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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 5:41:45 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK
Red Sox move Chris Sale to 60-day injured list and activate Adam Duvall ahead of Yankees series
By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated June 9, 2023, 4:22 p.m.
NEW YORK — The Red Sox transferred Chris Sale to the 60-day injured list Friday with a stress reaction in his shoulder blade. The team said the injury will not require surgery, with rest and rehab instead ahead for the lefthander.
The club will reevaluate Sale in three or four weeks before determining the next steps.
“Obviously, it’s not perfect,” manager Alex Cora said prior to the Sox’ 3-2 win over the Yankees. “But we know it’s no surgical procedure. And that’s huge for us.”
Sale, 34, was placed on the 15-day IL list on June 2 with left shoulder inflammation after exiting his start against the Reds at Fenway Park a day prior.
Through 11 starts, his record stands at 5-2 with a 4.58 ERA. He has 71 strikeouts in 59 innings.
Major — and minor — injuries have plagued Sale in recent years, beginning in August of 2019 when he hit the IL and ultimately underwent Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the 2020 season and much of 2021. He also missed the beginning of the 2022 season with an illness. When he came back, he took a line drive off the hand and suffered a broken finger, then broke a wrist in a bicycle accident.
Despite optimism from Cora and the Sox, there is still reason for the club to be concerned given Sale’s injury history. And, for what it’s worth, often-injured Rangers starter Jacob deGrom missed four months last season with the same injury while still with the Mets.
Four months on the IL for Sale would mean he would be out for the remainder of the season.
“We always have concerns, but obviously, the hope is for him to go to rehab and be ready to pitch at one point this season,” Cora said. “Obviously I cannot give you a day, whatever [of when he might return]. We’ve been through this in the past before with him. We had to be patient with him and grind with him. We’ll do the same thing again and hopefully he can perform this season again for us.”
Duvall returns to lineup
The Sale news came with a number of roster moves, including the reinstatement of Adam Duvall, who was on the injured list for much of the season after fracturing his right wrist during the Sox’ series with the Tigers back in April. Prior to the injury, Duvall was the team’s hottest hitter, batting .455 (15-for-33) with five doubles, one triple, four home runs, 11 runs scored, and 14 RBIs.
Duvall played eight games, all as the Sox’ center fielder, before getting hurt while trying to make a catch in Detroit. He was back in center Friday and went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts and a walk as the No. 5 hitter.
“It helps to have a righthanded hitter that can hit behind Raffy and create a little bit of balance,” Cora said. “He hits the ball out of the ballpark. He’s a good defender. Happy to have him back.”
Jarren Duran filled in for Duvall, batting .278/.335/.432 with a .767 OPS and three homers. Duran will move to a bench role, but Cora said the team will find a way to still get the lefthanded hitter at-bats.
Cora’s not leaving for Miami
After former big league manager Joe Girardi was offered, but ultimately rejected, the opportunity to be the head coach at University of Central Florida, rumors swirled when it came to the Sox manager and the open job at the University of Miami. Could Cora, in fact, leave the Red Sox gig and return to his alma mater, but as their head coach?
No.
“Right now where I’m at, you know, if my name was being considered, I’ll take my name out of the hat,” Cora said.
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Cora added that he would like to see Hurricanes pitching coach J.D. Arteaga, who has been on the Miami staff since 2003, get the position.
Valdez leaves for Worcester
Enmanuel Valdez was optioned to Triple A Worcester following Thursday night’s loss at Cleveland. He hit .234 with a .684 OPS in 101 plate appearances after getting off to a hot start, holding a .311 batting average through his first 15 big league games.
Where Valdez really needs work is on the defensive side. He was a minus 5 in defensive runs saved at second base and committed six errors at the position.
“They’re going to have to work a lot in certain areas [defensively],” Cora said. “I think catching the ball is good but moving side to side, that’s something that we have to be better at. The first step has to be better.”
