“We were up 7-1 and have a chance to add on”.
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“He’s always done a great job wherever he’s been, but it does affect you a little bit, of looking at perspective of the people you deal with every day and your guys in here, you know, real life stuff”.
But Hernandez lasted four innings in that game, and five of the 10 runs were unearned. On Friday, they became the first team to allow 15 or more runs in the first game following a no-hitter since the 1905 Red Sox.
The Red Sox had runners on in extras, but could not convert on any opportunities.
Joe Blanton (2-0) struck out six in three scoreless innings.
Rasmussen (2-1) got the victory, while Farquhar got his first save since May 4, 2014. The X-ray on his elbow was negative and interim manager Torey Lovullo expects him to be on a day-to-day basis. As the left-fielder Seth Smith fielded the ball on one hop, Ortiz hadn’t even hit third base yet.
When Farrell made his announcement Friday, he said his lymphoma is “localized”, and “highly curable”.
Austin Jackson and Mark Trumbo opened the 12th with singles off Craig Breslow (0-3).
Red Sox seventh. Rutledge singled to right.
After scoring 37 runs in two days, the Red Sox will look to close out the Mariners on Sunday when they send Henry Owens to the mound against Vidal Nuno.
Toronto hadn’t dropped back-to-back games since losing at Seattle on July 26 and at home to Philadelphia on July 28.
Trailing 8-6, Bogaerts’ run-scoring grounder cut it to one. Seattle intentionally walked David Ortiz before Castillo reached on an infield hit to load the bases.
Lovullo is well aware of the importance of a good bench coach, having served in that role under Farrell.
“I’m sure he’s just going to tell me he was trusting his instincts and was forcing them to make a play, ” he said. They have been very patient at the plate, ranking fifth in the AL with an average of 3.0 walks per game.
Cano homered over the bullpens in the first, and Gutierrez followed with a drive about 20 rows deep into the center field bleachers. 421 with a home run, two doubles and two triples in the last week, it wasn’t long ago that the outfielder was an afterthought stashed in Triple-A as writers speculated whether or not a change of scenery was in due order.
Sandoval was 1-for-2 with a solo home run as Boston built a 10-2 lead through three innings.
Hernandez allowed a career-high 10 earned runs this afternoon. Hernandez said. “Everything I threw, they put the bat on, and it was a base-hit”. I couldn’t make any adjustments.
Mariners: LHP Charlie Furbush, on the DL with left biceps tendinitis, had a bullpen session, but didn’t see improvement.
“Yesterday was a bad outing, today was a bad outing”, manager Lloyd McClendon said.
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Bradley (5-for-6) homered off Hernandez in the second inning as the Red Sox posted five-run innings in the second and third and closed the game with 11 runs over the final three frames. OF Castillo left with a bruised left foot after fouling a ball off it. He said X-rays were negative.
