brother William (Brewers catcher) rushed to escort him to first base. This marked the sixth time that Contreras, who spent the first 10 years of his career in the National League Central, has been hit by Woodruff and the 24th time that he's been hit by a Brewers pitcher. The Brewers challenged the ruling of a hit by pitch, which was upheld.

Wilyer Abreu stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and hit a ground ball to second baseman Bruce Turang. Turang went to shortstop David Hamilton, who was covering second, to start the double play. Contreras slid hard into second, breaking up the double play, tearing Hamilton’s pants in the process. 

As Hamilton was attended to by the Brewers training staff, Milwaukee manager Pat Murphy trotted out of the visitors dugout to discuss the play with the umpire crew. After a short delay, Hamilton remained in the game and everyone returned to their positions. 

Contreras went on to have a monster night at the plate, reaching base in all five of his plate appearances. He also hit his second home run of the season which cut the then-8-5 deficit to 8-6.

Contreras shared an ominous message for Milwaukee when he met with the media postgame, “They always say, ‘I’m not trying to hit you.’ That gets old. So next time they hit me again, I’m going to take one of them out. That’s a message,” per the Boston Globe's Tim Healey.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora was also asked about the dust-up, saying, “I don’t know what the history is there, I know his brother is the catcher." As for his message to his first baseman, “whatever is going on, I need you in the game,” Cora said. 

As for the Brewers side, Woodruff was asked about the scuffle, where he suggested Contreras was trying to fire up the Red Sox dugout. 

“It seems like every year,” said Woodruff via MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy, “he’s trying to play a game, and trying to get his side fired up,” he continued. 

Milwaukee outfielder Christian Yelich seemed to call Contreras bluff, saying, “We’ve seen this skit for the last 10 years. It’s nothing new,” per McCalvy. 

With tensions rising and the Red Sox in desperate need of a win, game two between the Red Sox and Brewers is shaping up to be must-see TV. 

Garrett Crochet will get the start for the Sox opposite Milwaukee stud Jacob Misiorowski. First pitch at 6:45 p.m. ET.   

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