Though he has played mostly second base in his so-far brief but meteoric minor league career in the Red Sox system, Moncada has reportedly been working out at third base prior to Portland games – with third base a weak spot for the Boston offense in the 2016 season. They moved within two games of the AL East co-leaders, the Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays.
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The Vermont Mountaineers are one of those teams, and they get their chance after splitting a double-header with the Upper Valley Nighthawks yesterday.
Ramirez went 2 for 4 with a home run in the 5-4 loss to the Mariners on Tuesday, bringing his home run total for the season to 14.
Brad Ziegler walked the first hitter he faced in the bottom of the 11th but was able to record the save. Sox 0-2. Porcello followed that up with another solo home run in the 7th to Lind. The Sox had Rick Porcello on the mound who has probably been the most consistent pitcher for the Sox vs. Hisashi Iwakuma for the Mariners. And now I would say tomorrow but nearly almost today an hour from now we’ll be today West Coast not.
Both Pedroia and Betts hit into a double play in their first career Major League Baseball at-bat. He departed after allowing two runs in six innings.
Fernando Abad surrendered a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning to Robinson Cano in his first appearance with the Red Sox on Tuesday after Boston acquired him in a trade from the Twins on Monday. Edwin Diaz wobbled through the ninth inning for his second save.
“Miranda really threw the ball well”, Servais said.
That’s why Farrell wasn’t messing around with two on and two out in the ninth inning.
Boston’s David Ortiz, playing what was likely to be his final game at Safeco Field, went 1-for-5 and received two ovations – after his at-bats in the eighth and 10th innings – as the local Red Sox fans twice said goodbye to the retiring 40-year-old designated hitter.
One batter too late, Travis Shaw led off the second inning with a leadoff blast to right field to give Boston a 1-0 lead off Miranda.
Missed opportunities have marked this road trip, and the Red Sox got an early start by loading the bases with one out in the first without scoring.
Pomeranz allowed a bunt single to Shawn O’Malley to lead off the third, but the Sox ended up getting a caught stealing to erase the baserunner.
The score stayed like that until the 11th. But he got Brock Holt to pop out to short for the second out. In his place, Travis Shaw will be at first Wednesday while batting seventh.
Mariners: RHP Steve Cishek, who recently lost his closer role, was placed on the 15-day DL (retroactive to August 2) with a left hip labrum tear, an injury that is not expected to require surgery. Seattle also promoted LHP Ariel Miranda and RHP Blake Parker from Triple-A Tacoma, optioned RHP Donn Roach to Tacoma and released RHP Mayckol Guaipe. The young guy was pitching his mind off, and here he is entering the sixth inning still down 1-0, because the Red Sox couldn’t muster any semblance of offense against Iwakuma.
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Boston will open a series on Friday with the Los Angeles Dodgers when Steven Wright takes on Scott Kazmir at 10:10 p.m.
