Red Sox RF Mookie Betts left Wednesday’s game with calf tightness and is day-to-day.2.
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Fenway Park was holding its collective breath Wednesday when David Ortiz went down in the ninth inning against the New York Yankees. He is hitting.308/.401/.614 after drawing three walks in four plate appearances Wednesday night and is very much in the AL MVP race right now. “You play 162 games in the regular season”. “Before we had to carry him off, basically”. Seven Yankee relief pitchers combined to pitch the final eight innings, allowing a combined four runs.
Austin Romine, Jacoby Ellsbury and Chase Headley all drove in runs with singles, and Starlin Castro dealt the Red Sox the big blow with a two-RBI double. The Red Sox need to win every game at this point to keep pace in the American League East and AL wild card races and may be without All-Star slugger David Ortiz. “It’s concerning. But we really won’t know anything until probably (Thursday) night”. “And when we missed, we contributed to it with base on balls”.
“I was kind of getting depressed when they were telling me batting practice was going to be cancelled, ” Rodriguez said. Gregorius hit his 14th homer of the year, a solo shot in the fifth. “You’ve just got to have some guys step up”. “We, as a bullpen, we let that one get away from us tonight”.
Despite his poor performance, Barnes noted that Boston’s relievers have to keep a short memory if they want to move on from Wednesday’s disappointing defeat. “I think he’s done a good job catching”.
The Red Sox have other problems, of course. It was the first time that Boston lost a game by more than three runs since dropping a 7-2 contest to Texas on July 5.
Prince Fielder was one of the most durable players in baseball when Texas acquired him from Detroit after the 2013 season for second baseman Ian Kinsler. As bad as that might sound to some people, it’s one loss.
Padres will cut ties with Olivera • Hector Olivera was placed on unconditional release waivers by the San Diego Padres, who will release him when he clears waivers later this week and will be responsible for the remainder of the $62.5 million, six-year contract he signed with the Dodgers in early 2015.
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“It will be a great chance to give me one big, loud boo on the way out, ” Rodriguez said. Girardi said pitching coach Larry Rothschild had noticed Eovaldi holding something back during his warmups, and although the pitcher said he was fine, his decreased velocity in the first inning made Rothschild push the issue until Eovaldi admitted he “felt something” in his elbow.
