Boston will be without second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who left the team Sunday night following a death in the family. “He knows how to pitch and he’s obviously been pretty tough this year”.
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The Royals jumped on Wright at the outset, taking a 5-0 lead in the first inning on a three-run shot by Hosmer, followed quickly by a two-run blast by Gordon. “He was a little erratic at times, in the middle of the plate, particularly to Perez, first-pitch fastball to get them up on the board”.
Kansas City’s bullpen extended its scoreless streak to 41 1/3 innings pitching before allowing a run in the ninth inning.
Kennedy (9-9) had a chance set a club record by allowing one or fewer runs in six straight outings of at least six innings.
“That’s just how it goes sometimes”, Betts said.
The first batter Barnes faced – Alcides Escobar – hit a high chopper in front of the plate that Barnes had no play on to plate the first Royals run in the inning and then came the big blow when No. 9 batter Raul Mondesi cleared the bases with a three-run triple to right-center.
Porcello (18-3) allowed three runs and six hits, striking out seven without issuing a walk to become the first Boston pitcher since Dave “Boo” Ferriss finished 13-0 at home in 1946 to start a season by winning his initial 13 decisions in Fenway. His Sunday Night Baseball accomplishments are detailed here, but it hasn’t just been Sunday evening prowess that’s propelling him. Pedroia’s streak, which stretched over three games, ended in the eighth. The Red Sox then equalized in the fifth with a groundout from Brock Holt following a single from Chris Young, a fielding error that allowed Sandy Leon to reach and a walk to Jackie Bradley.
ASTROS 6, RAYS 2 Rookie Alex Bregman homered and had three RBIs to back seven solid innings by Dallas Keuchel and lead the Houston Astros over the Tampa Bay Rays 6-2 on Saturday night.
“Rick has been a model of consistency”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. “I’ve started feeling re-energized, filled with a sense of objective as to why I’ve been placed here and why this is where I need to be at this time, so I’m excited about that”. He scored on Shaw’s infield hit.
Since May 22, he is 11-1 with a 3.12 ERA, and he is 3-1 with a 2.39 ERA in August. Ventura has been a big part of Kansas City’s surge this month, going 3-0 with a 2.03 ERA in six starts.
But they’ve done it all despite being among the worst teams with the bases loaded.
Starting with his second at-bat in Thursday’s loss to the Rays (TB 2, BOS 1), Pedroia went on an 11 for 11 tear that saw his batting average climb from.306 to.320. The Red Sox are 6-2 in Porcellos last 8 starts vs. Rays.
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The 23-year-old Betts joined Ted Williams (1939, 1941) and Tony Conigliaro (1965) as the only Red Sox with 30 homers in a season before turning 24.