Chang sore after swing
Infielder Yu Chang (left hamate bone surgery) felt sore on Friday stemming from a swing during a Triple A rehab game the previous day. The team will monitor his progress before he resumes play . . . The Sox selected the contract of lefthanded reliever Joe Jacques from Worcester. Jacques, 28, grew up in New Jersey and attended Manhattan College where he walked on the club. He was a 33rd round draft pick of the Pirates in 2018 and expected roughly 100 family members in attendance Friday but did not make his major league debut.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 5:47:54 GMT -5
Red Sox @ Bombers
Saturday, 10 June 2023
730@ Boogie Down on FOX
Houck 3-5/ 5.46
German 3-3/ 3.69
Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 7:35pm EDT
Written by The Tower
Blood rivals will get busy for the second time this weekend, with the Boston Red Sox (31-32) in the Bronx to take on the New York Yankees (37-27) under the bright lights. Friday night's meeting was the first of the season between these clubs, who will play each other again next weekend. This rivalry is introducing new players, with Anthony Volpe and Masataka Yoshida getting a chance to etch their names in a history of hatred. Game two of this set is starting on Saturday at 7:35 p.m. EDT. Yankee Stadium is opening its doors for fans to voice their feelings.
Boston Bouncing Down Standings
Losing five of six entering this series made Boston the only AL East team without a winning record. Accordingly, they're 5.0 games out of the final AL Wild-Card spot. Their issues this season stem from a pitching staff that is 26th in ERA. The bullpen is nothing special but improved from a year ago. Starting pitching is what will make or break this team, and Tanner Houck is up on Saturday. He has the second-most innings pitched on the 2023 Red Sox but with a 5.46 ERA. Boston has lost his last five starts, and he has allowed 22 runs in 31.2 innings since May began. If there's any silver lining, he has a 2.28 ERA in 27.2 career innings against the Yankees.
Batting has been synonymous with Boston forever, and this year hasn't proven any different. The club is sixth in runs per game this year, even as they enter this series amid a slump. In the aforementioned 1-5 stretch that preceded this series, they only put up 15 total runs. Still, this is a team that's sixth in strikeout rate, fifth in OBP, and seventh in slugging percentage. They can bust out of this slump at a moment's notice.
New York's Old Injury Issues
The cycle continues for this Yankees team, which has not come close to playing at full strength this season. Aaron Judge joined Harrison Bader and Nestor Cortes as recent IL additions, a massive blow to New York's lineup. The Yankees had been performing well at the plate lately, rising to ninth in runs per game this season. Of course, that surge was aided by Aaron Judge coming back from injury. This time, Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson will have to reinforce a lineup that's 10th in slugging percentage. The talent is there for this team to keep clubbing homers and winning games as they seek another playoff berth.
The Bronx bullpen has been the saving grace this season in New York. There isn't a reliever group with a lower ERA, let alone a collective ERA below 3.00. That group has battled plenty of injuries too. Starting pitching hasn't been as consistent, although Domingo German has emerged as a surprising rock in the rotation. He has a 3.69 ERA through 11 starts, and the Yankees have won his last three outings. German has a 3.88 ERA after 53.1 innings pitched against Boston, including a near no-hitter in 2021. With the offensive production a big question mark right now, he and the bullpen need to lead the charge.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 10:02:30 GMT -5
Rafael Devers, Garrett Whitlock acted like stars just when the Red Sox needed them to
By Rob Bradford
WEEI 93.7
3 hours ago
Much has been made of the lack of certainty when it comes to the Red Sox this season. It's a conversation that is born from the roller coaster existence this now .500 team carries.
Part of that, of course, is the lack of known quantities. Gone are many of the guys who represented some sort of know-doubt-about-it nature, and in their place is primarily a group that the Red Sox can simply be hoping for best from.
Friday night, two players emerged as the kind of foundation pieces the Sox so desperately would be identifying themselves by now: Garrett Whitlock and Rafael Devers.
Above all on the roster, Devers has always represented the one player so many believed was a lock to represent the Red Sox on the American League All-Star team. But, as we sit here now, that image hasn't quite appeared in the manner may had hoped.
