Benintendi was the seventh overall pick in the 2015 draft as a sophomore out of Arkansas.
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Price allowed a leadoff homer to Mike Zunino, and the Mariners tacked on three straight singles and another run before Price got the hook.
“I’m extremely excited”, said Benintendi, who debuted with a pinch-hit appearance in the seventh inning Tuesday night and finished 0-for-2, including a game-ending strikeout against Mariners closer Edwin Diaz in a 5-4 loss. With that wound still fresh, Cishek gave up what proved to be the game-winning home run to Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts in the ninth inning.
He doesn’t understand Boston fans yet, they bleed Red Sox blood, they love their players and they will settle for nothing less than a title shot in David Ortiz’s a year ago. Lind will be eligible for free agency after the season and has struggled, but he is a power threat against right-handed pitching, and the Mariners likely will look for an opportunity to promote 23-year-old first baseman Dan Vogelbach, who was recently acquired from the Cubs. “I’m just going to go out there and contribute the best I can, stick with my game”.
Paxton allowed only one run in eight innings, once again showing his enormous potential. The flame-throwing rookie, who possesses a 100 miles per hour fastball, made his debut as closer on Tuesday night and struck out three of the four batters he faced to earn his first career save.
Boston trailed 1-0 in the top of the eighth when Aaron Hill launched a solo home run over the left field fence with one out. It seemed insurmountable. The Mariners had scored one run in the past 25 frames. I get it. But you’ve got to keep watching because our guys don’t quit.
Seattle had a chance to score the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth, when a one-out single and a wild pitch left pinch hitter Norichika Aoki at second base before a groundout moved him to third. The Mariners offense fed off that sudden puncture in Price’s armor.
Manager Scott Servais confirmed Miranda will be recalled from Triple-A Tacoma in time to start Thursday’s series finale against Boston. One scout who has seen him play this year compared him to Mariners star Robinson Cano. But things looked bleak.
He jumped from Double-A Portland to the Sox after the team made the decision following Monday’s trading deadline.
Seattle’s Cishek (2-6) had another rough ninth inning after blowing a save opportunity at Wrigley Field the previous night.
They entered the eighth up 4-0 on the Mariners.
David Ortiz doubled and had two RBIs. But no cheer came quicker or louder than when the Cano connected.
“Just play, have fun”, Pedroia said. Yeah that’s that’s all I have you know I can park and I don’t have the strength is to just you know. It took 12 batters to get the first one, then Cano doubled four innings later. He’s gotten me out a lot of times. “I was pulling my shoulder”.
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Andrew Benintendi, ESPN’s third-best and Baseball America’s ninth-best midseason prospect, was the subject of many rumors leading up to yesterday’s deadline, but he stayed put as a key piece in the Red Sox system. The Red Sox are also coming off a game Tuesday night in which they had a complete meltdown. Rodriguez somehow got his glove up to prevent the ball from hitting him in the face, resulting in a lineout before he threw to first to double up the runner.
