The close contest between the Sox and Rays isn’t anything out of the ordinary.
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The Rays crept back with two runs in both the fourth and fifth.
Let’s run down some notes from Sunday. The Red Sox notched win number three in a row following Saturday’s offensive explosion.
It was Wright’s seventh game with Baltimore, the first as a reliever.
Lucchino became CEO of the Red Sox upon completion of the purchase of the team by the ownership group headed by Henry and Werner, and in which Lucchino had a smaller financial stake, in February 2002. “Credit (the Rays) for putting some good at-bats together on Taz”. He hit. 221 in 30 games with Oakland’s Triple-A team before he was released last month. “It was setting up well”. Tazawa was in trouble from the moment he gave up a leadoff double to Evan Longoria.
Before Saturday afternoon, rookie first baseman Travis Shaw’s statistics in the big leagues were subpar at best, featuring a 3-for-15 record at the plate while the 25-year old boasted just a single game in 16 appearances in which he garnered at least one hit.
The game commenced with the earmarks of a Miley mudslide when Rays leadoff hitter Brandon Guyer jacked a 3-2 fastball over the Green Monster.
The Red Sox drafted Shaw in the ninth round in 2011 out of Kent State. Since July 1, that number has climbed to nine. Manager John Farrell said OF Mookie Betts, on the seven-day concussion DL, is not expected to travel to New York for the club’s upcoming series against the Yankees. But Ross then struck out Joey Butler to end the inning.
Left-hander Clayton Kershaw extended his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 37 while leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. His ERA now sits at 2.93.
“It was where I wanted it. I got it up and away”, McGee said.
“I don’t think his voice is as valued as it once was”, Shaughnessy said. “I thought he blended his offspeed pitches in well against a heavily right-handed-hitting lineup”. So yeah, he’s been pretty good.
David Ortiz had an RBI for the Red Sox, passing Hall of Famer Andre Dawson for 37th place with his 1,592nd RBI. That was costly when Hanley Ramirez doubled, as Bogaerts came around to score.
“They swung it well today”, said Moore, who dropped his third consecutive decision.
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Odorizzi was making his fourth start since a five-week stint on the disabled list for a strained left oblique. Now he is battling back from having Tommy John surgery last April.
