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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 1, 2023 21:20:05 GMT -5
Rays @ Red Sox Friday 2nd June 2023 7pm @ Fenway
Glasnow 0-0/ 6.23
Whitlock 2-2/ 5.14
June 2, 2023 at 7:10pm EDT Written by Chris King
A pair of AL East rivals open up a series on the diamond in search of a victory in Beantown in the shadows of the Green Monster. The Tampa Bay Rays are on the road as they play the first game of a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox Friday night. Tampa Bay avoided a sweep on the road in the Windy City at the hands of the Cubs as they rallied for a 4-3 triumph Wednesday afternoon. Boston closed a three-game interleague series at home Thursday night hoping to avoid a sweep. The Red Sox were beaten 5-4 in the middle game of the series Wednesday night. In the first series between the teams this season, the Rays swept a four-game set at home April 10-13.
Tampa Bay Rays Seek to Regroup On the Road Tampa Bay dropped three of four before rallying to win the finale of a three-game set against the Cubs on the road Wednesday afternoon. The Rays entered Thursday with a 40-18 record and held a four-game lead over the Orioles for the top spot in the AL East. On Wednesday, Tampa Bay finished with only five hits with Brandon Lowe (his ninth) and Jose Siri (his 10th) each hitting two-run homers in the win. Zach Eflin didn’t factor in the decision as he threw six innings, allowing three runs on four hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Colin Poche (4-1) earned the win with a scoreless seventh inning, allowing one hit with no walks or strikeouts. Jalen Beeks got the final two outs, striking out one, to escape a bases-loaded situation, to earn his first save. Tyler Glasnow is on the mound for the Rays as he makes his second start of the season in this contest after starting the year on the IL. He has no record, a 6.23 ERA, a 1.385 WHIP, one walk and eight strikeouts on the season. Glasnow didn’t factor in the decision in his last start, which came at home against the Dodgers Saturday. He threw 4.1 innings, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in a game the Rays eventually dropped 6-5. Glasnow logs his ninth career start against the Red Sox in this contest. He is 2-1 with a 3.83 ERA, a 1.11 WHIP, 13 walks and 56 strikeouts over 42.1 innings of work against them. Glasnow is 1-1 with a 4.00 ERA, a 1.185 WHIP, nine walks and 37 strikeouts over 27 innings in five career starts at Fenway Park.
Boston Red Sox Hoping to Gain Ground in AL East Boston dropped their third straight game and have dropped seven of their last nine as their roller coaster season continues. The Red Sox entered Thursday 28-27 on the year and were in the basement of the AL East, 10.5 games behind the Rays for the top spot. On Wednesday night, Boston had 10 hits with Alex Verdugo and Masataka Yoshida (two runs, RBI) each recording a pair. Enmanuel Valdez (his fourth) and Yoshida (his seventh) homered in a losing effort for the Red Sox. James Paxton didn’t factor in the decision as he threw five innings, allowing one run on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. Josh Winckowski (2-1) took the loss in relief as he allowed three runs (none earned) on three hits with no walks and two strikeouts in 1.1 innings of relief. Garrett Whitlock is expected to get the ball and make his fifth start of the season in this contest for the Red Sox. He comes in 2-2 with a 5.14 ERA, a 1.19 WHIP, three walks and 15 strikeouts over 21 innings of work this season. Whitlock earned the win in his last start, which came Saturday on the road against the Diamondbacks. He threw five innings, allowing one run on three hits with no walks and four strikeouts in a 2-1 Red Sox victory. In his last three starts, Whitlock is 2-1 with a 3.94 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, three walks and 10 strikeouts over 16 innings of work. Whitlock makes his eighth career appearance and third start against the Rays in this contest. He is 1-2 with one save, a 4.76 ERA, a 1.353 WHIP, two walks and 19 strikeouts over 17 innings of work against them. Whitlock is 8-2 with seven saves, a 2.72 ERA, a 1.025 WHIP, 15 walks and 89 strikeouts over 92.2 innings of work in 42 career appearances, six starts, at Fenway Park.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 1, 2023 21:22:17 GMT -5
Probables for rest of series
Saturday 1pm/ Fleming 1-0/4.62 vs Houck 3-4/ 5.30
7pm TBA vs TBA
Sunday 1:30pm/ Bradley 3-2/3.60 vs Bello 3-3/3.89
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 2:15:39 GMT -5
Chris Sale to have MRI Friday; Red Sox cautiously hope for best on shoulder Updated: Jun. 02, 2023, 12:21 a.m.|Published: Jun. 02, 2023, 12:12 a.m.
