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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2022 18:04:34 GMT -5
Yes Got the MASN feed which is great because really when u think about it - the NESN feed is rubbish -The Orioles are actually fighting for a post season spot -The Red Sox.....not so much.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:24:14 GMT -5
Orioles hit 5 homers, outslug Red Sox in wild 15-10 win AP
BALTIMORE (AP) Anthony Santander hit one of the Orioles' five homers and drove in four runs, and Baltimore outslugged the Boston Red Sox 15-10 on Friday night.
Jorge Mateo, Adley Rutschman, Ryan Mountcastle and Ramon Urias also connected for the Orioles, who had combined to score three runs in their previous two games, both losses.
This time, the Orioles scored three runs in the second inning, three more in the third, four in the fourth and five in the fifth - after the Red Sox put up a five-spot in their half of the fifth to get within 10-9. Baltimore's 15 runs were a season high, and the teams combined for 37 hits, with the Red Sox outhitting the Orioles 19-18.
''I was uneasy until two outs in the ninth inning,'' Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. ''A game like this, it was obviously a weird night. You're kind of expecting after a while for some things to happen that wasn't going to go your way. You didn't know what was going to happen. Fortunately for us, we pitched well the last three innings.''
None of Boston's hits left the ballpark, while all but one of Baltimore's homers came with at least one man on base. Mateo got the Orioles rolling with a two-out, three-run shot to left in the second off Kutter Crawford (3-5) that made it 3-2.
''There were some wild moments,'' Mateo said through a translator. ''I was just super happy for me and my teammates the way we were able to go out there and compete and just win the game in the end.''
Baltimore moved within 1 1/2 games of Tampa Bay for the final AL wild card spot.
Nick Vespi (5-0), the third of six Orioles pitchers, got the win, allowing one run in one inning.
Santander's two-run shot to right in the third was his career-high 21st homer. He finished 3-for-5, adding a two-run double in the fifth.
Crawford allowed nine runs and 11 hits - both career highs - over 3 2/3 innings.
Boston scored five times in the fifth against reliever Keegan Akin on an RBI single by Eric Hosmer, a three-run double by Tommy Pham and another single by Alex Verdugo. All the runs were unearned because of errors by second baseman Rougned Odor and catcher Rutschman.
The Orioles rebuilt their lead in the bottom half against Ryan Brasier. Urias homered to straightaway center. Mountcastle and Austin Hays followed Santander's double with RBI two-baggers of their own.
''They didn't stop,'' Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. ''They were relentless. They hit everything - fastballs, breaking balls, cutters. We called it, they hit it. They are a really good club.''
EJECTIONS
??Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was ejected in the fourth inning after throwing his bat and arguing a called third strike. Cora was thrown out moments later during an animated argument with home plate umpire Todd Tichenor.
''I need to be quicker. I don't want him to get thrown out,'' Cora said.
MOVES
Red Sox: ??RHP Josh Winckowski was optioned to Triple-A Worcester.
Orioles: OF Kyle Stowers' contract was selected from Triple-A Norfolk. He started in right field, batted fifth and went 2 for 5. ... INF Richie Martin and LHP Vespi were also recalled from Norfolk. ... RHP Logan Gillaspie was optioned to Norfolk. ... INF Terrin Vavra was placed on paternity leave. ... OF Brett Phillips was designated for assignment.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP Matt Strahm (left wrist contusion) was activated from the 15-day injured list. ... LHP James Paxton has a lat strain and will undergo an MRI on Saturday. ... Pham left the game in the fifth with low back tightness.
UP NEXT??
Red Sox: RHP Michael Wacha (7-1, 2.44 ERA) was reinstated from the IL on Sunday and threw seven scoreless innings with a season-high nine strikeouts against the Yankees that night.
Orioles: RHP Kyle Bradish (1-4, 6.38) has allowed nine runs over 7 2/3 innings with two walks and four strikeouts in his two starts against Boston.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:29:07 GMT -5
Xander Bogaerts, Alex Cora ejected from Boston Red Sox’s game vs. Orioles for arguing balls and strikes
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022, 10:52 p.m.|Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 10:13 p.m.
By
Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
Both Xander Bogaerts and Alex Cora were ejected by home plate umpire Todd Tichenor during the fourth inning vs. the Orioles on Friday.
Bogaerts fired down his bat after a called third strike and then got tossed after yelling something at Tichenor. The pitch was just below the zone.
Cora rushed out of the dugout but didn’t get there in time to keep Bogaerts from getting ejected. He also screamed at Tichenor. See the entire ejection here.
