“Monday’s surgery for the hernia revealed that I have lymphoma”, he said before Friday night’s game at Fenway Park against Seattle. “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”.
– Jackie Bradley Jr. took advantage of an off day from ace Felix Hernandez.
NOTES: Boston became the first team to score at least 15 runs on 21 hits or more in back-to-back games since the 1950 Red Sox did so against the St. Louis Browns…. And so it was that the Red Sox found themselves far behind for the first time this weekend having gone scoreless in the first two frames. After the game, he felt a weight get lifted off his shoulders in the form of his first career victory. Throughout the past two years, Red Sox ownership as well as the front office supported Farrell as the club’s manager. Holt’s first drove in two runs to cap a six-run third inning. The first two batters of the inning reached on solid singles, with Breslow failing to handle Logan Morrison’s bunt to load the bases with no outs in the inning. With the infield in, Zunino then lined a single over the head of shortstop Bogaerts. Kyle Seager singled off Robbie Ross Jr.to give the Mariners another run. “I’m sure he’s going to tell me he was just trusting his instincts and he was forcing them to make a play”. Farrell yanked Ortiz at second base for pinch runner Luis Jimenez, who represented the tying run with one out in the eighth inning but never scored. Franklin Gutierrez hit two home runs, Robinson Cano had five hits, including a homer, and Nelson Cruz crushed another, his MLB-leading 36th. He allowed four earned runs on nine hits, including two homers with two strikeouts and a walk. Two walks, a double steal and a wild pitch.
“So to take him out of the game in that situation, knowing it would be a tie game, I just felt like it wasn’t the right move”.
-LHP Charlie Furbush (left biceps tendinitis) completed his bullpen session Sunday, but did not see any improvement. “Say some prayers for him and his family, hope everything goes well”, he said before a game in Toronto. Cecchini received a call-up when the Red Sox placed Steven Wright on the 15-day concussion DL after he was hit by a fly ball during batting practice.
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Pablo Sandoval’s status is uncertain after leaving Saturday with a bruised elbow. “From my point of view, there’s three or four different areas that I’ve run into and to have that bench coach there to challenge some of my thoughts, to endorse some of my thoughts is going to be nice to have especially given Dana’s background”. “I want to watch it. Hopefully it’s like a Bo Jackson bat snap”.
