He’s held hitters to a. 178 average with runners in scoring position, second best in the AL. The Royals are 17-35 in the last 52 meetings in Boston.
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If Bradley is able to hit around the.250-mark and drive in runs, he could be a valuable member of the Red Sox lineup for the remainder of this season and into 2016.
As has been the case with their shaky bullpen all year, the Sox could not hold the lead.
After chipping away at the Red Sox’ lead in the third to make it a 2-1 game, the Royals pushed ahead on a pair of errors in the fourth.
He allowed two or fewer in his previous three starts and three or fewer in each of his first four since he was picked up by the Royals from the Cincinnati Reds.
This game continued a trend of a poor Sox team this year that has absolutely torched some of the best pitchers in the league, to the likes of Felix Hernandez, Sonny Gray, Chris Sale and more. Ortiz hit a sacrifice fly to left fielder Gutierrez, B.Holt scored. The Red Sox are 5-2 under bench coach Torey Lovullo, who took over last week when Manager John Farrell announced that is being treated for cancer. When Escobar misplayed the cut-off throw from left fielder Paulo Orlando, Castillo came around to score, increasing the Boston advantage to 2-0. Replays showed Yost was right but the play was not challengeable.NOTES: The Red Sox sent RHP Matt Barnes, the starter and loser Saturday night, back to Triple-A and recalled RHP Jonathan Aro…. If his performances for the Red Sox can continue to resemble just a smidgen of this effort, he can kiss the possibility of ending up in Pawtucket (Triple-A) towards the end of this season goodbye.
Moustakas, who stroked an RBI double in the fourth and capped a nine-pitch at-bat with a solo homer in the sixth, went 10 pitches with Tazawa (2-6) before delivering a two-out, two-run, bases-loaded double in the ninth.
Center fielder A.J. Pollock hit a two-run single in the eighth to lift the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The duo is desperately in need of improvement offensively with Alex Gordon (groin) nearing a return from the disabled list.
Of course, Cueto didn’t get much help from the Royals’ normally tight defense, which made two errors and misplayed several other balls. Infante hustled around second and saw Jirschele’s arm waving. In his last 12 games, Bradley is batting.
Barnes (3-3, 6.59 ERA) gave up six runs and six hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in five innings of his first major league start – an 8-2 home loss to Cleveland on Monday.
It had become an afterthought by the time the current campaign reached the three-quarter pole Friday, and the Red Sox began the final 41 games of this forsaken season. Mookie Betts then charged in, attempting to catch the runner at third.
– After homering Saturday, Betts went 0-for-5, which snapped an 8-game hit streak. 359 with eight RBIs. Bradley Jr. grounded out, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer.
During the five-game stretch, the 25-year-old hit.
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Early in his career with Boston, Bradley showcased a home run swing, but with little results. Cueto told reporters today he would definitely be interesting in signing with Boston once his contract runs out this season. He allowed six earned runs and 13 hits on Friday, striking out three before leaving after six innings.
