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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 13:06:38 GMT -5
Ohtani is done today and likely Bello is as well
Bello's Line 2.2IP/8/5/5/1bb/5k/72-48
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 13:08:25 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 1h Another Red Sox start derailed by horrible command.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 13:37:37 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 3m Sox re-take the field with Kutter Crawford on the mound.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 14:24:42 GMT -5
More slop in the 6th Kiki error ( he has looked bad all year) and 2 shiity throws to 1B by Crawford in a row.... fans are booing.
Scoreboard folks are warming up.
I am grabbing my remote
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 16:45:41 GMT -5
Kutter Crawford allows 1 hit in 6.1 scoreless innings but Red Sox lose 5-4 to Angels
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023, 4:37 p.m.|Published: Apr. 17, 2023, 4:36 p.m.
By
Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — The Red Sox-Angels game Sunday was a 1-hour, 57-minute sprint.
Monday’s game on Marathon Monday was more of a marathon thanks to two rain delays. The annual Patriots’ Day game was scheduled to start at 11:10 a.m. The final pitch wasn’t thrown until 4:35 p.m.
Kutter Crawford dominated in relief, allowing one hit in 6 ⅓ innings. But the Red Sox lost 5-4 to the Angels at Fenway Park.
Boston won the four-game series, 3-1.
Rain delayed the start of the game by 56 minutes. There also was a 1 hour, 25 minute delay during the third inning.
Red Sox starter Brayan Bello did not return after the second delay. Crawford took over with Boston down 5-1. He didn’t walk anyone and struck out five. BetMGM Massachusetts BET $10, GET $200 BONUS BETS 21+ and present in Massachusetts. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-Gambler.
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Ninth inning rally falls short
Alex Verdugo singled to begin the bottom of the ninth with Boston down two runs. Raimel Tapia walked with one out.
Rafael Devers followed with an RBI single to right field that he smashed. It left his bat at 112.1 mph and cut the deficit to one.
Rob Refsnyder then struck out for the second out of the inning.
Masataka Yoshida then popped
Bello struggles in his 2023 debut.
Bello pitched 2 ⅔ innings, allowing five runs, eight hits and one walk while striking out five. Hunter Renfroe blasted a three-run homer against the 23-year-old righty during a four-run top of the first inning.
Bello began the season on the 15-day IL because of elbow inflammation. He averaged 95.4 mph both with his four-seamer and sinker and topped out at 97.2 mph, per Baseball Savant. He threw 25 sinkers, 22 sliders, 11 four-seam fastballs and 10 changeups.
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Ohtani’s outing shortened
Shohei Ohtani went just 2 innings. The Angels obviously weren’t going to send him back out after the 1 hour, 25 minute rain delay.
Ohtani allowed one run in the first inning. He walked leadoff hitter Raimel Tapia walked, then threw two wild pitches to allow Tapia to reach third. Rob Refsnyder’s RBI groundout.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 16:51:22 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 2h Crawford: 16.1 IP, 17 K, 2 BB
That first start of his is going to be a drag on his numbers for a while, but sending him to AAA shouldn't happen again.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 16:51:54 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 1h Going to need Yoshida to be forced to do push-ups unless he goes opposite field for a while here. He's hit 5 balls (3 hits) the opposite way this year, they need to figure it out.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 17, 2023 16:53:16 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 1h Sox 2x14 with RISP. They did not lack chances.
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Apr 17, 2023 19:37:45 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 1h Sox 2x14 with RISP. They did not lack chances. Even their outs were hit hard. Sometimes that's the way it goes.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 18, 2023 2:25:57 GMT -5
” Crawford's 6 1/3 scoreless IP sparkles in murky finale April 17th, 2023 Ian Browne
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne
BOSTON -- Initially, Kutter Crawford was disappointed. After opening the season in the starting rotation, he was optioned to Triple-A Worcester last week when Garrett Whitlock was activated to join the rotation.
By the next day, Crawford’s mood had improved. Roughly 24 hours after he flew from St. Petersburg, Fla., to Boston, the righty learned that he would need to complete the unlikely round-trip for the finale of the four-game series against the Rays because reliever Zack Kelly sustained an elbow injury. In fact, he pitched three innings on that whirlwind day, which started with a 5 a.m. ET Uber to Boston’s Logan Airport.
During Monday’s annual Patriots’ Day game against the Angels, Crawford was heavily in the mix for the Red Sox, giving them 6 1/3 innings of brilliant relief (1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB 5 K’s) in his team’s eventual 5-4 loss to the Angels.
How rare is a relief outing like that?
The last Red Sox reliever to throw six-plus innings while allowing zero runs was Tim Wakefield on Sept. 2, 2002.
The last Boston reliever to throw six-plus innings while allowing zero runs and one hit or fewer was Scott Taylor on Oct. 3, 1992.
“Huge,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. “Stuff was great, command was great and he was efficient. I think it was 75 percent strikes, and quality strikes. The four-seamer was playing.”
When Crawfored entered the festivities after a rain delay of nearly 90 minutes, the Angels had two on and two outs in the third, already ahead, 5-1.
“Obviously the first pitch, when he goes there, that’s kind of like the game. If they score, it gets out of hand,” Cora said. “But he throws the cutter, gets a pop up to right, and then after that he was in control. He was really good today.”
Crawford figures to become a key part of the bullpen equation for Cora at a time the starting rotation has been consistently unable to pitch deep into games.
The 19 outs recorded by Crawford in relief represented a longer performance than all but one Boston start this season -- the seven sparkling innings from Whitlock on Sunday. With Crawford’s effort coming just one day after Whitlock’s gem, Cora was able to reset his bullpen heading into the upcoming three-game series against the Twins.
On a day Brayan Bello was hit hard in his season debut (2 2/3 innings, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K’s), Crawford gave his offense a chance to win the game. In the bottom of the ninth, the Sox had two on with just one out, down by a run.
Crawford didn’t just come out of the bullpen for the Red Sox on this day. He was their bullpen.
“After the [rain delay], I kind of just treated it like a start,” he said. “I had most of my pitches working in the zone. I was able to land my breaking balls for a strike early, and I think that set up the fastball later in the count.”
What happened to Bello? Heading into Monday’s contest, the Sox were excited about the return of the 23-year-old Bello. The righty had tightness in his right forearm the first week of Spring Training, so Boston took every precaution to make sure he was 100 percent when he came back.
His day became a dud early. Fenway masher Hunter Renfroe took him deep in the first for a three-run homer. The Angels scored four times in the opening frame and once more in the second, and had Bello in more trouble in the third before rain ended his day.
“In the first inning, I had a little bit of trouble commanding my sinker,” Bello said. “When the pitch was in the zone, they made contact. I need to adapt. If I come into the game with a plan and it doesn't work, we need to change it. I wasn't able to do it today, but in the future, if the initial plan doesn’t work, we just need to adjust.” Get the latest from the Red Sox
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It was a tough way for Bello to start his season, given how excited he was to get back. Next up will be a start in Milwaukee on Sunday.
“I just feel a little bit frustrated with myself,” he said. “I'll be able to deliver and be able to perform as I know I can out there. I just need to keep working and be better for the next outing.”
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