The Tampa Bay Rays hammered ex-teammate David Price, blew a three-run lead and then rallied for a wild 12-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday.
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But Porcello is at least giving the Red Sox a glimmer of his worth. Kelly faced just four batters and threw only 23 pitches before the Red Sox called upon Hembree.
The Red Sox have one more game in their home series with the Rays, before they hit the road for their series with the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves.
Ryan Dull allowed a two-out home run to Carlos Beltran in the eighth and Sean Doolittle recorded his second save.
Chris Archer went into Wednesday’s game against the Red Sox looking to quiet talk – most of which he felt was without merit though of some comedic value – about his poor start to the season.
Let’s break this down pitcher-by-pitcher.
What looked early on to be the type of start Price needed quickly devolved into a slugfest.
The manager needed emergency call-up William Cuevas to pitch 2 1/3 innings in the finale, eventually getting tagged with the loss, and said Koji Uehara was available only if Boston had a lead.
Ramirez struggled, but he’s had a insane week. “LoMo, I guess I’ve shown the best way to do that is keep putting him back out there, and hopefully it will pay off soon”.
Barnes was solid, there’s nothing to complain about here. One of them is Clay Buchholz, who has battled injury through his past few years, but he is not the only one.
Diamondbacks 3, Giants 0: Robbie Ray pitched six scoreless innings and Jake Lamb continued to slug against San Francisco by tripling home a run for Arizona. The pitching staff has been excellent lately, don’t lose your cool over one bad performance. “To throw the baseball the way I did (Saturday) against the Blue Jays, which is an extremely good hitting team, feels good”. In a season where little has gone as planned, given how the supposedly improved offense has been pretty much a bust, and the ace starter hasn’t won a game, the Rays are showing the guts and determination, which could carry them where the talent may be lacking.
BREWERS 6, TWINS 5: Scooter Gennett hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning and Milwaukee ended Minnesota’s four-game winning streak. Meanwhile, Travis Shaw never stopped.
On Thursday afternoon, Price gave up eight runs on eight hits (two homers) and two walks. He’s got four home runs and 13 runs batted in already this year. Yet, he is also not the lost cause some figured he might be after watching him get hammered during the spring training schedule in Florida, where he posted a 9.77 ERA over four starts. A lot of the hits were balls that he missed over the plate.
Cuevas predictably had some shaky moments but held the Rays off the scoreboard until Steven Souza Jr. doubled in Jennings in the eighth. His defense continues to impress as well.
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“Drew kept us in that game and did a phenomenal job”, said Kevin Kiermaier, who led off the 10th with his first home run of the season. Before the Red Sox recalled him, Hernandez had hit well in Pawtucket, slashing.286/.375/.429 through six games.
