After Sandy Leon lined out, Mookie Betts singled.
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“I don’t know if that’s the case”, Girardi said.
The next time the topic comes up in conversation, Leon will have a better memory of the occasion. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he’s the first pitcher to win each of his first three road starts for Boston against the Yankees since Bob Ojeda went 3-0 in the Bronx from 1981-83.
“The dugout erupted”, Boston manager John Farrell said. “I think they had four infield hits, little tappers down the third base line, one not hit hard between short and third”. Leon, one of great revelations of the 2016 AL East race, smashed that half full/half empty glass.
“It was a great swing off the bat”, said center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. who watched the ball sail out from third base.
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“We’re focused on the challenges we have and where we have to shore up our club to make it the most deep and complete, so the bottom-line score and records are going to dictate that more than anything”. “As far as defensive positioning, we’re playing it the way you should play, but it’s some bad luck”.
All that said, though, to give the Yankees a chance to win, Pineda would have literally had to have been ideal, because Wright nearly was through the first half of the game; the knuckleballer retired the first 14 Yankees in a row, flawless until Alex Rodriguez hit a dribbler that Wright couldn’t bare-hand and gave the Yankees their first hit (and baserunner) with two outs in the fifth inning. Eduardo Rodriguez has an ERA of 8.59 through six starts since returning from knee surgery.
“Today he looked really comfortable”, Leon said. He allowed three runs and three hits in six innings and is 4-1 in five appearances against NY, including a 4-0 mark at Yankee Stadium.Wright retired the first 14 Yankees on 51 pitches. Rodriguez (2-3) improved to 4-1 with a 2.01 ERA against Boston’s archrival. In his other two career starts against the Yankees, Rodriguez allowed just two runs.
Wright won for the eighth time in nine decisions, allowing three runs and three hits in six innings.
The Red Sox? They weren’t doing much of note, but that didn’t stop them from scoring first. NY was launching rockets left and right against Eduardo Rodriguez in the early going, and while the Red Sox were well-placed to prevent any real damage, it was not an auspicious sign for Eduardo Rodriguez given how badly things have gone for him this season.
For whatever you want to say about A-Rod, the man knows baseball.
“[Tomorrow] is probably as important a game as we’ve had in July in a long time”.
CC Sabathia went 5 1/3 innings, allowing five runs, four earned, in the loss.
“Playing nearly like four times a week, I think that’s helped”, Leon said. “He pitched a lot better than what it’s going to look like”.
New York’s SP Michael Pineda (3-9) was relieved after giving up his third home run of the game.
The Red Sox trade for Drew Pomeranz, the Sox reportedly will sign 12th-overall pick Jason Groome, and Russell Westbrook turns up in Celtics trade rumors.
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Farrell said Buchholz might even start a simulated game on a day off Monday to help keep retain his arm strength.
