In honor of the 4 of July, Red Sox players will sport white jerseys that include red numbers and lettering with white stars.
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Behind Clay Buchholz, Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts, the Red Sox rebounded nicely from a tough loss by knocking off the Houston Astros 6-1 on Independence Day at Fenway Park.
“There was a full moon”.
Ex- Cubs manager Don Zimmer memorably used outfielder Doug Dascenzo for a game in 1990, and then Zimmer’s replacement, Jim Essian, used Dascenzo three times in one month in ’91.
The Red Sox managed to give up four walks in their last game. With two outs and designated hitter Jose Altuve standing at second base, Correa lifted a 417-foot bomb into the Monster seats against Ogando, tying the game at three.
It wasn’t the greatest of Eduardo Rodriguez’s first eight starts in the majors, but even with the average performance he was still able to keep the powerful Astros offense in check. A double steal capped the rally, with left fielder Domingo Santana stealing home after the throw to second.
Astros: LHP Dallas Keuchel (10-3), who has pitched 17 shutout innings in his last two starts, pitches at Cleveland on Monday against RHP Carlos Carrasco (10-6).
“I don’t know for sure, but I feel like something a little mechanically may have been off in my windup, ” he said. After the second inning, I felt like I was going to have good command of my fastball on both sides of the plate.
“He’s going first to third on a continued play”, Farrell said.
Houston ranks 4th in scoring (4.52 rpg), 26th in hitting (.242) and 1st in homers (116), while on the mound they are 9th in ERA (3.58) and 2nd in WHIP (1.18).
Red Sox starter Justin Masterson gave up five runs and eight hits in 3 2-3 innings.
Boston Red Sox’s Pablo Sandoval, right, watches the flight of his ball as he doubles as Astros c … The next three batters took five, six, and seven pitches, albeit resulting in only one single, with Jake Marisnick putting the Astros on the board by knocking Valbuena in with another base hit.
Toronto proceeded to score six runs in the inning.
Houston won its fourth game in a row on Wednesday, beating Kansas City, 6-5. “Some guys have to step up with George’s absence”, Correa said after the game.
Red Sox: OF Daniel Nava, on the 15-day DL with a strained left thumb, was scheduled to play his third rehab game with Triple-A Pawtucket on Sunday. De Aza will get most starts against right-handed pitching unless he needs a day off while Victorino will get every start in right against left-handed pitching and potentially more starts against righties at all three other outfield spots if needed. Bogaerts’ first-inning grounder to right plated Betts from third for the game’s first run.
The Astros now have 35 multi homer games. In doing so, they captured their fourth consecutive series win, improving to 12-7 since ending a seven-game losing streak on June 16.
After dropping Friday night’s series opener in extra innings, the Red Sox bounced back on Saturday afternoon in a big way.
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McCullers (4-2, 2.16 ERA) put together a solid outing, but it wasn’t enough for him or his team to pick up the victory.