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com BOSTON — The Red Sox didn’t offer much of an update on Chris Sale’s sore shoulder after Thursday’s game, with manager Alex Cora noting only that Sale would undergo an MRI on Friday. Sale, who is generally very accountable after starts both good and bad, was not made available to reporters, with a Red Sox spokesman saying the lefty wanted to wait until he had more information to talk.
The level of concern over Boston’s oft-injured ace was high, though. Asked if the Sox thought it was something serious, Cora offered a brief answer.
“We’ll see,” the manager said.
Sale dominated the Reds early Thursday night, striking out six of the first eight batters he faced despite diminished velocity in the second inning. By the fourth inning, Cora and others in the dugout began noticing Sale looking uncomfortable on the mound. Shortly after Cora and assistant athletic trainer Masai Takahashi initially visited Sale in the middle of a Nick Senzel at-bat and left him in the game, the pair returned to the mound and pulled him. Sale bit his glove in clear frustration as he walked to the dugout.
“I cannot be irresponsible,” Cora said after the 8-2 win. “We’ve been through this lane for a while and we know each other. Obviously, it’s not easy because of what he has gone through, but at the end, I’ve got to take care of him. I know he tries to take care of us but it doesn’t work that way from my end. At the end, it’s Chris Sale over the Red Sox. He wanted to finish it, but nah. He gave it a shot but then after that he came out.”
Sale, as has been well-documented, has dealt with a variety of injuries in recent years. He dealt with shoulder discomfort in 2018, then elbow pain in 2019 that led to Tommy John surgery in March 2020. After returning in 2021, he was limited to just two starts last summer because he fractured a rib throwing a pitch in February, broke his pinkie on a line drive in July and broke his wrist in a biking accident in August.
Sale struggled in his first few starts of the season but had been looking like an ace for the last month. Entering Thursday, the lefty owned a 2.91 ERA in his last seven starts, allowing 14 earned runs and 32 hits in 43 ⅓ innings. He struck out 46 batters in that span.
“It’s tough, but at the same time, proud of him for not being Chris and fighting (Cora) and Masai to stay in the game,” said shortstop Kiké Hernández. “Obviously, hoping for good news tomorrow. It’s tough because he has been building up great. The last four or five starts have been really, really good. At the beginning of the game, he was looking sharp again.”
Sale’s fastball hovered in the 9-96 mph in the first inning but dropped in the second and third, when he sat 91-93 mph. It bottomed out on his first two pitches in the fourth (89.7 mph, 89.8 mph) to Spencer Steer before he reached back and hit 95 mph later in the inning. From the dugout, the inconsistency was concerning.
“Obviously, it didn’t look great. Velo was down in the second inning,” Cora said.
“In that inning, just the way he was moving on the mound, people noticed it,” the manager added.
As they have at numerous times over the past five seasons, the Red Sox are holding their collective breath when it comes to Sale’s health.
“We’ll check tomorrow and see where we’re at,” Cora said.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 6:03:58 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK The Red Sox have shown confidence in Tanner Houck as a starter, and he’s determined to prove they made the right call By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated June 1, 2023, 7:59 p.m.
Tanner Houck wants to see this storm through.
It’s important to him — even if he continues to fall flat — because that’s the only route for a breakthrough.
Since being called up in 2020, the starter or reliever conversations surrounding the Red Sox righthander have rubbed shoulders. He’s been shifted between both roles, finding his footing as an elite bullpen arm.
But starting is a different beast. Though he’s done it most of his life, there’s no comparison to big league hitters. Houck knows that, carrying a 5.30 ERA in 10 starts this season. The numbers matter to him. That ERA wasn’t easy to look at as the calendar turned to June. Yet continuing to run through the gauntlet is the only way Houck believes his fortunes will turn.