It marked Cora’s fourth ejection this season and Bogaerts’ first since 2018.
The Red Sox trail the Orioles 15-10 in the sixth inning. Boston was down 6-4 in the fourth inning.
Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with two strikeouts. He entered Friday just 12-for-55 (.218) with a .254 on-base percentage, .327 slugging percentage, .581 OPS, one homer and three doubles in 14 games during August.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:30:22 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox allow 5 homers, 15 runs, 18 hits in ugly loss to Orioles
Published: Aug. 19, 2022, 11:12 p.m.
By
Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
The Red Sox took advantage of two Baltimore errors to score five runs in the fifth inning, cutting a six-run deficit to 10-9.
But reliever Ryan Brasier gave it all right back in the bottom of the fifth inning. The righty’s ERA inflated to 5.98 as he allowed five runs on five hits (one homer) and one walk while recording just two outs.
Boston gave up five homers and lost 15-10 to the Orioles at Camden Yards on Friday.
The Red Sox are 4-6 with a negative-11 run differential vs. Baltimore this season.
Xander Bogaerts and Alex Cora were ejected by home plate umpire Todd Tichenor during the fourth inning for arguing a call third strike.
Bogaerts fired down his bat and then got tossed after yelling at Tichenor. The pitch was just below the zone.
See the ejection here.
Tommy Pham was removed in the fifth inning because of low back tightness. Pham’s three-run double with two outs in the fifth cut it to 10-9.
There were 37 hits between the two teams but Rafael Devers went 0-for-5 and left seven men on base. He was the only member of the Red Sox starting lineup without a hit. He is 9-for-63 (.143) in August.
Red Sox starter Kutter Crawford allowed nine runs on 11 hits (three homers) in 3 ⅔ innings. His ERA inflated from 4.18 to 5.14.
Christian Arroyo, Rob Refsnyder and Alex Verdugo each had three hits for Boston.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:49:40 GMT -5
Bogaerts looks ahead after frustrations boil over in opener Shortstop, Cora ejected after strike call in 4th inning of loss 1:56 AM ADT Ian Browne
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne
BALTIMORE -- Xander Bogaerts, who normally rides the ups and downs of games and seasons with a calm demeanor, let it all out on Friday night at Camden Yards.
The match was lit when Bogaerts struck out on a 2-2 pitch from Orioles righty Jordan Lyles that appeared to be a touch low and out of the strike zone in the fourth inning of a wild game the Red Sox lost, 15-10.
Standing right near home plate umpire Todd Tichenor, Bogaerts flung his bat in frustration. Then he hollered something at Tichenor, and that led to the star shortstop being ejected for only the second time in his career.
In truth, the moment had been weeks in the making.
During this critical month of August in which the Red Sox have been trying to fight their way back into contention but instead have been treading water, Bogaerts has felt powerless to help. For the month, he has a line of .224/.258/.328 with one homer and four RBIs in 62 plate appearances.
“Who would have known a pitch call would make me like that?” said Bogaerts. “Yeah, I have not been very pleased with the way I’ve been playing. It’s definitely frustrating when you hold yourself to a high standard and you feel like you’re not helping out. It’s very rough.”
Moments after Bogaerts got thrown out, Red Sox manager Alex Cora suffered the same fate for the fourth time this season.
“We thought the pitch was a ball,” said Cora. “He slammed his bat and then he said something else. I was late getting there. I need to be quicker. I don’t want him to get thrown out. If anyone’s going to get thrown out in that situation, it’s me. We both got thrown out. But I was late. I was just upset.”
Perhaps Bogaerts didn’t realize how much he needed to blow off steam until he actually did it. It isn’t just the hitting slump. The Red Sox have been underachieving for most of the season, and that has been weighing on Bogaerts. Also, his best friend on the team, catcher Christian Vázquez, was traded on Aug. 1.
“It’s a lot of frustration with the way I'm playing and not being able to help to the capacity I know I'm capable of,” Bogaerts said. “I just kind of lost it there for a minute and it felt pretty OK just letting everything out. Sometimes, you feel like you have a lot of stuff bottled up and I'm not the guy to come in and throw my helmet down or hit my bat and break it against the bat rack, stuff like that.
“I wasn’t expecting to do this tonight, but I actually feel better. I’m sorry it was on the umpire, I'm sorry it was to him. I let my team down coming out of the game but with all I’m going through, it felt good afterwards.”
Maybe the release of tension will allow Bogaerts to start hitting like himself again starting on Saturday. This isn’t the first prolonged slump of his career and it won’t be the last.
