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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 4:14:11 GMT -5
Rockies @ Red Sox Monday, 12th June 2023 7pm @ Fenway
Seabold 1-2/ 5.10
Paxton 2-1/ 3.81
Boston hopes home -- and Rockies -- mean more runs FLM
In search of more offense, the Boston Red Sox return home to open a three-game homestand against the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
Although Boston won two of three games against the New York Yankees over the weekend, the Red Sox were held to seven runs in the series. Boston has scored three runs or fewer in eight of its last nine games and has a 3-6 record over that span.
"We have traffic," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of the Red Sox's ability to get on base following Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Yankees. "We're working the counts, but obviously we're not scoring runs. We're not finishing anything. The two-out hits ... they're always important in this game and we've just got to find a way to get it going, finish the at-bats."
Monday's contest will be the start of a 10-game road trip for Colorado, which ended a six-game losing streak by beating San Diego 5-4 Sunday. That victory also ended the team's five-game losing streak at home.
Ryan McMahon hit a game-tying home run in the ninth inning for the Rockies, and, after a 1-hour, 25-minute rain delay, Nolan Jones hit a game-winning home run later in the ninth.
Colorado also got a home run from second baseman Coco Montes in his major league debut.
Left-hander James Paxton (2-1, 3.81 ERA) is scheduled to start on the mound for the Red Sox on Monday. He's 1-3 with a 4.82 ERA in four career starts against the Rockies.
Paxton struck out nine and gave up two runs in seven innings during his last start to help the Red Sox defeat Cleveland 5-4 last Tuesday.
"We feel really confident whenever Paxton is taking the bump right now," Red Sox outfielder Rob Refsnyder said. "He's got pretty special stuff as you see. A high 90s fastball, kind of just bearing in. He gives us ace-caliber stuff."
The Rockies will be looking for another strong start from right-hander Connor Seabold, who took a no-hitter into the sixth inning of Wednesday's 5-4 loss to San Francisco. The no-hit bid ended when LaMonte Wade singled with one out in the sixth.
Seabold (1-2, 5.10) limited the Giants to two runs on two hits in six innings before departing in and ultimately receiving a no-decision. He struck out four and walked two.
"That's the version that you'd like to see out of Connor and his stuff," Colorado manager Bud Black said following that game. "Four pitches -- fastball command to both sides of the plate, good changeup, slider, a couple of curveballs. A mix of pitches, changing speeds, disrupting timing of the hitters, crowding some guys on their hands."
Before facing the Giants, Seabold allowed one run on three hits in 5 1/3 innings against Arizona on June 1. He struck out five and walked two in that game -- also a 5-4 loss in which he did not get a decision.
The Rockies acquired Seabold from the Red Sox in January. He spent most of the 2022 season with Triple-A Worcester, where he went 8-2 with a 3.32 ERA. Seabold has never pitched against the Red Sox.
Colorado catcher Elias Diaz was not in the lineup Sunday after he was hit in the mask by a foul ball during Saturday's game. Catcher Brian Serven was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque for Sunday's game against San Diego, though he did not play.
--Field Level Media
Rockies at Red Sox Monday, at 7:10 PM EST Partly Cloudy It's expected to be 73° F with a 14% chance of precipitation and 11 MPH wind blowing right to left in Boston at 7:10 PM EST. Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 4:18:36 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 13h Here are the pitching matchups for the #Rockies - #RedSox series that starts tomorrow at Fenway. Not sure why Wednesday is TBA instead of Whitlock. Whitlock is starting Wednesday. Sox just wanted to make sure he was OK following his start.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 4:26:03 GMT -5
Jarren Duran lost everyday OF spot, but can now better handle bench role
Updated: Jun. 11, 2023, 7:34 p.m.|Published: Jun. 11, 2023, 6:33 p.m.
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Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com
NEW YORK - As often happens, the return of one player can mean a reduced role for another.
While Adam Duvall was recovering from a broken left wrist for two months, Jarren Duran made the most of his opportunity and established himself with the Red Sox. Duran posted a .763 OPS and proved that he had also made big strides as a defender.
Now that Duvall, activated from the 60-day IL Friday, is back and reclaiming his spot in center, Duran becomes more of a depth piece.