“The best way to experience something in this game is to live it,” Houck said before Thursday night’s 8-2 win over the Reds. “I can talk to Chris Sale, James Paxton or Corey Kluber, and all these guys that have done it, but until I make 30 starts or 25-plus starts, and throw 150-plus innings, you really don’t know what you’re getting yourself into. I want to put up great numbers. I want to achieve all these things, but I also understand that sometimes you’re going to get your teeth kicked in.”
The Sox and manager Alex Cora have signed off on potential, hoping that it will soon bring performance instead of just promise. Kluber was demoted to the bullpen last week after the best start of Houck’s career, as he went six innings against the Angels and allowed just one run on three hits while striking out eight. But in last Sunday’s game against the Diamondbacks, Houck, to use his words, got his teeth kicked in, allowing four runs, all in the first inning.
“This is not just about what I’m doing,” Houck said. “It’s about compiling a database in my own mind of like, ‘Hey, whenever I feel this, this is how I fix it.’ Then putting it all together.”
On the opposing side Thursday was Reds starter Hunter Greene. He, too, is trying to put it all together. Similar to Houck, there are questions surrounding whether he is best suited as a reliever or starter, but the Reds are giving him a chance in the rotation.
“I think Tanner has more pitches,” Cora said. “Greene, obviously, the velocity plays. We saw it last year. He went through us for the first three innings easily and then we caught up to him. He’s still young. He’s still learning.”
Houck is 26 years old. But Greene is just 23 and has a bit more runway to figure things out. It helps, too, that Greene plays for the Reds, a rebuilding, yet intriguing, roster that is in the process of developing its young players.
The Sox have taken the development route with Houck, though, which he doesn’t take for granted.
“I see it as an opportunity to keep working,” said Houck, who will start one of the games of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Rays, with Kluber in the mix to start the other, though Cora said that’s to be determined. “Almost pushing myself even harder to show them that they made the right choice. I always want to be the best version of myself, but knowing you have that confidence and that backing also makes you even more motivated.”
On the way back
Christian Arroyo (hamstring strain) played in another rehab game for Triple A Worcester on Thursday, going 0 for 5 with two strikeouts in an 8-6 loss to Louisville … Adam Duvall (fractured hand) had the day off but will play again for the WooSox on Friday.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 6:07:35 GMT -5
Red Sox try to keep potent Rays' bats at bay FLM
The Boston Red Sox will be dealing with the most powerful team in baseball Friday night when they open a four-game series against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays.
The Rays, who swept a four-game home series against the Red Sox in April, enter the weekend with 103 home runs, the most by any major league team. The Los Angeles Dodgers are second with 96.
Tampa Bay's power isn't the only thing that should have Red Sox fans worried. Boston ended a three-game losing streak by beating the Cincinnati Reds 8-2 Thursday but may have lost left-hander Chris Sale in the process. Sale left the mound in the fourth inning with soreness in his left shoulder.
"He'll have an MRI (Friday) and we'll know more," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. "Hoping for the best. Obviously it didn't look great. (Velocity) was down in the second inning ... it went from 95 to 90, so let's wait and see.
"He wanted to finish it (the inning), but nah. Give it a shot, but after that you can't be irresponsible.
"Overall a good W. We needed that one. Now we have to be ready for (Tampa Bay)."
The Rays are coming off Wednesday's 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. A loss would have resulted in Tampa Bay's first three-game losing streak.
Brandon Lowe hit a two-run, game-tying home run in the seventh inning, and Jose Siri followed with a two-run homer in the eighth that erased Chicago's 3-2 lead.
Tampa Bay's offense was dormant in the first two games against the Cubs. The Rays were shut out 1-0 on one hit Monday and were contained in a 2-1 setback Tuesday. Tampa Bay had one hit through the first six innings of Wednesday's win.
"Home runs kind of energize everybody," Lowe said. "I feel like any time you score runs, you kind of put a little oomph in your step."
The Rays have five players who have hit at least 10 home runs. Yandy Diaz leads the way with 12.
What makes the offense extra special is the Rays also lead the major leagues with 77 stolen bases. Tampa Bay has been caught stealing 16 times.
Garrett Whitlock (2-2, 5.14 ERA) is the Boston pitcher who will try to tame the Tampa Bay bats Friday. Against the Rays, the right-hander is 1-2 with a 4.76 ERA in 17 innings, allowing nine earned runs over seven career appearances (two starts).
