Instead, the Boston Red Sox closer will be in a hospital. On Friday, the Red Sox eked by on a 6-5 win.
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Kimbrel’s injury has changed the narrative on Ziegler’s acquisition, but it would have been an important one for the Red Sox even if Kimbrel had stayed healthy. The 28-year-old fireballer hasn’t had his best season up to this point and it has been disappointing to watch.
One member of the clubhouse he is joining is Aaron Hill, a close friend of Ziegler’s when they were teammates in Arizona, and Hill was sent to Boston from Milwaukee on Thursday.
BOSTON Red Sox president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski was already looking to shore up his beleaguered bullpen when closer Craig Kimbrel was hurt shagging fly balls.
All season long, there has been one problem with the Boston Red Sox, and that is pitching. “I’m probably a lot different than everybody else down there, but [I hope to bring] a lot of experience and hopefully help out some young guys here and there and pitch some tough innings here and there and just do what I can to help this team win”. Uehara has a 4.96 ERA and three saves in 35 games.
“I know it’s the nature of the game”, Ziegler added.
Brad Miller hit a solo homer for the Rays, who have dropped 21 of 24.
After allowing 12 hits and six runs in Tuesday’s start against the Yankees, Rodon slipped while going up the dugout stairs Friday and sprained his left wrist, necessitating a trip to the 15-day disabled list. The 36-year old said he was “pretty excited” to join the Red Sox.
“I took a step for a groundball, heard a pop and didn’t really think it was anything serious”, Kimbrel said Saturday. A self-described pull hitter, he banged a single off the Green Monster in the fourth inning to open a 4-2 lead for O’Sullivan, who nevertheless gave it right back in the fifth.
Rays manager Kevin Cash said it’s been hard to pinpoint Archer’s recent struggles.
“Something I’ve kind of been battling since April of past year”. Martinez is batting.283/.306/.383 with a home run and three RBIs in 32 games this season with the Indians.
While that was the truth – Kimbrel, 28, will undergo surgery on Monday to fix a medial meniscus tear in his left knee and is expected to be out 3-6 weeks – one had nothing to do with the other, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Saturday afternoon. He has not pitched since Sunday is not likely to pitch before the All-Star break, although the team has not made a decision on a DL stint for him yet.
The Red Sox will be without All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel for 3-6 weeks.
The Rays (34-53) dropped 19 games under.500 for the first time since the end of 2007.
Rays: CF Kevin Kiermaier (fractured left hand) worked out pregame. He’ll undergo surgery Monday. Farrell also said 1B Hanley Ramirez was “sore”. Ramirez was out of the lineup after fouling a ball off his left shin twice in the last few days. His worst year came in 2014, when he posted a superb 3.49 ERA.
Bogaerts got into a rundown and was called safe by third base umpire Greg Gibson diving back to third.
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Boston has won the first two games of its current three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays and could sweep the Rays with a win today.