But in the Red Sox' 3-2 win over the Yankees, there was a sign.
A double and yet another home run off New York ace Gerrit Cole boosted Devers' batting average four points to .247 while creeping his OPS back close to .800 (.791). And with the Red Sox riding some uncomfortable times of late, it was an save-the-day moment Alex Cora's club desperately needed.
And in case another reminder of what Devers represented was needed, along came Cole during his postgame press conference.
And then there was Whitlock.
What the Red Sox' starter represents is the ultimate what-might-be for a team looking for its next stars. Friday night he sure looked like the guy his club was searching for.
The starting pitcher version of Whitlock hasn't exactly gotten the kind of benefit of the doubt he did when relieving, but he's getting there. The hope was continuing to be built on starts like this one, where he completely dominated his old organization, limiting the Yankees to just two runs over 6 1/3 innings.
While Whitlock continued to roll out a fastball that maxed out at 96.3. mph, it was his slider and changeup that truly befuddled the Yanks. An amazing 10 of 11 swings on his "sweeper" resulted in whiffs, while the changeup got swings and misses seven times on 13 swings.
It certainly seems like the righty is getting closer to breaking away from his 2023 good-start-bad-start-good-start-bad-start path, starting to emerge as the kind of lock-down starter the Red Sox desperately need.
For both Devers and Whitlock, their timing couldn't have been better. Now it's time to see if this can be a regular sort of thing.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 13:17:01 GMT -5
Game 65: Red Sox at Yankees lineups and notesBy Amin Touri Globe Staff,Updated June 10, 2023, 37 minutes ago The Red Sox got off on the right foot in Friday’s opener against the Yankees, and they can guarantee a series win over their rivals with another victory on Saturday. Tanner Houck has excelled against the Yankees, with a 2.28 ERA in nine appearances (four starts) against New York. He’ll make his fifth start in this rivalry Saturday. The Yankees will counter with Domingo Germán, who is coming off one of his strongest starts of the season in allowing just one earned runs over 6 ⅔ innings against the Dodgers. Lineups RED SOX (32-32): 1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF 2. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF 3. Justin Turner (R) DH 4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 5. Adam Duvall (R) CF 6. Triston Casas (L) 1B 7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B 8. Reese McGuire (L) C 9. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS Pitching: RHP Tanner Houck (3-5, 5.46 ERA) YANKEES (37-28): 1. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B 2. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 3. Willie Calhoun (L) RF 4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH 5. Jake Bauers (L) LF 6. DJ LeMahieu (R) 1B 7. Billy McKinney (L) CF 8. Kyle Higashioka (R) C 9. Anthony Volpe (R) SS Pitching: RHP Domingo Germán (3-3, 3.69 ERA) Time: 7:35 p.m. TV, radio: Fox, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Germán: Christian Arroyo 2-3, Triston Casas 1-2, Rafael Devers 3-22, Jarren Duran 0-4, Kiké Hernández 0-9, Reese McGuire 3-6, Rob Refsnyder 0-1, Justin Turner 1-3, Alex Verdugo 5-12 Yankees vs. Houck: Josh Donaldson 1-7, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1-4, DJ LeMahieu 0-9, Anthony Rizzo 0-2, Giancarlo Stanton 2-8, Gleyber Torres 1-10, Jose Trevino 1-3 Stat of the day: The Yankees are 30-19 with star outfielder Aaron Judge (currently on the injured list) in the lineup, and 7-9 without him this season. Notes: Rafael Devers ended a 16-game homerless drought on Friday, and heads into Saturday with 20 career homers against the Yankees ... Houck is winless over his last seven starts, last claiming a victory on April 20, and is 0-5 with a 6.14 ERA over that span ... German will make his third start since returning from a 10-game suspension for getting caught with a sticky substance May 16 in Toronto ... In the Yankees’ first three games without Judge, they have produced 10 runs and 24 hits while losing a pair of one-run games ... Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo was 0 for 4 Friday and is 1 for 27 in seven games since returning from missing three games with a neck injury. Song of the Day: U2 Desire ( Live 1992, Yankee Stadium, ZooTV) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIk3ZREPpDY
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 16:38:13 GMT -5
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Cora gave a few injury updates. Mondesi still not making any progress. Schreiber is throwing out to 75 feet now. Wyatt Mills, who I honestly forgot they had, had a setback. Story is moving forward, not seeing live pitching yet (which seems like a surprise).
