Bradley (5-for-6) homered off Hernandez in the second inning as the Red Sox posted five-run innings in the second and third and closed the game with 11 runs over the final three.
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“It’s easy to say at this point we should have pinch-ran for him”, Lovullo said. “As it turns out, it looks like that should have been the move”.
The Mariners are coming into this meeting after a high-scoring game where they scored an impressive 10 runs.
Sandoval homered into the centre-field bleachers leading off the second. Ortiz singled to center, Bradley Jr. scored, B.Holt to third.
“I’m sure he’s just going to tell me he was trusting his instincts and was forcing them to make a play”, Lovullo said of third base coach Brian Butterfield. “Every pitch I threw, they hit it”. Shaw then doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Josh Rutledge.
So it was that Owens allowed seven big runs before the fourth inning of his third outing.
In the wake of John Farrell’s sudden departure due to his battle with lymphoma we learned that bench coach Torey Lovullo would be take over as the interim manager of the Boston Red Sox, but his temporary promotion has had a domino effect on the rest of the organization. After suffering blowout losses of 15-1 and 22-10 in the previous two games, the Mariners built a 7-0 lead against Boston starter Henry Owens behind two homers by Franklin Gutierrez and one by Cano.
Vidal Nuno couldn’t snap his winless streak, as the Mariners southpaw failed to record a victory for a major league-worst 18th straight start. Owens was able to limit damage with men on base as the Mariners went 3 for 13 win runners in scoring position.
At 25, Bradley became the youngest player to get five extra-base hits in a game, and the first to do it for the Red Sox.
4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. Rob Rasmussen, after a scoreless 11th, started the Boston 12th by walking Travis Shaw. Mark Reynolds’ three-run home run in the sixth put the Cardinals ahead by four and Randal Grichuk hit his 15th homer in the first. The first two batters of the inning reached on solid singles, with Breslow failing to handle Logan Morrison’s bunt to load the bases with no outs in the inning. Betts struck out. B.Holt singled to right, Bradley Jr.to third.
Seager then lined a single to right.
Mike Zunino singled to left field to drive in the go-ahead run.
The Boston Red Sox have had a shit year, until very recently. Mariners LHP Charlie Furbush (left biceps tendinitis) completed his bullpen session Sunday but did not improve.
“Damned if you do, damned if you don’t”, Farrell said afterward. McClendon also said LHP James Paxton, on the DL since late May with a strained middle finger on his pitching hand, could be ready to go on a rehab stint soon. Lovullo also said OF Rusney Castillo was re-examined after leaving Friday’s game early after he fouled a ball off his left foot. 3B Pablo Sandoval was out with a bruised right elbow after getting hit by a pitch Saturday….
On the three-year anniversary of his flawless game, Felix Hernandez was anything but ideal on Saturday at Fenway Park.
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“Not that I know of”, Cruz said when asked if his agent heard from the Red Sox in the offseason.