Right-hander Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 6.23) is scheduled to be Tampa Bay's starting pitcher. Glasnow, who missed the start of the season with a strained oblique muscle, made his season debut Saturday in a 6-5 loss to the Dodgers. He allowed three runs on five hits, struck out eight and walked one in 4 1/3 innings.
Glasnow is 2-1 with a 3.83 ERA in eight career starts against the Red Sox.
The teams will play a split doubleheader Saturday before wrapping up the series Sunday.
--Field Level Media
Rays at Red Sox Friday, at 7:10 PM EST Rainy It's expected to be 73° F with a 63% chance of rain and 9 MPH wind blowing in in Boston at 7:10 PM EST. Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 9:35:41 GMT -5
After an already long work week, the Red Sox bullpen is in for a long weekend, but says it is ‘ready for it’ By Varun Shankar Globe Correspondent,Updated June 2, 2023, 1 hour ago
When Chris Sale walked off the mound, biting his glove after a start shortened by shoulder soreness, the card Red Sox manager Alex Cora uses to manage his bullpen’s availability didn’t feature much of the green that denotes well-rested relievers.
But with his team trying to avoid a sweep against the Reds and 5 ⅓ innings left in Thursday’s close game, Cora turned to five different pitchers. The Sox bullpen allowed just one run, limiting the damage after Sale’s early departure in an 8-2 victory at Fenway Park.
But the performance, while impressive, could have negative effects.
Thursday’s win marked the third consecutive day Cora needed an extended outing from his relievers.
He has had to rely on them extensively because of short starts from his rotation and may have to continue doing so with a four-game set against the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays — a series that will include a Saturday doubleheader — beginning Friday.
“It was an quote-unquote emergency and that’s how it is on the card — ‘emergency only,’” Cora said. “We used some guys and they did a good job. So tomorrow, obviously, we’re going to be short but [we will] make some moves … you have to reset in a sense to keep going over the weekend.”
Cora first turned to righthander Justin Garza, who continued his strong stretch in the major leagues with a clean 1 ⅓ innings. The 29-year-old has allowed only one run in his 7 ⅔ innings this season.
Then came Josh Winckowski, who pitched on back-to-back days for the first time since May 1 and 2. He’d been tagged with the loss Wednesday after throwing 24 pitches in 1 ⅓ innings and giving up three runs.
He bounced back with a scoreless sixth on 16 pitches. The 24-year-old said he throws like a starter at times because of his expanded arsenal. He can use five different pitches, he said, but used just a cutter, a slider, and a sinker Thursday, according to Baseball Savant.
Nick Pivetta struck out the side in the seventh armed with a fastball that averaged 96 m.p.h., a 2.1 m.p.h. increase over his season average.
Chris Martin gave up a pair of hits and an earned run in the eighth before the Red Sox offense blew the game open to retake the lead. Kenley Jansen closed the win with a 13-pitch ninth inning.
The 5 ⅓ innings finished what’s been a taxing series for the Sox bullpen. Red Sox relievers pitched nine innings in the first two games of the series — tied for fifth most in the majors across that two-day span — because of a five-inning start by James Paxton Wednesday and a four-inning start by Brayan Bello Tuesday.
The short starts have continued a troubling trend for Red Sox, who ranked 25th entering Thursday in innings pitched by starters, per FanGraphs. No Sox starting pitcher has gone past five innings since Bello on May 23.
Despite the workload, the relievers remain unfazed.
“Our whole bullpen as a group just always acts like we’re available and we’re ready to go,” Garza said.
Added Winckowski: “[Over] the course of the season, there’s always gonna be times where the workload cools down and there’s gonna be times where there’s more expected of you. I think the relievers, all of us together, are ready for it.”
Cora’s bullpen has been buoyed in that stretch by timely off-days, but that won’t continue for the immediate future.
The Red Sox will play 13 games in the next 13 days even with an off-day on Monday because Saturday features a doubleheader. They’re three games into a stretch that will see them play 26 times in 27 days.
The competition will also get steeper than Cincinnati — the Rays boast an offense that entered Thursday with the fourth-best OPS of any team since the 2013 season, per FanGraphs.
“It’s gonna be a long weekend, four games in three days,” Cora said. “So you just got to make sure you make the right moves and be ready.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 9:42:37 GMT -5
Chris Sale’s injury gives the Red Sox another big puzzle to solve Boston's ideal rotation lasted only one turn, with Sale's immediate future in question and the Rays coming to town.