Last year, or in 2021, that might have been an issue. Duran didn’t have much confidence in himself and a couple of hitless games would result in him changing his approach in a desperate attempt to find success.
The Sox could have optioned Duran back to Triple A Worcester as Duvall returned, rationalizing that he was better off playing every day in the minors instead of once or twice a week in the big leagues. But because they’ve seen some growth and maturity in Duran this year, that was never much of a consideration.
“We’ve seen some adjustments, we’ve seen some of the things that he’s done,” said Alex Cora. “We’ve seen him when he’s really hot and when he’s struggled. The consistency of his work has been tremendous. Last year, if he was 0-for-20, his hands (in his set-up) would come up or down or he’d keep trying stuff that didn’t work for him.
“The player and the person, now he’s in a better place to do what we ask him to do.”
Cora indicated the Red Sox will look to find opportunities for Duran to contribute. In addition to filling in for some of the regular outfielders, Duran could be used as a late-inning defensive replacement for Masataka Yoshida in left, or as a pinch-runner. Enter your email address here to receive the Fenway Rundown email newsletter in your inbox every Wednesday.
“But I don’t want him to be in the cage from the fourth inning on, trying to get ready,” said Cora. “We’ll walk him through it. We’ll find him at-bats. Obviously, it’s a challenge. But I do believe there’s a chance there to get him enough at-bats on a weekly basis.
“We’ll figure it out. When we go through a stretch (like an upcoming stretch in which the Sox will host the Yankees, then travel to Minnesota and Chicago), we’re not going to have any off-days and we’ll find ways to get him at-bats and give the other guys an off-day.”
Duran is easily the fastest baserunner on the Red Sox roster, though he has stolen only eight bases. He could not be utilized off the bench to run for someone like Justin Turner.
“I’m excited about that part of the game,” said Cora. “(Having him) steal a base, or be able to score from first - that’s something we haven’t had in a while here and he can do it.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 4:48:11 GMT -5
Red Sox starting rotation is showing promise, but its depth will continue to be tested By Peter Abraham Globe Staff,Updated June 11, 2023, 10:12 p.m.
NEW YORK — The Red Sox arrived in the Bronx in a state of disarray on Friday, having fallen below .500 with an embarrassing loss at Cleveland the night before.
They left Sunday night having taken two of three from the Yankees, still in last place in the American League East but feeling considerably better about their direction.
“Hopefully we can build off this,” manager Alex Cora said after a 3-2, 10-inning victory.
Down 2-1, the Sox scratched for a run in the eighth inning then took the lead in the 10th when Kiké Hernández slammed a single through the infield to drive in ghost runner Adam Duvall.
It was Puerto Rico Day in New York on Sunday and Hernández attended the raucous parade with hundreds of thousands of his countrymen on Fifth Avenue for a bit before he went to the ballpark.
The day ended with Hernández’s biggest hit of the season.
“Of course,” he said. “We run this city.”
At 33-33, the Red Sox have a lot of work to do. Before the game, Cora was asked if the Sox were capable of being more than what they have shown so far.
“I believe so, yeah. I do believe so,” he said. “I think with the way we’re pitching, if we stay consistent with this, we’re going to make a run.”
Brayan Bello backed up those words, holding the Yankees to two runs over seven innings. The 24-year-old righthander slowed down his changeup, increasing the separation with his fastball and allowed only three hits.
One of those hits was a lucky two-run, two-out single by Jose Trevino in the second inning. Hernández was perfectly positioned for the ground ball up the middle but it caromed off second base and flew over his head.
“I felt like saying, ‘You know what? Let’s go home,’ ” Cora said.
But the Sox found a way to win against a team they had lost 14 of 21 games against going back to last season.
Starting pitching was the strong point of the series. Garrett Whitlock allowed one earned run over 6⅓ innings on Friday night in a 3-2 victory. Tanner Houck gave up two runs over six innings in a 3-1 loss on Saturday night. Bello was even better.
Sox starters have a 4.04 ERA in June. That number was 5.28 over the first two months of the season.
“It was huge for us and for the team,” Houck said. “We have to step up and mature — go deeper into games and just be better. It’s about this season and years down the road. Hopefully we’re going to be together for a long time.
“I love when Bello has a start like that because it pushes me to be better. That’s how you get better as a team.”
