With the loss, Seattle fell to 54-53 and continues to tread water in hopes of putting together a run of wins. “To hold that team to two runs until the 11th inning, you’ve got to do more offensively”. Diaz struck out Sandy Leon, and blew away Benintendi with a 99 miles per hour fastball to cap a dramatic and unlikely turnaround.
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“I was just missing a little bit”, Pomeranz told reporters after the game, via “NESN Sports Today”. “It was a tough play”.
“My fastball had some good life to it”, he said. “Unfortunately, it scooted into center and it ended up being the difference”. Pomeranz was able to get Martin to ground out to first to end the threat.
For the record, Price shrugged off the suggestion that he was affected by Sardinas’ line drive.
From the first day of spring training, the Red Sox figured they’d score enough runs in 2016 to wish they could stash a few away for next year.
Now it is the ninth inning, the Mariners are up 3-0, and things are exciting because Steve Cishek isn’t trying to make us all die early deaths due to heart disease. Heck, it was more like notes on paper.
Iwakuma (12-7) rebounded from a season-worst performance against the Chicago Cubs to limit Boston to five hits, a team that had given him problems in the past.
The Mariners will add two starters to the rotation this next turn. Shaw blasted a 92.5 miles per hour fastball from Ariel Miranda into the right field stands. He certainly wasn’t dominant, but showed some moxie pitching his way out of runners on base in every inning. He allowed two runs, both earned, on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 innings.
“Miranda really threw the ball well”, Servais said. “If it didn’t, I don’t know what I’d have to do this off-season workout-wise”. LHP Ariel Miranda, a Cuban defector acquired in a trade with Baltimore on Sunday, will make his debut Thursday against Boston.
Seattle broke through in the fifth inning.
But Travis Shaw got Boston on the scoreboard in the second inning with a solo homer to right field.
Guillermo Heredia popped out, but Franklin Gutierrez fought back from a 1-2 hole for a walk.
Most of all, Porcello appears to be showing the cajones the Red Sox have lacked at the front of the rotation for two years now. The Red Sox opted for an intentional walk to Nelson Cruz, but Dae-Ho Lee flicked a single to right. Edgar Martinez, the former Mariners great who set the standard at designated hitter prior to Ortiz, came out with the first gift, and it was a definite keepsake. “Standing just 5’10” and weighing 170 pounds, Benintendi packs a whole lot of power into his swing, having amassed 20 home runs in the equivalent of one entire minor league season. Again, let me remind you that the Mariners won this game, and that Iwakuma was excellent. Porcello pitched eight innings, giving up three runs with a walk and eight strikeouts.
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“I felt like we’re in the fifth hitter of the inning and their best hitter is coming up”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said. There was just a remarkable amount of squander going on at the plate tonight, right from the first inning. “Travis with a big hit to lead us off there, and then Sandy gets down a ideal bunt to move him over, so good team baseball in that inning to get us that one run”. “We didn’t do much the whole series”.
