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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 2:54:34 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 6h The Red Sox now have 19 blown saves. Only the Rays (21) have more.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 3:00:20 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 6h Every night it's some new clusterf
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 3:03:25 GMT -5
Red Sox @ Rays Wednesday, 13th July 2022 7pm @ Trop
Winckowski 3-3/4.35
McClanahan 9-3/1.73
Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at 7:10pm EDT Written by David Delano
The Tampa Bay Rays (47-40) will host the Boston Red Sox (47-41) in the third game of a four-game series on Wednesday. The Rays beat the Red Sox 10-5 on Monday and 3-2 on Tuesday.
Defense cost the Red Sox After opening the series with two losses, the Red Sox trail the Rays by half a game for second in the division. Sloppy defense cost the Red Sox two unearned runs in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Rays. The miscues put a stain on a very impressive first start of the season for Chris Sale. The Red Sox overall are 10th in the field with +22 defensive runs saved this season.
The Red Sox are first in MLB with a .260 batting average, fourth in scoring at 4.7 runs per game, and 20th with 85 home runs. J.D Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, and Rafel Devers are the three Red Sox currently named to the All-Star team.
Rookie Josh Winckowski (3-3, 4.35 ERA) will start on Wednesday. He allowed six earned runs in five innings against the Yankees last Thursday. He will be facing Tampa Bay for the first time. The Red Sox bullpen behind Winckowski is 13th with a 3.63 ERA and tied for 25th with 18 saves.
Rays look to continue control over Sox After taking the first two games of the series against Boston, the Tampa Bay Rays are second in the American League East and 14 games behind the first-place Yankees. At home, they are 27-17 and rank ninth according to covers.com when it comes to home moneyline profits for sports bettors.
The Rays have now won their last four head-to-head games against the Red Sox, with three losses to the Reds in Cincinnati sandwiched in between.
The Rays are 22nd scoring 4.2 runs per game this season, 23rd with 80 home runs, and sixth with 58 stolen bases. The second baseman, Isaac Paredes, has been a breakout star, with a team-best 13 home runs in 47 games this season.
Shane McClanahan (9-3, 1.73 ERA) is currently the only Rays player named to the All-Star team, and he will start against the Red Sox on Wednesday. McClanahan is 7-2 at home with a 1.88 ERA. Against Boston, he is 2-1 with a 2.74 ERA in four career starts. He last faced them on April 24 and got the win at home, allowing two runs in seven innings.
The Rays bullpen is seventh in MLB with a 3.41 ERA and tied for 12th with 23 saves. and the defense is 19th with +9 runs saved.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 6:19:12 GMT -5
Brian Barrett @itsbrianbarrett · 10h Sale
25 called strikes
32.1% called strike rate
*no qualified starter is north of 22%
That’s just stupid
37% called strike plus whiff rate - Shane McClanahan leads qualified starters at 35.4%
Sale was at 30.4% in ‘21
3 for 18 (.167) - Sale had a .269 OBA in ‘21
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 6:22:40 GMT -5
Brian Barrett @itsbrianbarrett · 18m Winckowski
Yankees start
8 hard hit balls (42.1%) 3 barrels (15.8%) Launch angle (13.4 degrees) 42.1% ground ball rate 5 walks (19.2%)
Previous 4 starts
37% hard hit rate 3 barrels (4.1%) Launch angle (2.1 degrees) 59.2% ground ball rate 4 walks (4.3%)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 6:23:03 GMT -5
Brian Barrett @itsbrianbarrett · 14m Shane McClanahan goes for The Rays
He ranks in the top 3 in all of these statistical categories
36% strikeout rate 0.81 whip 31.2% hard hit rate 35.9% whiff rate 1.73 ERA
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 6:58:43 GMT -5
Rays, Red Sox battle injuries into 3rd game of series FLM
It's the middle of the season and the Tampa Bay Rays are trying to stay in postseason contention in the American League East. But they literally are hurting right up the gut.
From catcher Mike Zunino (shoulder) to phenom/shortstop Wander Franco (fractured hamate bone) to center fielder Kevin Kiermaier (hip), the Rays are about as banged up as a team can be at those key positions.