“Plenty [of slumps],” said Bogaerts. “And you know what, I came out of all of them. When you come out of it, you look back and you probably laugh. You’re like, ‘Man, I couldn't figure this out quicker?’ That’s the only thing that you always hit your head against the wall and you’re like, ‘It was just this? I could have got out of this three weeks ago.’”
With 42 games left in their season, the 59-61 Red Sox are five games back in the American League Wild Card standings.
“We’ve got to show up [Saturday] and win,” said Cora. “That’s it. It was not a fun night. We ended up losing. We’ve got to be ready for tomorrow.”
Friday marked a stretch of 12 straight games against teams Boston is trying to catch in the standings. This was not the ideal way to start such a critical batch of games.
“At this point, winning ballgames matters -- every one,” said Bogaerts. “If it’s against the Pirates, if it’s against the Yankees, if it’s against the Orioles, every one matters equally. Obviously playing a division rival, we’re trying to catch up with these guys. We still have two more games to go [in this series].”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:51:36 GMT -5
Injuries & Moves: Pham exits with low back tightness 1:57 AM ADT
Keep track of the Red Sox’s recent transactions and injury updates throughout the season. LATEST NEWS
Aug. 19: OF Tommy Pham exits with low back tightness With the bottom of the fifth inning in progress on Friday night at Camden Yards, Pham had to exit the game due to low back tightness. In the top of the fifth, Pham belted a three-run double to left. Pham has given the Red Sox a spark at the top of the order since being acquired from the Reds on Aug. 1.
"Just tight, his back," said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. "We'll see how he feels [Saturday]."
Aug. 19: LHP Matt Strahm reinstated from 15-day injured list; RHP Josh Winckowski optioned to Triple-A Worcester The Red Sox got an important addition back in the bullpen for the start of their three-game series against the Orioles when lefty Strahm was activated on Friday. To make room for Strahm, Winckowski, who is 5-6 with a 5.19 ERA in 12 starts, was optioned to Worcester. Strahm suffered a left wrist contusion on July 12 when he was belted by a batted ball at Tropicana Field. He was one of manager Alex Cora's most reliable relievers at one point this season, but started to get fatigued just prior to the injury.
“It’s very important. He’s fresh, now, so that’s good too," said Cora. "A guy that can get lefties and righties out. He can go multiple innings, although we can avoid that early on. He’s another guy with plus stuff. His rehab assignment, he was throwing 94, 95, which is good, and we expect him to come here and help us win ballgames.”
Aug. 19: LHP James Paxton has left lat strain A day after rehabbing lefty Paxton had to exit his first rehab start since undergoing Tommy John surgery due to discomfort in his left lat, the Red Sox labeled the injury a left lat strain. The club will have more information on Saturday, when Paxton undergoes an MRI. While the clock is now working against Paxton, the Red Sox haven't dismissed the possibility of him pitching for the club this season.
“We’ll see," said manager Alex Cora. "Obviously we’re running out of time. [Let's] see where he’s at. Hopefully it’s nothing major and we can move on.”
2B Trevor Story (hairline fracture, right wrist) Expected return: Late August/Early September Story is on the road with the Red Sox this week and has been taking batting practice, sometimes indoors and at other times on the field. Could he go on a Minor League rehab assignment at some point during the week of Aug. 22?
“We’ll see. Let’s see how he progresses first," said manager Alex Cora. "Trevor is doing good. He’s feeling better." (Last updated: Aug. 19)
RHP Tanner Houck (lower back inflammation) Expected return: TBD Houck, Boston's closer, has had a series of appointments with back specialists since he was placed on the 15-day injured list on Aug. 9. On Aug. 16, Houck saw a spine specialist and was found to have an issue with a disc in his lower back. He will have a follow-up appointment on Aug. 22, at which point the Red Sox should have a better idea if he will pitch again this season. (Last updated: Aug. 19)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:53:28 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 7h Quite a few things coming together here -- #RedSox floundering in the Wild Card race, have already blown two leads tonight and Xander Bogaerts has scuffled throughout the second half.
Missed call lit the match. Fireworks ensued.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:54:02 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 6h Ryan Brasier getting peppered and Jarren Duran making defense in center field look like organic chemistry.
The #RedSox have reverted to the early innings. That's not good.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:54:45 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 6h What a circus this game is for the Red Sox. Pham comes out with undisclosed injury. Dalbec comes in to play second. Arroyo moves to short. Kiké goes back to center. Duran moves to right. Verdugo goes to left
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 6h This is Game 120 of the regular season.