A rotation with Houck, Whitlock, Bello, Kutter Crawford, and James Paxton has promise. But only Paxton has ever started more than 13 games in a major league season.
The Sox will need depth to protect their starters from the injuries that seem to inevitably occur from overuse.
The situation is such that the Sox have “TBA” listed as their starter for Wednesday’s game against the Rockies at Fenway Park because they want to first make sure Whitlock is physically ready. The righthander, who turned 27 on Sunday, had hip surgery in September and the Sox are being cautious with how he is used.
Whitlock is fine for Wednesday but after losing Chris Sale, the Sox can’t afford another setback with the rotation.
Cora said the Sox are looking for starter depth from outside the organization.
“We thought we had enough and, no, we still need more. That’s happening around the league,” he said.
Part of Cora’s job description is to be the team’s spokesman and maintain a positive outlook. There have been a few days lately where his frustration has shown after games, but that gets washed away before the next game.
“Overall the effort is there,” Cora said. “Obviously, we haven’t hit lately. But that’s part of the season. Sometimes you’re going to pitch, sometimes you’re going to hit. Hopefully at one point everything’s going to click and we’re going to get hot.”
Winning a series against their rivals is a good place to start.
“That was fun to watch,” Cora said. “In this scenario, against a good team, they grew up a lot.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 4:51:17 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Jarren Duran showing adaptability, and the Red Sox are rewarding him with opportunity By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated June 11, 2023, 8:12 p.m.
NEW YORK — The Red Sox are comfortable and confident in Jarren Duran’s development. The decision to designate for assignment Raimel Tapia, a veteran who carries a quality bat off the bench and who was officially released Sunday, was proof the club is confident in Duran’s progression.
With Adam Duvall healthy, Duran has moved to a bench role, a gig the Sox weren’t too sure he could handle a year ago. Yet his preparation, mental approach, and physical production have kept Duran in a big-league uniform despite some recent struggles.
“That’s the reason he’s here,” Cora said before Sunday evening’s 3-2 victory, in which Duran went 2 for 4 with a walk and RBI from the leadoff spot. “If we didn’t feel that way, he would probably go to Triple A and get more repetitions. But we’ve seen some adjustments. We’ve seen some of the things that he has done. We’ve seen him when he was really hot and we’ve seen him struggle. The consistency of his work has been tremendous.”
Yet this development isn’t a total positive for the Sox and Duran, who made the start in center Sunday. When they called him up two seasons ago, he was thought of as a possible key to a playoff push. A dynamic and impactful player who would offer game-changing speed the Sox had been missing.
Duran struggled for much of the next two years and was on the elevator between Worcester and Boston, but growth, sometimes, is incremental.
Can Duran stay locked in and stay prepared for his opportunity? Justin Turner, who often has conversations with teammates, alerted Cora that he should talk to Duran regarding what his role might be.
“Saturday I talked to [Cora] before the game,” said Duran. “We kind of went over which guys I might hit for or what situations or the hot innings. I was just kind of watching the game, and then towards the fifth inning I got in the cage.”
Cora has said he will find a way to get Duran at-bats in specific situations, among them late in games in left field replacing Masataka Yoshida.
His speed is also something the Sox will take advantage of. The mixing and matching against certain pitchers, and off days for starters Duvall or Yoshida, will give Duran a chance to get some burn.
“I don’t want him to be in the cage from the fourth inning on, trying to get ready for when we probably are going [Christian] Arroyo, Pablo [Reyes], or Kiké [Hernández] in certain situations,” Cora said. “So we will walk him through it and we’ll find him some at-bats.”
Duran cracked hits in his first two chances Sunday, including a routine single to left-center that his speed turned into a double to lead off the game. His role might have changed, but his impact remains a weapon.
“I think it’s about riding the wave,” Duran said. “Don’t get too high. Don’t get too low. It’s not as bad as it seems sometimes.” Heads up!
Turner fouled off a ball in the final at-bat of Saturday’s loss that sailed into the press box and struck long-time Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling above his left eye on the bounce.
The 84-year-old wiped away some blood and finished the game.
Sterling’s partner, Newton native Suzyn Waldman, brought the ball down to the visitor’s clubhouse on Sunday. Turner signed it, “To John, wherever you sit at a ballgame, you are never safe!”