But somehow, the Rays are getting by.
They have won the first two games of a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox. When the teams meet again Wednesday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., the Rays hope to get a lift from a usual suspect and an unexpected player who has been a career journeyman.
At the same time, the Red Sox hope to get back on track after a weekend in which they won the last two games of a series with the New York Yankees.
But Boston also has been hit by injuries. Two came in Tuesday night's 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay. Second baseman Trevor Story suffered a hand contusion, getting hit by a pitch he swung at, and relief pitcher Matt Strahm took a shot to his left arm by a batted ball.
The usual suspect for the Rays is ace pitcher Shane McClanahan, who will get the start on Wednesday. McClanahan (9-3, 1.73 ERA) is in the hottest stretch of his career. The left-hander is carrying a string of six straight starts in which he has held opponents to one earned run or less.
Although he is only in his second season, McClanahan has some impressive history against the Red Sox. He was 2-1 with a 2.74 ERA against Boston last year and is 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA this year.
But the Rays are without their biggest-named hitters. So where do they turn? Journeyman outfielder Harold Ramirez is as hot as any hitter in the league now. Over the past four games, he has reached base in 10 of 15 plate appearances (nine hits and a walk).
"The injuries are the toughest thing, no doubt. They always are. They always will be. But you've got to overcome them," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "When you're missing everyday players, you're going to see the effects of it. Saying that, it's an opportunity for these guys, and hopefully they can make the most of it."
The Red Sox will try to counter by starting a pitcher the Rays never have seen.
That's rookie starter Josh Winckowski. The right-hander is 3-3 with a 4.35 ERA, and this will be his debut against Tampa Bay.
With the Rays already securing a split, the Red Sox haven't won a series in their last 11 tries. Boston manager Alex Cora didn't know the extent of Tuesday night's injuries, but he tried to put a positive spin on a tough situation.
"I've been saying all along we have a good team, but it has to keep working to get better," Cora said. "We feel like we can play with anybody."
--Field Level Media
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Post by Kimmi on Jul 13, 2022 8:53:57 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 6h Three mental mistakes from Matt Strahm, Franchy Cordero and Alex Verdugo that you shouldn't see from a team over the course of an entire month (at least).
They've happened in a span of six outs here tonight. #RedSox
#RedSox are 47-41. An absolutely rancid defeat. Boston lost it more than the Rays won it. Ugly, ugly, ugly. I agree that Boston lost the game more than the Rays won it. We gave that game to them. This one leaves a sour stomach. We just can't beat the Rays.
The good news is that Sale looks strong.
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Post by Kimmi on Jul 13, 2022 8:55:44 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams @byjulianmack · 4h If Story is out for some time, the Sox defense could get ugly. Downs not really known as a glove guy and with Cordero at first, the right side of the infield is a huge hole. Arroyo being out hurts the MIF.
Also, take into account Duran in center field and you have a problem. The injury bug has hit us pretty hard this year. Fingers crossed on story, but being hit in the hand often turns into a long IL stint.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 9:36:09 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 6h Three mental mistakes from Matt Strahm, Franchy Cordero and Alex Verdugo that you shouldn't see from a team over the course of an entire month (at least).
They've happened in a span of six outs here tonight. #RedSox
#RedSox are 47-41. An absolutely rancid defeat. Boston lost it more than the Rays won it. Ugly, ugly, ugly. I agree that Boston lost the game more than the Rays won it. We gave that game to them. This one leaves a sour stomach. We just can't beat the Rays.
The good news is that Sale looks strong. Jeez, they can't beat anyone in the division
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 13:08:12 GMT -5
Buck stops at the skipper but alot of these players got to get the heads out of their asses
Alex Cora takes blame for sloppy Boston Red Sox loss to Rays: ‘We don’t play that brand of baseball’ Updated: Jul. 13, 2022, 12:24 p.m. | Published: Jul. 13, 2022, 12:24 p.m.
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- There was plenty of blame to go around Tuesday night as the Red Sox dropped a sloppy 3-2 decision to the Rays at Tropicana Field. Manager Alex Cora was willing to take the brunt of it.