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 19:42:05 GMT -5
and on cue
gave up a lead homer to Torres in the 4th
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Tanner Houck diced up the Yankees first time around. Nine up, nine down. 6 Ks. 47/27.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 21:08:54 GMT -5
Pete Abraham
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Houck struck out 6 of the first 9 batters he faced and didn't have another.
But very good overall: 6 3 2 2 1 6, 2 HR.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 10, 2023 21:11:34 GMT -5
Pete Abraham
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#Yankees 3, #RedSox 1, final.
Sox (32-33) are 2-6 in their last eight games and have scored 19 runs while hitting .214.
Bello vs. Schmidt tomorrow night at 7:10 on ESPN.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:20:20 GMT -5
Houck solidifying spot in Red Sox rotation
2:06 AM GMT-3
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NEW YORK -- Red Sox right-hander Tanner Houck was dealing for most of Saturday night’s game at Yankee Stadium. But two home runs proved costly and helped the Yankees pick up the victory, 3-1, in front of a sellout crowd of 46,061.
It might have been Houck’s best game of the season. He pitched six innings, allowing two runs on three hits and striking out six.
"He pitched really well,” said Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres. “He commands the slider really well. With the sinker, that combo does damage.”
Early on, Houck had his way with the Bronx Bombers, not allowing a hit until the bottom of the fourth inning when Torres swung at the first pitch and hit the ball over the right-field wall to give New York a 1-0 lead.
“When I got to the second at-bat, I just felt like he was going to attack me earlier, and I took advantage of that pitch,” Torres said. “I hit it really well. But he pitched really well. His command was really awesome for him."
Houck didn’t let the homer bother him. He held the Yankees scoreless from that point until the sixth inning when he faced Willie Calhoun. Houck was trying to throw his splitter low in the dirt, but Calhoun was able to get enough of it and hit the ball over the right-field wall for his fifth home run of the season.
“I think his mix was outstanding,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said about Houck. “He is throwing strikes, which is the most important thing. He is being aggressive using his best pitches as much as possible. If he does that, we’ll be fine.”
Houck is still learning about pitching. He is in his third full season in the big leagues and his first full year as a starter.
“It’s continuing to develop, continuing to work, continuing to make the right adjustments after something like [the Torres home run] happens and reining it back in,” Houck said. “[It’s] continuing to get better each game. It’s about putting a full 162 [games] together. It’s not just about this year. It’s about years down the line. Continuing to store that memory bank of what to do when everything is going well.”
Yankees right-hander Domingo Germán put up zeros until the sixth inning, when Rafael Devers hit a towering fly ball with an exit velocity of 108.4 mph a Statcast-projected 417 feet over the center-field wall for his 15th home run of the season, tying the score at 1. It was Devers’ 21st career home run against New York, his most against any opponent.
“Germán was good. We put some good swings on him. We put together good at-bats, but we were not able to score runs. He is having a great season,” Cora said.
The Red Sox had chances to score more, but they went 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. In the second inning, they had runners on second and third with two outs, but Kiké Hernández lined out to shortstop Anthony Volpe to end the threat.
In the following inning with Justin Turner on third base, it looked as if Devers might have an extra-base hit, but left fielder Jake Bauers made a nice leaping catch to end the inning.
“We hit the ball hard early on in the game,” Cora said. “Their bullpen did a good job. We put together good at-bats and we didn’t finish them. We didn’t score enough runs.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:21:33 GMT -5
Injuries & Moves: Updates on Bleier, Schreiber, Story, Mills
June 10th, 2023
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LHP Richard Bleier (left shoulder inflammation)
Expected return: July
Bleier is not reacting well to treatment, manager Alex Cora said on June 10. Bleier was placed on the injured list on May 22 and started playing catch on May 30.