Waldman also put a Band-Aid on the ball and now Sterling, who called Sunday’s game, has a souvenir of his accidental beaning. Roster shuffling
Along with Tapia’s release, lefthander Matt Dermody cleared waivers and was outrighted back to Triple A . . . Connor Wong is dealing with some sort of illness, Cora said. The Sox have a bug going around the clubhouse and it kept Wong from starting either of the last two games in New York, though he pinch ran on Sunday night . . . The Red Sox begin a three-game series with the Rockies at Fenway Monday. James Paxton is scheduled to start against Connor Seabold, who has made 14 appearances for Colorado after being traded there for cash in January. Kutter Crawford will toe the slab against Chase Anderson Tuesday, followed by Garrett Whitlock against Austin Gomber Wednesday. Colorado is last in the National League at 27-40, its 367 runs allowed worse than all but Oakland.
Peter Abraham of Globe Staff contributed to this report.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 8:00:03 GMT -5
The Red Sox were just reminded how good their pitching can be
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By Rob Bradford WEEI 93.7 an hour ago The Red Sox have them right where they want them
Yes, the Yankees didn't have Aaron Judge. And maybe there is still some discomfort when it comes to these Red Sox because of their sudden offensive downturn.
But as the Sox left Yankee Stadium Sunday night there were a couple of hat-hanging items leaving New York with them.
For starters, the Red Sox actually won the series against the Yankees thanks to a 3-2, 10-inning, series finale victory in which Kiké Hernandez's single and Chris Martin's save won the day in the lone extra inning.
And then there were the starters.
The hope that the Red Sox will be finding their foundation sooner than later was highlighted in these three games thanks to Garret Whitlock, Tanner Houck and Brayan Bello.
The trio went 19 1/3 innings, allowing five earned runs (2.33 ERA) while striking out 15 and walking just five. And along the way they left the kind of impression that suggests the starting rotation will be the least of the Red Sox problems. Chaim Bloom talks trade deadline
And the most recent advertisement for the dynamic came in the form of Brayan Bello.
The 24-year-old allowed just two runs on three hits over seven innings, lowing his ERA to 3.78. In his last eight starts, Bello has accumulated a 2.80 ERA, having not surrendered a home run in any of his last three starts.
"This is who we believe (Bello) is," Hernández told reporters. “This is a kid who came into the league with all the hype in the world and struggled a little bit. It seemed like he got better with each start.
"This year, he really didn’t get a spring training. He had to basically go through Spring Training during the regular season, The first couple of outings were not what he wanted. He was sent down for a little bit. He came back up with a great attitude. Same story as last year; he takes the mound. He seems like he gets better. I think he is mature beyond his years."
While the record doesn't necessarily show the starting pitching progress since that first game in Arizona (7-9), the results should be noted. In those 16 starts the Sox starters have a combined 3.78 ERA, having struck out 76 and walked 19 in 78 2/3 innings. On three times during that stretch has the group allowed more than three runs.
Whitlock. Houck. Bello. James Paxton. And, now, Kutter Crawford. And, to top things off, Nick Pivetta's existence in the bullpen had him throwing the hardest pitch of his career (97.3 mph) Sunday night.