Two key plays defined the defeat. In the seventh inning, with Boston leading, 2-1, Taylor Walls hit reliever Matt Strahm in the throwing arm with a comebacker, then Strahm, despite being injured, tried to throw to first. That ball got away, allowing one run to score, before Franchy Cordero gathered it and threw home toward catcher Christian Vázquez, who was not paying attention. That skipped away, the Rays plated the go-ahead run and Boston was charged with two errors on the sequence.
In the top of the seventh, the Sox had runners on the corners with nobody out when Franchy Cordero squeezed to bunt, missed, and catcher Francisco Mejía picked Alex Verdugo off third base. The Red Sox didn’t score for the rest of the game.
In Cora’s mind, the double-error play was excusable but the pickoff was not. And the manager took blame for putting Verdugo in an unfamiliar spot for a team that doesn’t play small ball too often. Cora said that he managed differently Tuesday with the Red Sox so shorthanded; in addition to the 11 players on the injured list, Trevor Story left the game after getting hit in the hand with a pitch, J.D. Martinez was unavailable due to a tight back and Rafael Devers was limited with back issues of his own.
“We played a little bit different on me and that’s on me, if anything,” Cora said. “We don’t play that brand of baseball. But with the personnel we had and where we were in the inning and the guys who were available and were not, we were trying to advance runners and he got picked off. My job is to put guys in situations to be successful. We haven’t played this brand of baseball in a while. That’s on me right there.”
The double-error turned a routine play into a circus act in a crucial spot. Strahm’s error was one thing, as he had little control of where he was throwing after getting smoked in the wrist with a 98 mph line drive. But Vázquez never expected a throw from Cordero because he was trying to get the umpire’s attention to call time and check on Strahm. Enter your email address here to receive the Fenway Rundown email newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday.
“I was looking for the umpire,” Vázquez said. “I knew that he got the ball but I never thought he was going to throw it to me.”
Cora acknowledged the catcher’s mental error.
“The ball is live and in play until it stops. Franchy threw it and the ball was live in play,” Cora said.
Verdugo’s miscue came on Boston’s second squeeze attempt of the night. In the fifth, Cordero successfully squeezed in a run to score the game’s first run. After Verdugo doubled and Jeter Downs singled to start the inning, Cora was hoping to put two runners in scoring position for Bobby Dalbec.
“We were actually trying to advance the runner from first, get second and third, and if we score, we score,” Cora said. “Get Bobby a chance with second and third and (Refsnyder) hitting for Jackie. J.D. wasn’t available so we were trying to maximize our bench there and it didn’t work out.”
Verdugo didn’t expect Mejía to throw down. He was caught off guard when third baseman Isaac Paredes got back to the base and tagged him out. Verdugo said he was trying to see the ball on contact and couldn’t get back in time after Jalen Beeks threw a pitch up in the zone.
“Obviously, we did it the first time we did it. We got the ball down and it worked out perfectly,” Verdugo said. “The second time, you could see that the third baseman was way close to the line. On those plays, the jump matters. Infield’s in, at least the corners, just trying to get a good jump on a ball. Catcher made a hell of a throw.”
The two sloppy plays wasted a stellar season debut from lefty Chris Sale.
“That’s a good baseball game. It’s 3-2,” Cora said. “It just happens the pitcher got hit on the first and he tried to make a baseball play out of desperation. The thing that frustrates me is that inning, first and third. We tried to do stuff we usually don’t but this is where we’re at right now with the injuries and the personnel we have. We tried to do something we don’t usually do and we got picked off at first base.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 13:09:23 GMT -5
Red Sox injuries: Trevor Story, Matt Strahm both have X-rays come back negative after leaving Tuesday’s game Published: Jul. 13, 2022, 12:33 p.m.
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Red Sox received some encouraging news on the injury front Wednesday afternoon.
X-rays on both second baseman Trevor Story and Matt Strahm were negative, according to the team. Story suffered a right hand contusion and Strahm suffered a left wrist contusion after both players were smoked with baseball’s in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays. Story and Strahm both underwent X-rays at a local hospital Tuesday night.
It’s still unclear if Story and/or Strahm will avoid the injured list. As of now, no IL moves are planned, according to a source, but the Red Sox are waiting to see how both players are feeling when they arrive at Tropicana Field on Wednesday.