“He had an MRI [June 9] and it showed what we thought it was -- inflammation in the shoulder. Just keep going with the treatment, be aggressive,” Cora said. (Last updated: June 10)
RHP John Schreiber (right teres major strain)
Expected return: Late June/Early July
Schreiber threw up to 75 feet on June 9, and it went well, according to manager Alex Cora. Schreiber will have a daily progression on flat ground until he is ready to throw off the mound. A key righty in Boston's bullpen, Schreiber has been missed. He has a 2.12 ERA in 18 appearances this season. (Last updated: June 10)
SS Trevor Story (right UCL surgery)
Expected return: July
Story, who is recovering from an internal bracing procedure on his right elbow, is making good progress in Fort Myers, Fla. Manager Alex Cora said on June 10 that Story was throwing up to 110 feet and taking regular batting practice on the field. The Red Sox expect to see Story for a checkup at Fenway Park next week, when he'll work out with the team. (Last updated: June 10)
RHP Wyatt Mills (right elbow inflammation)
Expected return: TBD
The sidewinder was supposed to throw live batting practice on June 9, but he was shut down. “He wasn’t feeling great, and he will be down a few days,” manager Alex Cora said.
Mills was hurt midway through Spring Training. He has yet to play in a game for the Red Sox since coming over in a three-team deal with the Braves and Royals in December. Last season, he had a combined 4.60 ERA in 27 games for the Mariners and Royals. (Last updated: June 10)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:26:34 GMT -5
Red Sox offense silenced as fine start from Tanner Houck is wasted in loss
Updated: Jun. 10, 2023, 10:17 p.m.|Published: Jun. 10, 2023, 10:06 p.m.
By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com
NEW YORK - For the second straight night, the Red Sox got an outstanding outing from their starting pitcher, limiting the New York Yankees to just two runs over six innings.
This time, unlike Friday night, it didn’t matter.
The Red Sox bats were silenced, limited to a single run while the Yankees produced two solo homers and scrapped out another run on two singles to post a 3-1 victory over the Red Sox.
The loss was Boston’s 13th in the last 19 games and again dropped them a game below the .500 mark (32-33).
With the game knotted at 1-1 heading into the bottom of the sixth, the Yankees took control.
First, Willie Calhoun hammered a pitch from starter Tanner Houck at the very bottom of the strike zone and drove it out to right for his fifth homer of the season.
Then, with Houck gone from the game, the Yankees worked a run against the Boston bullpen in the seventh. With Isiah Kiner-Falefa on second, Kyle Higashioka sent a sharp grounder up the middle. Second baseman Christian Arroyo made a diving effort for the ball, but it ticked off his glove and rolled away. Arroyo scurried to recover, but didn’t get much on the throw as Kiner-Falefa slid in safely.
The Red Sox were held scoreless over the first five frames, despite having baserunners in every inning. They had runners at the corners with two down in the second before Kiké Hernandez lined to short to end the threat.
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In the third, Justin Turner slapped a two-out single to left, stole second and took third on a throwing error by Hagashioka. But with a chance to drive in a runner from third with two outs, Rafael Devers flied to left.
When Devers next stepped to the plate, the Yankees weren’t quite so lucky. After homering Friday to end a long homerless drought, Devers struck again, golfing a ball that kept carrying until it easily cleared the fence in straightaway center off Domingo German.
For Devers, it was his 21st career homer against the Yankees, passing Ted Williams (20) for the most such homers before turning 27.
Houck was dominant over the first three, retiring the first nine hitters he faced in succession -- six by strikeout. His stuff was reminiscent of his start against the Angels last month, where he seemed to get better as the game developed.
In the fourth, however, the Yankees broke the scoreless tie when Gleyber Torres hooked a fastball on the outer half and lined it into the right field seats.
