The 23-year old got on a roll after returning to the rotation in the second half of the season, only for another injury to cut his outing short on August 16 after four no-hit innings against the Baltimore Orioles. They trail the Red Sox (81-64) by one, and will play them four more times in Baltimore beginning Monday.
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The Baltimore Orioles will be home to start the 2017 season. “He’s got as much power as anybody in the game and if you don’t make your pitches, you see what he can do with it”. Pomeranz took to the mound in the 2nd inning and by the time the inning was over the Sox would be losing 5-0. He remained in the game after a visit from the medical staff and a few warmup pitches. Moncada hit.294 with 15 home runs and 62 RBIs in 106 games between Single-A-Advanced Salem and Double-A Portland.
Gausman (8-10) and Porcello (20-4) had almost identical line scores over eight innings, each striking out six and allowing just four hits, except Porcello allowed Trumbo’s leadoff shot in the second inning. With the loss, he fell to 20-4.
“We lost and it’s a big game”.
Speaking of Cy Young candidates, is it a stretch to say that Rick Porcello is the front-runner?
“The beauty of playing the teams ahead of you is that if we win series, we’ll be making up games”, Chase Headley said.
The Yankees open a four-game series at Fenway Park Thursday night as they look to move closer to a wild card spot – and maybe even an American League East title. “We were 7-3 against some pretty good teams”, manager Joe Girardi said. The Mets, like the crosstown Yankees, have now won eight of their last ten and while they won’t be catching the first place Nationals in the division, still none games behind the Nats, they maintain their slim half game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals for the second available wild card with their victory last night. “This was a classic pitchers duel”.
But so was Orioles’ righthander Kevin Gausman and the latter walked away the victor on Wednesday night.
WHITE SOX 8, INDIANS 1: Todd Frazier and Carlos Sanchez each drove in two runs in a seven-run sixth inning and Chicago handed AL Central-leading Cleveland its second straight lopsided loss.
Matt Koch gave up two hits and struck out four over four innings for his first save.
Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz heads onto the field to warm up prior to the tean;s baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Boston.
The Red Sox had a flawless opportunity in their hands entering the game to continue to make the distance atop the division even further. The Sox started the game two games in front of the Jays and three games in front of the O’s. Instead, the Sox are no one game up on the O’s, and two over the Blue Jays.
“I thought he came out, even with the added days of rest, with increased power”, Farrell said. “He’s not as susceptible to offspeed pitches as he once was”, Farrell said.
Reigning AL MVP Josh Donaldson sat out his third straight game for Toronto and underwent an MRI on his sore right hip. We fully embrace it. And then there are the Yankees, hanging around four games back of Boston.
Rick Porcello made it almost a year between home losses, with his last home loss coming on September 23 of last season against the Rays.
The Boston Red Sox have a combined 38-30 (.559) record against the remaining teams on their schedule and now hold a 95.6% chance of making the playoffs, according to fangraphs.com. Just keep winning series, Red Sox, and sign your tickets to the ALDS.
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– Dustin Pedroia ended his streak of reaching base at least once at 33 games. It’s not just a matter of being in your park in front of your fans, but also you get your last at-bat.
