Three years ago to the day, Hernandez threw a ideal game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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The Seattle bullpen also allowed 10 earned runs, including three by backup catcher Jesus Sucre, who made his second mound appearance of the season, working the Boston eighth.
“There’s not a lot you can say”. “We’re sending him back to Seattle to see the doctor”, manager Lloyd McClendon said…. “The only silver lining was we scored 10 runs and the offense came alive and kept battling and there were no injuries”.
Seattle also got five hits and three RBIs from Robinson Cano, and Nelson Cruz connected for his major league-leading 36th homer. Austin Jackson and Mike Zunino joined Cruz in hitting homers.
The Mariners swept the three-game series versus Boston the last time they faced the Red Sox at Fenway Park (August 22-24, 2014). The Mariners gave up 15 or more runs in consecutive games for the first time in team history while dropping the first two games against Boston by a combined 37-11 score.
With Torey Lovullo taking over for John Farrell as Red Sox manager while Farrell undergoes treatment for Stage 1 lymphoma, there became a need for a new Red Sox bench coach. And while neither decision should be blamed for the Red Sox’s 10-8, 12-inning loss, Lovullo still needed to explain the thought processes, marking the unofficial beginning of his 2015 managerial tenure.
“He’s such a tough guy and he has so many people that care about him that I just honestly feel like he will come through this with flying colors”, he said before the Indians played at Minnesota.
Diamondbacks 8, Braves 4: David Peralta homered and drove in three runs to spark Arizona.
Sandoval homered in his first at-bat, then was hit in the right elbow by Hernandez and left with a bruise. Designated hitter David Ortiz had three hits and three RBIs.
Bradley began the day batting. He had a strong outing, going seven innings and only allowing two runs on four hits. He’s 0-9 with a 3.98 ERA in 17 starts since allowing two hits over 5 2-3 innings in a 6-0 home win in his only other matchup with the Red Sox on June 27, 2014.
Salvador Perez homered and doubled in a six-run second inning while Johnny Cueto pitched eight impressive innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Los Angeles Angels. Castillo was 2-for-6 with a solo home run and committed a third-inning fielding error that put a pair of runners in scoring position with nobody out.
Mariners: LHP James Paxton, on the DL since late May with a strained left middle finger, threw a bullpen session on Saturday. “(He’s) still feeling a little discomfort from that contusion.”… He said X-rays were negative.
At points, it appeared as if the Red Sox would complete a task for the first time all season – win when trailing after 8 innings. Over the last 10 games, they have performed poorly when playing as the favorite (1-3).
That rookie starter Henry Owens was able to recover from a rough start and go six innings was part of the comeback equation for the Red Sox.
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He has just about experienced it all, with his first big league start coming at Yankee Stadium, followed by his first win in Detroit.
