There’s only a handful of us that have ever played professional baseball let alone big league (ball). I wouldn’t come out of a game unless something was really bothering me and it was at the time.
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This is a tall order at this point in his career, he’s only 23 years old, and in his fourth big league season.
The Cardinals activated outfielder Matt Holliday (quad) from the 15-day disabled list, while the Red Sox welcomed back second baseman Dustin Pedroia (hamstring).
The Red Sox went 5-3 on their homestand before All-Star Game festivities and pulled themselves within 6 1/2 games of the AL East lead.
“It was close,” Scioscia said. “It looked like he was maintaining his stuff”.
-RHP Jered Weaver (inflamed left hip) threw 50 pitches over three innings of a simulated game Thursday, and felt fine Friday.
Few other roster machinations of note in that piece: Daniel Nava’s rehab assignment ends on Wednesday; Steven Wright and Brian Johnson appear in line to start Monday and Tuesday; and the Sox signed 27 of their 39 draft picks, including every one in the first 17 rounds.
“Without being disrespectful, I guess you could say, I wanted the ball, ” Richards said.
He had thrown 103 pitches after eight innings. Richards’ gem gave him an extra day off.
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“Didn’t miss over the plate and it was just a good team win”. He has been the best pitcher on the team this season and this may have been the best trade GM Ben Cherrington has made so far. “For me, I’ve said this before – I just go out there and respect the game”.
The Sox only had five hits: Two from Xander Bogaerts, including a double, two from David Ortiz and one from Shane Victorino.
“The guy pitched well”. “He was effectively wild”.
Rick Porcello was very inefficient tonight, throwing a whopping 102 pitches over just 5 innings. Napoli also has five walks and only two strikeouts against Santiago.
CARDINALS 3, METS 2: Jhonny Peralta hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning, Lance Lynn outpitched Noah Syndergaard and St. Louis held on to beat New York. 298 with 536 home runs, 1509 RBIs and 153 stolen bases. 11 and 12 for Calhoun. Richards allowed just two hits, struck out six, and threw 113 pitches to go the distance.
The first home run came on a 3-1 count, the second on a 2-0 count.
Calhoun’s first career multi-homer game eliminated the need for another walk-off homer by All-Star Game MVP Mike Trout, who ended the four-game series opener in dramatic fashion Friday. He smiled when asked about that.
“We were in some tough spots, but we were able to pitch out of it and limit some damage, ” Porcello said. A 26-pitch second inning early in his outing cost Porcello and prevented him from going deep into the game. It was the eighth time in 19 starts this season that Wilson gave up no more than one earned run in a game.
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It didn’t take long to see the game’s first run tonight, as the Angels took advantage of a Boston error in the second. Cron grounded out to short, with Freese taking second. In 2012, Trout’s first full season in the majors, he hit a single in his only ASG at bat.