COMING UP
In the rubber game of the series Sunday night, the Red Sox will send out RHP Brayan Bello (3-4, 3.97) to face RHP Clarke Schmidt (2-6, 4.96) at 7:10. It will mark the first of two ESPN Sunday Night Baseball matchups over the next two weeks, with the Sox hosting the Yankees on June 25.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:28:01 GMT -5
Wondering why Red Sox are 6-13 in their last 19? It starts with the offense
Updated: Jun. 10, 2023, 11:29 p.m.|Published: Jun. 10, 2023, 11:18 p.m.
By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com
NEW YORK - Sometimes, it can be hard to explain why a team is spiraling downward. It could be any number of factors, or a combination therein.
But not with the Red Sox.
The issue is obvious and inarguable: it’s the offense. Or more accurately, a lack thereof.
The Red Sox got a great start from Tanner Houck Saturday (six innings pitched, two runs allowed), but it didn’t do them much good in a 3-1 loss to the New York Yankees. Not when they mustered only seven hits, including just one over the final three innings.
Over the last eight games - six of them losses - the Red Sox have averaged just 2.3 runs per contest. In that span, the Red Sox have, amazingly, had just one inning in which they scored multiple runs.
And it’s not an entirely recent problem, either. Over the last 20 games, they’ve scored more than three runs just seven times. Meanwhile, over the last 30 games, the Sox are averaging a thoroughly mediocre 3.7 runs per game.
“We’ve had traffic and we’re working the counts,” lamented Alex Cora. “But obviously, we’re not scoring runs and we’re not finishing innings. The two-out hits are always important in this game and we’ve just got to find ways to get it going and finish the at-bats.
“The approach is still the same. We’re making contact. We’ve just got to keep grinding.”
“We’ve got to come through with those hits with runners in scoring position,” said Christian Arroyo, “string them together, myself included. There’s really not much else to say. It’s kind of what it is. It’s a game (dependent) on hitting with runners in scoring position.”
On Saturday night, the Sox had their chances. Though they had just seven hits - five were singles - and four walks, but were hitless (0-for-5) with runners in scoring position.
“We had opportunities,” said Arroyo. “I think that’s what it’s about - cashing those runs in.”
Oddly, for the season, the Sox are fourth in batting average (.282) with RISP and seventh in OPS (.798), respectable enough numbers. But not lately.
There was some bad luck in play Saturday. Arroyo, who had a single, also had two very hard-hit balls to center, including one to the warning track in the eighth with a runner on. Kiké Hernandez hit two bullets -- one to short and one to center. And Yankee left fielder Jake Bauers robbed Rafael Devers of extra bases when he leaped against the fence in left, stranding a runner at third in the process.
“The process is the same,” maintained hitting coach Pete Fatse. “At the end of the day, for us it’s all about swinging at good pitches, and at the end of the day, we feel like we’re putting ourselves in position to do that. There are ebbs and flows to the season. There’s ups and downs always, and if you trust your process and the group trusts your process, you have to keep going.
“So that’s what we’re going to do. There’s a lot of things you can’t control in this game...You can’t control where (the opposition is) playing or what they do out there. All you can control is what you swing at and impacting the baseball - and that’s it.”
Fatse cited Saturday’s loss as an example, noting that two-thirds of the Red Sox swings that made contact resulted in hard-hit balls (defined as 95 mph or more in exit velocity).
The hope is that the return to the lineup by Adam Duvall gives the Red Sox another run producer, and critically, one from the right side.
But as the losses pile up and the frustration mounts, hard-hit rate and staying with the process are only good for so much.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:29:29 GMT -5
Pete Abraham
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Certainly not his fault his tonight, but Sox 0-6 in Houck's last six starts. They have not won a game he started since May 2.
#RedSox 10x73 (.137) with RISP the last 8 games with 70 LOB.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:31:00 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats
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The offense is a joke right now
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2023 2:31:33 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats
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8 games, 2 wins, 6 losses, 2.38 runs scored per game. One multi-run inning in the last 72 times to bat.
30 games, 11 wins, 19 losses, 3.77 runs per game.
This is spiraling.
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