By Jon Couture June 2, 2023 | 10:18 AM
Thursday began with throwback thoughts about Chris Sale. Could the lefthander, his Red Sox in a three-game losing streak, be the stopper that he was for the majority of the 2010s?
Innocence. Next, you’re going to tell me you thought the temperature around here was going to avoid dropping 20 degrees in a day.
The streak is stopped, courtesy an 8-2 win as hollow as any this season. Because Sale reminded us of what he is in the 2020s. Like so many, it’s not what he was and it likely never will be again.
Can he handle the load? Will he still be there when his turn comes up a week from now?
It’s a common thought. It’s a sad thought. More than a little cruel.
But so’s reality all too often. And Sale will have an MRI Friday after departing in the fourth inning with a sore shoulder that at minimum, the Red Sox figure to follow with extreme caution.
“Hoping for the best,” manager Alex Cora told reporters soon before Sale declined comment until the imaging gave some answers.
This weekend remains a chance for the Red Sox to declare something about themselves, the Rays coming to town for four games in three days. (Saturday’s scheduled doubleheader, if you’re curious, is a Sox-driven “experiment” that spares them a Monday getaway matinee.)
April’s four-game sweep at Tropicana Field still feels like a lost opportunity, two close games and a third that blew up in one inning. Since it, Tampa’s record (27-18) is reasonably similar to the Red Sox (24-19), though I wouldn’t run wild with that given things like run differential (the Rays have been 31 runs better) and defense (plus-19 defensive runs saved, per Fangraphs, versus minus-16).
“Everyone’s going to have their two-, three-, four-game stretch where they’re going to do bad in the season. Sometimes, some teams have a week-long [stretch],” Tampa’s Jose Siri told reporters Wednesday, after the Rays busted out of a relative funk at Wrigley Field. “But we’re the type of team that, you know, we don’t let a bad streak affect us.”It’s a common thought. It’s a sad thought. More than a little cruel.
But so’s reality all too often. And Sale will have an MRI Friday after departing in the fourth inning with a sore shoulder that at minimum, the Red Sox figure to follow with extreme caution.
“Hoping for the best,” manager Alex Cora told reporters soon before Sale declined comment until the imaging gave some answers.
This weekend remains a chance for the Red Sox to declare something about themselves, the Rays coming to town for four games in three days. (Saturday’s scheduled doubleheader, if you’re curious, is a Sox-driven “experiment” that spares them a Monday getaway matinee.)
April’s four-game sweep at Tropicana Field still feels like a lost opportunity, two close games and a third that blew up in one inning. Since it, Tampa’s record (27-18) is reasonably similar to the Red Sox (24-19), though I wouldn’t run wild with that given things like run differential (the Rays have been 31 runs better) and defense (plus-19 defensive runs saved, per Fangraphs, versus minus-16).
“Everyone’s going to have their two-, three-, four-game stretch where they’re going to do bad in the season. Sometimes, some teams have a week-long [stretch],” Tampa’s Jose Siri told reporters Wednesday, after the Rays busted out of a relative funk at Wrigley Field. “But we’re the type of team that, you know, we don’t let a bad streak affect us.”
In their own way, the Red Sox don’t either. Yes, bad offensive performances tend to beget more, but that’s a baseball thing. Tampa, leaders in essentially every offensive category this season, hit .144 (13 for 90) in losing two of three to the Cubs. Boston’s hole going into the eighth inning Thursday wasn’t that deep, and Tampa’s breakout wasn’t as strong.
If only that felt significant in the face of Boston’s optimum rotation making it . . . one turn.
Starter IP H ER BB K Friday at Arizona Sale 5 4 1 1 3 Saturday at Arizona G. Whitlock 5 3 1 0 4 Sunday at Arizona T. Houck 4 6 4 0 4 Tuesday v. Cincy B. Bello 4 5 1 2 4 Wednesday v. Cincy J. Paxton 5 4 1 1 8
It wasn’t dominant. It was cromulent. The Sox won two of the five not once led by their starting pitching, but also not hindered by it. (Though the bullpen cracking in each of the first two games against the Reds reminds no one, not even the Rays, can get infinite quality when leaning hard on relief.)
