After refusing to include Benintendi in any deals before the trade deadline, the Red Sox plan to call up their 2015 first-round draft pick and top outfield prospect from Double-A Portland on Tuesday to join their road trip in Seattle, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski confirmed to ESPN late Monday night. Instead, it was Cano burying the Red Sox, crushing a three-run shot to right field to make it 5-4.
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Boston is 11-12 when Price starts. After the game, Seattle manager Scott Servais said Iwakuma was dealing with some shoulder tightness, which hurt his command. “That’s what makes baseball great”.
As fans, we tend to have unrealistic expectations whenever a top prospect finally reaches the major leagues. There are times when we are tough to watch.
“It’s something I’ve dreamed of since I was a kid and to finally be here, it’s an unreal feeling”, Benintendi said. In fact, his 2.80 ERA in July was his best month of the season by more than two full runs.
For two starts in a row, David Price made it into the eighth inning.
To begin the eighth, Price gave up a solo home run to Mike Zunino before giving up three-consecutive singles that allowed Seattle to cut their deficit in half.
On his way up, he smashed 20 home runs, batted in 107 runs and finished the 2015 and 2016 seasons hitting.313 and.312, respectively.
“You’re facing one of the best lefties in the game”, Cano said, “You have to take advantage of that”. The fact that we’ve had, I think, a fairly large group of young players who have been able to get established, get their feet on the ground, it buys us time with Andrew because I think we have a potent offense ahead of him that you’re not looking for him to carry the weight. “I was just trying to put the ball in play”.
Price then allowed three straight singles, including Heredia’s first major-league hit, which prompted Boston manager John Farrell to go to his bullpen for Matt Barnes, who struck out Seth Smith. It’s not like Abad wanted to come into the game with two baserunners and a baseball stud like Cano at the plate, even with his success record against the veteran slugger. In batting practice during scouting looks, he struggled somewhat to get the loft and drive the ball with the same effect when going the opposite way. LeBlanc had started the inning by striking out Xander Bogaerts and Ortiz.
Benintendi probably isn’t going to hit 40 home runs at the major league level, but the former Arkansas Razorback certainly has some pop. He gave up three hits and didn’t issue a walk, the hardest contact coming when Luis Sardinas’ comebacker struck him on the right quadriceps in the sixth inning.
Royals 3, Rays 2: Salvador Perez hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning that carried Kansas City past Tampa Bay. First pitch is set for 10:10 p.m. The Mariners won 5-4.
Phillies 13, Giants 8: Aaron Altherr had a homer and five RBIs, Maikel Franco homered and went 4 for 4 and Philadelphia used a five-run eighth inning to beat San Francisco in a wild game. They could have made a run at Chris Sale- a tremendous talent with a very team-friendly contract for the next few years. He set the OH high school career record with 199 career runs scored and ranked second with 213 hits, fifth with 166 RBI, eighth with a.542 career batting average and 12th with 112 stolen bases.
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After teammate Nelson Cruz walked to put runners on first and second, Lee doubled to right-center, scoring Cano for a 1-0 lead. He faced Seattle on June 18 of this season in a 6-2 Red Sox win.
