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INF Marco Hernandez was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday.
Red Sox starter Sean O’Sullivan had won in each of his previous three starts, but he allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings on Friday.
All season long, there has been one problem with the Boston Red Sox, and that is pitching.
Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel will miss three-to-six weeks as he will undergo surgery to fix a meniscus tear in his left knee.
The Red Sox will be without All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel for 3-6 weeks. In his seven-year career, Kimbrel has 242 saves including 17 this year.
President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski has been busy this week, acquiring veteran infielder Aaron Hill from the Milwaukee Brewers and utility man Michael Martinez from the Cleveland Indians. In 64 games this season, he’s hitting.
First baseman Hanley Ramirez (bruised left shin), outfielder Brock Holt (sprained left ankle) and reliever Junichi Tazawa (shoulder tightness) missed yesterday’s game. There’s a lot of opportunities that work in your advantage as a pitcher.
SS Xander Bogaerts launched his 10th home run of the season on Saturday, a two-run shot in the fourth inning. Forsythe then tied the score with his one-out homer in the third and Ortiz un-tied it with his leadoff blast to open the Boston fourth.
Pitcher Brandon Workman suffered an oblique strain on his left side pitching on a rehab assignment with the Single-A Lowell Spinners, according to Farrell. Sandy Leon would reach on a generously scored infield single when Evan Longoria’s throw to first pulled Logan Morrison off the bag, and Mookie Betts got all the way to second when Steven Souza ran down a sharply hit fly ball to center, then let the ball bounce right off his glove.
The Tampa Bay Rays can’t win anywhere lately. One glaring negative of Ziegler’s 2016 career is that he has given up more hits than innings pitched (41 hits in 38 1/3 innings) as compared to 2015 when he allowed just 48 hits in 68 innings, leading to a 1.85 ERA. “That’s what our job is”, Porcello said. The Red Sox closer spoke on the play it occurred “I took a step for a groundball, heard a pop and didn’t really think it was anything serious”. That is the worst the Rays have been in the history of the franchise in 23 gams.
Miller’s drive gave Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in the first.
Ziegler was enjoying another solid season in the desert, sporting a sub-three ERA through 36 appearances. Jose Almonte, meanwhile, is a 20-year-old right-handed starting pitcher out of the Dominican Republic who has had middling results in the Sally League thus far this year (3.91 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 7.6 K/9). “This is what our players go through normally day in and day out, traditionally in the game”. “He’s going through some treatment”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
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It will be more interesting to see what the Diamondbacks do after trading Ziegler, as the move indicates they might sell.