It's movement in the right direction for a team needing to take those sort of steps.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 9:59:59 GMT -5
Jon Couture @joncouture · 19m Your 2023 #RedSox:
Record: 33-33 Runs: 323 scored, 323 allowed Home/Away: 17-16, 16-17 In AL East: 10-11 One-Run Games: 10-10
There's being average, and then there's being elite at being average.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 13:19:49 GMT -5
Game 67: James Paxton gets the start as Red Sox return to Fenway to face RockiesBy Greg McKenna Globe Correspondent,Updated June 12, 2023, 2 hours ago After an extra-inning victory over the Yankees Sunday, the Red Sox will look to build off a series win in the Bronx when they begin a three-game set against the Rockies Monday night at Fenway Park. The game marks a return to interleague play for the Sox, who grabbed two of three in Arizona to finish a Western trip in late May. The Sox have gone 5-8 since then, all against AL opponents, dropping three straight series before taking two of three from the Yankees. The Rockies are 3-10 in their last 13 games and sit last in the NL West, 14 games behind the Diamondbacks. On Sunday, however, a game-tying home run from Ryan McMahon and walk-off solo shot from Nolan Jones sandwiched a 1-hour-25-minute rain delay in the ninth as Colorado snapped a six-game skid with a 5-4 win over the Padres. The Red Sox, 14 games behind the MLB-best Rays in the basement of the AL East, trail Houston by four games for the third wild-card spot. They will hope for another strong start from James Paxton, who allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings against Cleveland last Tuesday, striking out nine in his second win of the season. Rockies starter Connor Seabold took a no-hitter into the sixth last time out against San Francisco last Wednesday, but Colorado still fell, 5-4. Seabold made six starts for the Red Sox over the 2021 and 2022 seasons before he was traded to the Rockies last January to make room for Corey Kluber. He spent most of the 2022 season with Triple A Worcester, where he went 8-2 with a 3.32 ERA. Lineups ROCKIES (27-40): 1. Jurickson Profar (S) LF 2. Ezequiel Tovar (R) SS 3. Ryan McMahon (L) 3B 4. Elias Diaz (R) C 5. Randal Grichuk (R) DH 6. Nolan Jones (L) RF 7. Coco Montes (R) 2B 8. Elehuris Montero (R) 1B 9. Brenton Doyle (R) CF Pitching: RHP Connor Seabold (1-2, 5.10 ERA) RED SOX (33-33): 1. Jarren Duran (L) LF 2. Alex Verdugo (L) RF 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. Connor Wong (R) C 9. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS Pitching: LHP James Paxton (2-1, 3.81 ERA) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Rockies vs. Paxton: Randal Grichuk 4-12, Ryan McMahon 0-2, Mike Moustakas 3-11, Jurickson Profar 3-10 Red Sox vs. Seabold: Has not faced any Boston batters Stat of the day: The Red Sox have played 42 games against teams that entered Sunday with a winning record, tied with Toronto for second-most in the MLB. After going 20-22 in those contests, only one of their next four series is against a team with a winning record — this weekend’s three-game set against the Yankees at Fenway. Notes: Paxton allowed two runs in the first inning last time out against Cleveland but recovered to throw six scoreless innings. He gets stronger throughout his starts, with hitters batting just .095 (2 for 21) against Paxton the third and fourth time through the order. ... After Sunday’s win, the Sox have 19 come-from-behind wins this season, including six in which they trailed after seven innings. Twelve of their last 15 games have been decided by three runs or fewer. ... Prior to the Kiké Hernández single that plated the the winning run in the 10th Sunday, the Sox were 0 for 12 during the series with runners in scoring position. In the 18 games prior to Sunday, the Red Sox hit .197 with men on, second worst in the majors. ... With two home runs over the weekend, Rafael Devers has hit 21 career home runs against the Yankees, passing Ted Williams (20) for the most by a Sox player before turning 27. Devers’s solo shot Saturday night was also his 11th career home run at Yankee Stadium, which passed Babe Ruth (10) for the most by any Sox player against the Yankees in New York before the age of 27. ... Sox starters Garrett Whitlock, Tanner Houck, and Brayan Bello yielded just six runs (five earned) over 19⅓ innings this past weekend. Sox relievers allowed just one run over 7⅔ innings. Song of the Day: U2 - Even Better Than The Real Thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTxrgXWToZA
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 15:02:11 GMT -5
Rob Bradford @bradfo 23m Daniel Bard is back at Fenway for the first time since he played for the Red Sox 10 years ago
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 16:45:27 GMT -5
quite an admission from a dude who was signed as a 2B
Chris Cotillo @chriscotillo · 11m Trevor Story says it’s still on the table that he could come back and DH at some point in July. His goal is to “play shortstop sometime in August.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2023 16:47:26 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 50m Sox hoping Yu Chang can resume a rehab assignment next week, but he’s sidelined again due to soreness in his hand while recovering from his hamate surgery. Story is here this week, then likely to return to Fort Myers.
