After Tuesday night’s 10-4 victory over the Yankees, the Red Sox will wake up on Wednesday with a positive run differential (plus-four, to be specific) for the first time since April 26 – a day they lost 18-7 to fall into the red until now. He drove in Boston’s final runs when he connected off reliever Bryan Mitchell with outs in the eighth. Right fielder Brock Holt added a run-scoring double while shortstop Xander Bogaerts had an RBI groundout. Mookie Betts also homered and Rick Porcello went eight strong innings, overcoming a rocky first six batters. Rodriguez finished his first season with 121 2/3 innings for the Red Sox after throwing 48 1/3 with Triple-A Pawtucket. We want to get there. “I would love (to get to.500)”, said Blake Swihart, who delivered the first multi-homer game of his career on Tuesday.
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Travis Shaw was next to come to the plate, with two runners in scoring position, and hit a slow tapper back to Pineda, who threw home but Bogaerts was able to score, a call that was confirmed after a Joe Girardi challenge. He struck out eight and walked one. He did allow one earned run or less in five of his last seven starts with a 2.08 ERA for the said duration.
Washington holds a 13-4 series advantage against the Braves this year but is only 3-4 in Atlanta.
At other times this season, Rodriguez has responded well to having a few days off. Road trips to National League parks – when Rodriguez hasn’t played the field and has been limited to pinch-hit opportunities – have usually left him refreshed and productive immediately after.
This week, the Red Sox are getting an even closer encounter with Obama since they are staying in the same midtown Manhattan hotel as the leader of the free world attends the United Nations General Assembly. Porcello managed to get all the way through the eighth without allowing another run, actually leaving his outing quite reasonable on the whole.
New York is second in the division and was spared the possibility of Toronto clinching the title when it was rained out in Baltimore. That’s according to Will Smith, who today is probably more famous than the actor Will Smith, from a viral video of him missing three foul balls in a row while in the stands at the Yankees game last night.
Unfortunately, Porcello gave two-thirds of the lead right back, Jacoby Ellsbury leading off with a double of his own to kickstart a four-run frame. He retired 21 of the last 26 Yankees he faced. Betts led off with his 42nd double as six of the first seven hitters reached.
For those Orioles fans used to heading to Camden Yards for 1:35 p.m. first pitches every Sunday, this weekend will throw you a slight curveball.
When things finally got underway, Haren was in control throughout.
The Yankees have dropped two straight games.
“There’s not alarm. That team’s playing really good baseball”.
Houston (83-75) fell a half-game behind the Los Angeles Angels in the race for the final American League wild-card spot. A waiver deadline trade of bad contracts was rumored where San Diego would exchange James Shields for Pablo Sandoval fell through and the Red Sox were left holding the Ramirez/Sandoval bag.
At the end of the day, the Red Sox are giving their opponents a taste of what they’ll be up against in 2016, which is a competitive young team.
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It should have been an insurmountable lead to start the game.