Now, though? Sale’s likely absence forces either Nick Pivetta or Corey Kluber back into the rotation, costing Cora long options in relief he loves to have and further shortening the staff heading into a weekend where depth will be tested.
Justin Garza, Josh Winckowski, Pivetta, and Chris Martin all threw Thursday, with Winckowski working back-to-back days for the first time in a month.
“It’s gonna be a long weekend,” Cora told reporters. “You just got to make sure you make the right moves and be ready.”
The obvious unspoken there is there’s no ready move to replace Sale. One of those names up there might lead the next great Red Sox rotation, but that seems unlikely in 2023, though they’ll certainly all have the runway to step up.
Whatever positive this year can be at Fenway Park will come with the lefthander channeling the pitcher who got that infamous $145 million right before the 2019 season. Even with Sale’s resurgent May, Boston still had a below-average rotation, if not bottom 10. Their strikeout and swing-and-miss numbers are mediocre, and the defense behind them is bad. Tough way to win.
“We get to two strikes and we induce weak contact, we have to make the play,” Cora told reporters earlier in the week. “When we do that, we’re really good. When we’re not making plays, we struggle.”
There is no rest for the mediocre. The puzzle is being disassembled on one side as you find the pieces to cobble together the other. This AL East is not easy for those at its top, never mind those clawing to stay off its bottom.
Alex Verdugo reminded on Thursday night why he’s been the team’s best all-around player, throwing out Spencer Steer to keep a run off the board as Sale labored. Kiké Hernández reminded just how hot he can get with a pair of RBI knocks.
The assembly of a fringe contender continues, though it appears the pothole we all feared was looming just appeared over the horizon.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 11:41:43 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 14m The bullpen is heavily taxed heading into 4 games in 3 days against Tampa before an off day Monday.
The last 7 starts: 3 IP, 5 IP, 5 IP, 4 IP, 4 IP, 5 IP, 3.2 IP
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 11:42:49 GMT -5
Jen McCaffrey @jcmccaffrey · 14m Cora said last night there would be some moves today to get fresh arms for the pen so stay tuned.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 13:13:54 GMT -5
Game 57: Rays at Red Sox lineups and pregame notesBy Greg McKenna Globe Correspondent,Updated June 2, 2023, 1 hour ago A day after avoiding being swept by the Reds, the Red Sox will welcome the MLB-best Rays to Fenway Park on Friday night. The bats came alive for Boston in a six-run eighth inning Thursday, and the Red Sox snapped a three-game losing streak with an 8-2 win over Cincinnati. The Rays lead Baltimore atop the AL East by four games and are coming off a 4-3 win over the Cubs in Chicago on Wednesday. A loss at Wrigley would have marked Tampa Bay’s first three-game losing streak. Boston’s bullpen enters this critical four-game series stretched. Sox relievers threw 5 2/3 innings Thursday, allowing just one run, after Chris Sale exited in the fourth inning due to left shoulder soreness. The Sox, who are just 3-6 in their last nine games at Fenway Park, sit 10 games back in the basement of the AL East. Lineups RAYS (40-18): 1. Yandy Diaz (R) 1B 2. Wander Franco (S) SS 3. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B 4. Randy Arozarena (R) LF 5. Josh Lowe (L) RF 6. Jose Siri (R) CF 7. Luke Raley (L) DH 8. Christian Bethancourt (R) C 9. Taylor Walls (S) 3B Pitching: RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 6.23 ERA) RED SOX (29-27): 1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF 2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 3. Justin Turner (R) 1B 4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF 5. Jarren Duran (L) CF 6. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS 7. Triston Casas (L) DH 8. Reese McGuire (L) C 9. Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B Pitching: RHP Garrett Whitlock (2-2, 5.14 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Rays vs. Whitlock: Randy Arozarena 0-8, Yandy Díaz 4-7, Wander Franco 3-8, Brandon Lowe 4-8, Josh Lowe 1-3, Manuel Margot 1-4, Francisco Mejía 0-3, Isaac Paredes 1-2, Luke Raley 0-2, Taylor Walls 0-3 Red Sox vs. Glasnow: Triston Casas 0-2, Rafael Devers 6-17, Kiké Hernández 0-2, Reese McGuire 2-10, Justin Turner 0-0, Alex Verdugo 2-12 Stat of the day: The Red Sox have recorded eight or more hits in each of their last six home games. They are averaging 10.4 hits per game at home, the most in the MLB. Notes: Catcher Connor Wong extended his career-long hitting streak to nine games with a two-run homer in the eighth Thursday. He’s gone 9-for-29 (5 doubles, 2 HR, 4 RBIs) in that span. ... Hernández hit a leadoff home run in the seventh inning Thursday and then brought in two more runs with a single in the eighth, recording three RBIs for the first time since late September. ... Devers hit two doubles Thursday and has three in his last two games after going the previous seven games without an extra-base hit. ... The Sox allowed their fewest runs in a home game Thursday since a 7-1 win over Cleveland on Apr. 30. ... Whitlock is 1-2 with a 4.76 ERA in 17 career innings against the Rays. He threw five innings on Saturday after being activated from the 15-day IL (right elbow ulnar neuritis), allowing one run on three hits in a 2-1 win over the Diamondbacks. ... Glasnow, who missed the start of the season with a strained oblique muscle, made his season debut Saturday in a 6-5 loss to the Dodgers, allowing three runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He is 2-1 with a 3.83 ERA in eight career starts against the Red Sox. ... The Rays lead the majors with 77 stolen bases. Tampa Bay has been caught stealing 16 times. Song of the Day: 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejh-bHa4To
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 14:24:04 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier Corey Kluber is returning from paternity leave today 4:01 PM · Jun 2, 2023 · 6,087 Views
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 17:04:53 GMT -5
Chris Sale update: Red Sox lefty ‘still sore,’ team waiting for MRI results
Updated: Jun. 02, 2023, 5:10 p.m.|Published: Jun. 02, 2023, 4:53 p.m.
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Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — Chris Sale is “still sore” one day after being removed from his start early because of left shoulder soreness, manager Alex Cora said Friday.
The 34-year-old left-hander underwent an MRI Friday morning and the Red Sox are still waiting for the results, Cora said.
“Gotta see the doctor so we don’t know where we’re at but it’s a possible IL (stint), of course,” Cora said before Boston’s game against the Rays. “But information-wise, that’s all I can give you.”
Cora and trainer Masai Takahashi visited the mound twice during the fourth inning Thursday before removing Sale. He averaged 93.2 mph with his 30 fastballs, down from an average velocity of 94.5 mph this season, per Baseball Savant.
Sale entered Thursday with a 2.91 ERA in his previous seven starts.
Righty Corey Kluber (paternity list), who Boston recently moved from the starting rotation to the bullpen, will be activated before the game Friday, which starts at 7:10 p.m. at Fenway Park.
He will take Sale’s spot if the Red Sox place Sale on the IL. If Sale isn’t placed on the IL Friday, Kluber likely will take lefty reliever Ryan Sherriff’s spot on the active roster.
“The move might be Chris,” Cora said. “So probably Sherriff stays and Corey is activated.”
Cora said Sale will at the least miss his next start. He also added that Sale did not feel any shoulder soreness before his start Thursday.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 17:06:55 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 1h Cora says Sale is awaiting MRI results. Injured list is possible but not yet known. Sale still feels sore, but hasn’t met with doctors. Kluber will be reinstated; countermove could be Sale but Sox still working to figure that out. Safe to assume he won’t make his next start.
Tom Caron (blue checkmark redacted) @tomcaron · 10m Alex Cora just confirmed on @nesn that Chris Sale will go to the IL. Said he hopes he didn’t hurt the shoulder any more by ramping it up on the couple of fastballs he threw to the final batter.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 17:10:02 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 6m Chris Sale to the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. Corey Kluber reinstated from paternity list.
Though we still don't know the exact extent of the injury or how long Sale will be out, inflammation is probably about the best scenario of all the shoulder injury possibilities.
For those who are attending one or both games of the doubleheader tomorrow, Houck gets the ball for Game 1. Game 2 will depend on bullpen usage tonight. Kluber is a safe prediction, IMO.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 2, 2023 18:05:36 GMT -5
Could be seeing the tarp quite a bit this whole week-end
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 16m As the entire media writes Chris Sale injury stories, the tarp is on the field and tonight's game will start in a delay.
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