It might as well be JetBlue Park on March 4.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:55:27 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 5h Reese McGuire fills out one of few (only?) remaining spaces on the #RedSox bingo card this evening by getting thrown out at second on a wild pitch.
That was ugly.
#RedSox are 59-61.
That was hideous no matter how you slice it.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 2:57:09 GMT -5
Dan Shaughnessy @dan_Shaughnessy · 5h And yet they claim the illusion of contention as they sink two games under.500 in late August. How long are Sox fans ok with triple A team at lux max prices?
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 3:01:59 GMT -5
As playoff chances waver, Red Sox swing from optimism to frustration By Peter Abraham Globe Staff,Updated August 19, 2022, 11:34 p.m.
BALTIMORE — The frustration that has built up over the course of an exasperating season boiled over in the fourth inning Friday night when umpire Todd Tichenor called Xander Bogaerts out on strikes.
The pitch was well below the strike zone and Bogaerts fired his bat to the ground, abandoning his usual composure.
As Red Sox manager Alex Cora sprinted out of the dugout trying to prevent it, Bogaerts was ejected for only the second time in his 10-year career.
“I need to be quicker,” Cora said. “I don’t want him to get thrown out.”
Cora at that point had his say and was ejected within a few seconds. He stayed on the field, yelling and gesturing at Tichenor.
At one point Cora grabbed a handful of dirt and seemed ready to toss it on the plate. It was a five-star meltdown.
Once the ruckus was over, the Orioles sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the inning and scored four runs that led to a 15-10 victory.
It was the latest sour night in what has become an irredeemable season.
The 59-61 Sox are 2-2 on their road trip with two games remaining. They’re running in place at a time a mad dash is required to make the postseason. They would have to leapfrog four teams to get in and given their flaws, that’s implausible.
Tichenor’s bad call lit a powder keg within Bogaerts that has been ready to blow for a while.
“I’ve been very not pleased with the way I’ve been playing,” he said. “I mean It’s definitely frustrating when you hold yourself to a high standard and you feel like you’re not helping out. It’s very rough.”
Bogaerts said he’s faced challenges throughout his career “and came out of all of them.” But he hasn’t found a solution this time.
Bogaerts is an All-Star hitting .303 with an .815 OPS. That’s a career year for some players, but not him.
“It’s a lot of frustration with the way I’m playing and not being able to help to the capacity that I know I’m capable of and that I would want to,” he said.
“I just kind of lost it there for a minute and it felt pretty OK just getting everything out. Sometimes you feel like you have a lot of stuff bottled up.”
It’s understandable. Little has gone to plan for the Sox this season and Cora is trying to retain a sense of optimism.
He hasn’t let the injuries, roster issues, and other obstacles affect his approach, which helps to keep the clubhouse focused.
At some point soon resignation will set in but it hasn’t yet. The Sox went through their pregame activities on Friday with the usual sense of purpose.
Slumping J.D. Martinez was out of the lineup but arrived at the ballpark early to study video and take extra swings.
It was a workday, Cora said, not a day off. Despite the wildness of the game, Martinez never came off the bench.
Cora was tested by this game. Down 10-4, the Sox scored five runs in the top of the fifth inning after Bogaerts was ejected.
Ryan Brasier was called on early to keep it there and he allowed five runs in the bottom of the inning.
The Orioles hit five home runs on the night, delighting a crowd of 33,136 at Camden Yards that was not drowned out by visiting Red Sox fans for a change.
There were 37 hits in the game and the Sox played the final innings with first baseman Bobby Dalbec at second base.
Somehow Rafael Devers was the only starter who didn’t have a hit.
Part of what has Bogaerts so off-kilter is not knowing what comes next. He can opt out of the final three years of his contract to become a free agent after the season.
That would open the door to leaving the Sox, who signed him as a 16-year-old in 2009. He treasures what he has in Boston and that may soon be gone.
That’s not why he flung the bat. But Bogaerts expected more out of himself, and this season, and it’s just not happening.
“I actually feel better,” he said. “I’m sorry it was on the umpire; I’m sorry it was to him and I let my team down coming out of the game. But it felt good.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 3:03:58 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK J.D. Martinez gets a breather amid prolonged power outage By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated August 19, 2022, 8:15 p.m.
BALTIMORE — Manager Alex Cora made it clear that Friday wasn’t an off day for J.D. Martinez. Instead, it was a work day.
