Pedroia hit a three-run home run and Xander Bogaerts followed with a solo blast to lead a five-run rally in the ninth inning that gave the Boston Red Sox a 5-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels in front of 39,553 at Angel Stadium.
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However, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Lincecum’s spot in the rotation is safe.
Porcello has only gone less than six innings in a game three times this year.
“There were a couple of heads-up plays by Steven Wright”, Farrell said. “He stayed ahead in the count, pitched to all quadrants of the strike zone, he used his four-seamer in to some powerful right hitters in that lineup….”
For what it’s worth, Pomeranz offered a rosier self-assessment after the game, lamenting little more than the pitch to Pujols.
Exactly two years to the date that Skaggs tore his ulnar collateral ligament in a start against the Baltimore Orioles, Skaggs scattered four hits over five 1/3 innings and struck out eight in his second start since returning from Tommy John surgery. If the treatment is working, it’s conceivable Richards could begin a throwing program that would allow him to be ready by the start of next season.
“I’ve been able to work on arm slot and arm angle”, said Buchholz, a former starter who moved to the bullpen in May.
Now, I don’t take that much stock into wins and losses. “He threw me first pitch, a curveball, for a ball”. Betts ended up hitting a sacrifice fly to put the Red Sox up 3-2, and Lincecum escaped the inning without further damage after Pedroia grounded into a double play. He was removed after giving up Bradley’s homer leading off the sixth. “He had a lot of problems with his delivery, his release point, couldn’t get the fastball in the zone where he wanted to”.
Skaggs began this season with Triple-A Salt Lake but after his first three starts, biceps tendinitis kept him from pitching for two months.
“I’m going to need a trampoline to hit that damn ball, ‘” Pedroia said, not likely relaying his comments verbatim. “He’s working hard to get there. We’re digging, grinding, we’re dealing with some frustration, and to see the cork get popped late in the game with a five-run outburst, that’s hopefully the start of something here”.
It was just the second win for the Red Sox in the last eight games. Skaggs returned to minor-league action June 22 with a rehabilitation assignment with the Angels’ rookie-league team in Arizona before returning to Salt Lake on July 2. David Ortiz tied the game with a single to left that scored Bogaerts.
Lincecum once again had issues in the fourth when he loaded the bases with only one out. Bradley has a reputation as a streaky player, and while the sample isn’t large enough to guarantee that’s the case and even his cold spells have gotten awfully warm, his homer last night was his first hit since Tuesday. I’m trying to find that fifth or sixth gear that I can make good pitches with.
Red Sox: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4) is to make his first career appearance against Seattle on Monday. “So that’s the way that one goes”. Kimbrel was placed on the 15-day disabled list on July 9 with a medial meniscus tear in his left knee.
After the disaster that was 2015, who would have thought that Rick Porcello would be the one to steer the Red Sox ship in the right direction? They’re 7-2 in Wright’s last nine starts after scoring two runs or less in their previous game as well.
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