“That’s the focal point that you always are conscious of”, Farrell said.
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“We are facing a really good offensive team”, Gonzalez said.
Colorado’s Nolan Arenado and DJ LeMahieu drove in a run apiece, and the Rockies (22-24) pounded out 12 hits to halt a three-game skid. He struck out seven, walked two and uncorked three wild pitches, as knuckleballers are wont to do. “For Jon to go that deep in the game, shut them down, it’s probably the best lineup in baseball right now, so a great performance”.
BRIEFS: Red Sox reliever Carson Smith had season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Tuesday, four days after an MRI revealed a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament. “Tomorrow’s a chance to start another one”.
Bradley lined the first pitch he saw from Jorge De La Rosa into left field to keep the streak going.
“It was a fun ride. They make me feel like I’m their age”.
Boston’s center fielder is batting.415 during the longest hitting streak of his career, during which the Red Sox are 21-8.
While Gray was handcuffing Major League Baseball’s most explosive team, the Colorado offense finally solved Clay Buchholz in a big way.
Starter Steven Wright did his part with seven innings of three-run ball (two earned) and made a fine defensive play in the seventh inning when he knocked down a comebacker, scooped it up behind the mound, and spun to get the runner by a hair.
It was the sixth start of the season in which Buchholz coughed up five or more runs.
Homers have accounted for 28 of the 41 runs Buchholz has given up in 2016.
Bogaerts’ streak is the longest current streak in the majors. Right now lead the league gets it again leads the league average mean it would have been better forgot the last sort of hope that that yeah he got – I guess what they – and caught it I was like there’s no chance I wasn’t even anxious about it but it – throws pretty – over there and I was right after you’re charged – an – makes a spectacular play – on me it was it was – he’s one of the best of – it – that we have – the field means. “It was pretty cool that it happened at Fenway, too”. Then there’s Xander Bogaerts, whose current 18-game hitting streak nearly lurks under the radar.
In the top of the ninth, Tommy Layne gave up a double to Garneau and a single to LeMahieu, bringing in Colorado’s 8th run of the night.
NOTES: Former Boston 3B Wade Boggs’ No. 26 was retired in a pregame ceremony. “Threw some pitches in the middle of the plate”.
Daniel Descalso continued the hit parade with an infield single and Dustin Garneau followed that up with another home run, this one to dead left, that bounced off the Green Monster light pole. Weiss said LHP Chris Rusin would take his place in the rotation and that either he or RHP Eddie Butler would start Saturday or Sunday.
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The Rockies have lost six of their last seven – all on the road.