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Jun 12, 2023 19:17:21 GMT -5
Jarren Duran lost everyday OF spot, but can now better handle bench role Updated: Jun. 11, 2023, 7:34 p.m.|Published: Jun. 11, 2023, 6:33 p.m. By Sean McAdam | sean.mcadam@masslive.com NEW YORK - As often happens, the return of one player can mean a reduced role for another. While Adam Duvall was recovering from a broken left wrist for two months, Jarren Duran made the most of his opportunity and established himself with the Red Sox. Duran posted a .763 OPS and proved that he had also made big strides as a defender.” .774 but with a .393 BABIP. He has a .559 OPS in his last 30 games. When you have a poor K/W, these things always end badly.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 13, 2023 2:45:50 GMT -5
Arroyo's homer not enough as Red Sox drop opener 2:53 AM ADT Ian Browne
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne ;
BOSTON -- The two recurring themes of the recent Red Sox woes reared their ugly heads before a deluge of rain fell from the Fenway Park sky.
The rain -- which caused a one hour and 29 minute rain delay -- only prolonged another entry in a recent line of frustrating defeats for the Red Sox. A lack of offense and spotty defense haunted Boston in Monday night’s 4-3 loss to the Rockies in 10 innings.
The hope was that the start of a homestand could provide a clean slate from the struggles the Sox had endured of late. But instead, things looked all too familiar for a team that is 12-20 since an eight-game winning streak ended on May 6, and 7-14 since May 21.
“Not a good game,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. “It’s just frustrating. We didn’t make plays and they scored runs. They made plays when they had to, and we didn’t. That’s the bottom line.”
When the Sox loaded the bases with nobody out against Rockies starter Connor Seabold to open the bottom of the first, that elusive offensive eruption at last seemed within range.
But Rafael Devers offered at the first pitch, a changeup below the strike zone, and tapped into a 1-2-3 double play.
“The other day, he was overly aggressive with [Gerrit] Cole, and he hit it out of the ballpark to left field,” said Cora. “That’s the beauty of Raffy. It was a changeup down in the zone. It happens. I don’t know how down it was. I’ll have to take a look at it. It’s a pitch that sometimes he hunts and hits it in the air. It’s one of those that it looks bad because he hit a ground ball to the pitcher. The other day, when he swung at the changeup and hit it out of the ballpark, everybody was praising him. It’s baseball, right?”
There were a couple of flickers on offense: Justin Turner laced an RBI double to the gap in right-center in the sixth to tie it up, and Christian Arroyo unloaded for a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh.
Even after the Rockies came back to tie it, Devers took the swing the Red Sox needed in bottom of the eighth, hammering a laser to right-center that seemed destined to be a two-run homer, which would have given the Sox a 4-2 lead. Instead, though, it was just another moment of frustration for Boston, as Nolan Jones timed his leap just right and put his glove over the short bullpen wall to reel it back in for an out as Devers looked on in disbelief.
“The kid, he had a good jump, he was playing deep and he made the catch,” said Cora. According to Statcast, the liner had an expected batting average of .870.
This marked the sixth straight game the Red Sox failed to score multiple runs in an inning.
Then there were the defensive miscues. The Rockies broke a scoreless tie when Kiké Hernández bounced a throw to first on what should have been the third out of the top of the fourth inning. It was the MLB-leading 14th error of the season for Hernández, and 13th on a throw.
“He just threw it away,” said Cora.
The Rockies also got a gift run on what should have been the third out of the 10th inning when Triston Casas couldn’t field a grounder hit his way. That error allowed an insurance run to come home.
With rain falling before that play, Casas thought the ball was going to be slower off the bat.
“I guess the ball was hit a little harder than I thought,” said Casas. “Visibility was low, but the field was good.” Get the latest from the Red Sox
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For the Red Sox, who fell below .500 again at 33-34, things haven’t been so good lately. But they will come to the ballpark again on Tuesday thinking that will be the day things turn around.
“I think overall as a group, we all think that we can do better,” said Casas. “We're all professionals on this team, which is why we take losses like this so hard, because there were times that it was just a lapse of focus, to say the least. We have a good understanding of what we need to do to get back to playing the caliber of baseball that everybody deserves.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 13, 2023 2:47:28 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 7h The way the Red Sox are pressing is just showing everywhere. Wong thrown out by about 20 feet trying to stretch a single into a double.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 13, 2023 2:49:04 GMT -5
Kiki with another error would rather see Wally play SS
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 5h Red Sox have given up two runs on defense tonight. They've scored two on offense.
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