Story left the game first. In the fifth inning, he took an ugly swing at an 89 mph sinker from Corey Kluber but the ball hit the top of his hand instead of the bat. He immediately walked down the third base line in pain as manager Alex Cora and a team trainer came out to visit him. He left the game and Jeter Downs entered as a pinch-hitter.
Strahm’s injury came an inning later. With two runners on and two outs in a 2-1 game, Taylor Walls smoked a 98 mph line drive up the middle and it hit Strahm. Strahm gathered the ball and threw it away, then Franchy Cordero committed another throwing error throwing home as the Rays plated two runs. That would be the difference in the game in a 3-2 Tampa Bay win. Strahm was immediately taken out of the game.
The Red Sox already have 11 players on the injured list. Pitchers Nathan Eovaldi and Garrett Whitlock will be activated Friday.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 13:24:23 GMT -5
Game 89: Red Sox at Rays lineups and notesBy Katie McInerney Globe Staff,Updated July 13, 2022, 10:26 a.m. The Red Sox lost to the Rays again despite a strong season debut from Chris Sale, who is finally back with the team after a number of injury setbacks. Sale pitched five innings of shutout ball, allowed just three hits and threw 53 of his 78 pitches for strikes. But once again, the Red Sox figured out how to lose. How? Well, as Julian McWilliams writes, you should pull up a chair — this will take some explaining. Boston could still salvage a series split. The Sox have two more games against the Rays, including Wednesday night’s matchup. Josh Winckowski will be on the mound for Boston. Here’s a preview. Lineups RED SOX (47-41): 1. Rob Refsnyder (R) RF 2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 5. Alex Verdugo (L) LF 6. Christian Vazquez (R) C 7. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B 8. Jeter Downs (R) 2B 9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF Pitching: RHP Josh Winckowski (3-3, 4.35 ERA) RAYS (47-40): 1. Yandy Diaz (R) 3B 2. Ji-Man Choi (L) 1B 3. Harold Ramirez (R) RF 4. Isaac Paredes (R) 2B 5. Jonathan Aranda (L) DH 6. Randy Arozarena (R) LF 7. Taylor Walls (S) SS 8. Josh Lowe (L) CF 9. Francisco Mejia (S) C Pitching: LHP Shane McClanahan (9-3, 1.73 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. McClanahan: Xander Bogaerts 1-6, Bobby Dalbec 2-9, Rafael Devers 4-11, J.D. Martinez 2-7, Rob Refsnyder 2-5, Trevor Story 1-3, Alex Verdugo 1-4, Christian Vázquez 1-9 Rays vs. Winckowski: Christian Bethancourt 0-2 Stat of the day: Journeyman outfielder Harold Ramirez is as hot as any hitter in the league now. Over the past four games, he has reached base in 10 of 15 plate appearances (nine hits and a walk). Notes: Trevor Story took a ball on the hand, and Matt Strahm was hit in the wrist with a comebacker in Tuesday’s loss. Both will go for X-rays, and it’s TBD if they are available on Wednesday. ... Shane McClanahan is in a hot stretch. He’s carrying a string of six straight starts in which he has held opponents to one earned run or less. McClanahan, who is in his second season, was 2-1 with a 2.74 ERA against the Red Sox last year, and is 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA against them this year. ... The Red Sox haven’t won a series in their last 11 tries. Song of the Day: John Mellencamp - Jack & Dianewww.youtube.com/watch?v=h04CH9YZcpI
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 14:36:19 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 43m Cora says as a team, the Red Sox have to get back to playing better defense. He doesn't touch the question from Lou Merloni about specific type of upgrades on trade market. Tough for a manager to do that without dissing players on current roster.
Cora says in WEEI interview the hope for Trevor Story is he can play in New York this weekend. Cora also says "a good chance" Whitlock is activated for New York.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jul 13, 2022 14:38:31 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 44m When asked about any additions on @weei Cora said:
No specifics, but we need to get back to playing better defense, we've been sloppy for 10-12 days, a lot of moving parts recently, but whoever ends up here, we need to be better. If we can get more athletic, that would be great.
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