Martinez was not in the lineup for the series opener against the Orioles after Thursday’s 0 for 4 performance against the Pirates dropped his season line to .273/.344/.429. Martinez is batting just .211 with a .624 OPS since June 1. He has a mere four homers in that span and has not left the yard since July 10.
Martinez arrived at Camden Yards early Friday, before a 15-10 loss to the Orioles, to work on his swing and was out taking batting practice in his usual group.
“He loves to play, he loves to work, and we know he’s going to hit at the end of the day,” Cora said before the game. “We trust him. When he’s feeling good, there’s no expanding outside the zone and there’s a lot of hard contact in the zone.”
Martinez’s prolonged struggles aren’t something he’s hiding from. Following the team’s 8-2 loss to Pittsburgh Thursday, Martinez alluded to the fact that the meat of the Sox’ order was, in part, responsible for some of the team’s shortcomings.
The trio of Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts, and Martinez came into Friday hitting .182 in August with just a .303 slugging percentage. They have four combined homers — three from Devers and one from Bogaerts.
Martinez is hitting an underwhelming .173 in August, highlighted by a lack of power (.212 slugging).
“The season is what it is,” Cora said. “Hopefully he can go on one of those hot streaks where he starts hitting the ball in the air and hitting homers. But I think consistent at-bats and hitting the ball hard is going to get him there.” Pham leaves
Tommy Pham exited Friday due to low back tightness.
During a pitching change in the bottom of the fifth inning, acting manager Will Venable and a member of the training staff approached and spoke with Pham at his position in left field before ultimately deciding to pull him from the game. Venable was managing because Cora was ejected, along with Bogaerts, in the fourth inning.
Pham was 2 for 4 with two doubles and three RBIs before leaving. Kiké Hernández, who moved to shortstop after Bogaerts was ejected, moved back to center field. Jarren Duran moved from center to right and Alex Verdugo shifted from right to left. Christian Arroyo, had started at second, replaced Hernández at shortstop. Bobby Dalbec came into the game to play second. Strahm returns
The Red Sox reinstated Matt Strahm from the injured list Friday, giving the Red Sox a much-needed high-leverage lefthander in the bullpen. He pitched a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts.
Lefty Austin Davis has struggled out of the bullpen, posting a 5.29 ERA in 49 ⅓ innings this season. He’s allowed five runs (all earned) in his last two appearances (3 ⅓ innings).
With Strahm, the Sox have a strike-thrower, something the bullpen has struggled to do during the second half of the season. Sox relievers entered Friday at 3.81 walks per nine innings, which ranked sixth in the majors during that span. The league average for walks per nine innings was 3.47. Strahm, meanwhile, has allowed 2.3 walks per nine, yielding seven walks in 27 ⅓ innings pitched this year.
“It’s very important [that we got Strahm back],” Cora said. “He’s fresh now. He’s a guy that can get both lefties and righties out. He can go multiple innings, although we’re going to avoid that early on. He’s another guy with plus stuff.”
To make room for Strahm, the Red Sox optioned Josh Winckowski to Triple A Worcester. Winckowksi received the loss Thursday after yielding six runs in five innings. The righthander has a 5.19 ERA in 12 starts this year.
Strahm note that he pitched a scoreless frame in relief with two strikeouts Friday. Lastly add at the bottom that The hurt guys
Trevor Story (right wrist fracture) is hitting on the field . . . The Sox said they will have more information on Tanner Houck’s disc issue in his back Saturday . . . James Paxton was diagnosed with a left lat strain and will get an MRI Saturday. Paxton, who was pulled from a Florida Complex League game Thursday, has missed the entire season as he continues to rehab from Tommy John surgery. The Sox were hopeful that Paxton will pitch in the big leagues this year, however, the latest news puts that in jeopardy. Cora said the team will have more definition on Paxton’s statusfollowing an MRI Saturday . . . Brayan Bello (left groin strain) pitched 4 ⅓ innings Friday for Triple A Worcester, striking out five and yielding just a run.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 3:05:13 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams @byjulianmack · 4h “It was a ball,” Cora said on the pitch to Bogaerts. “I’m prob gonna get fined, but it was a ball.”
Bogaerts said he regrets getting ejected. But said “it felt good” to get out frustration because of the way he’s playing. Noted that he’s not type to bang helmets in dugout etc
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 20, 2022 3:06:28 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 4h Great question - this is tied for the worst Red Sox loss ever in a game where they had 19 hits. They also lost, 15-10, on July 8, 1923 (to Cleveland). This is their 12th loss ever of 5+ runs when scoring 10+ runs.
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