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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 14:03:06 GMT -5
Molls @mollyburkhardt · 18m Chris Sale underwent a second MRI today and started throwing (from 60 feet). He’ll continue to do that every other day for a bit and see how he feels
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 14:34:53 GMT -5
Jen McCaffrey @jcmccaffrey · 39m Chris Sale had an MRI today that cleared him to start throwing. He threw at 60 feet today and is on an every other day schedule. Said he expected to be out six weeks but that he’s back after four is encouraging. Doesn’t have a timetable to return but will continue rehab in Boston
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 18:55:53 GMT -5
Bello gives up his first hit in the 8th
easiest way to break up a no hitter, hit the ball to Kiki
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 19:40:54 GMT -5
Swept by the Marlins
more shitty hitting
bone head fielding
boo'd off the field, and that was the only amusing thing on tonight
off to Toronto tomorrow
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 21:19:18 GMT -5
Brayan Bello goes 7 no-hit innings, takes loss as Red Sox drop 5th straight Updated: Jun. 29, 2023, 9:22 p.m.|Published: Jun. 29, 2023, 8:34 p.m.
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com BOSTON — In a matter of mere minutes Thursday night, Red Sox starter Brayan Bello went from chasing history to taking a brutal loss.
Bello dominated the Marlins for seven no-hit innings before giving up back-to-back singles to lead off the eighth inning. After he was replaced by Chris Martin, Jon Berti’s RBI single put Miami up, 1-0, plating the inherited runner. Insured by a Jazz Chisholm Jr. homer in the ninth, the The Marlins won, 2-0, and finished off a three-game sweep of the Red Sox, who have dropped five in a row and are now 40-42. The five-game losing streak is tied for the club’s longest of the season.
A dominant Bello dueled all night with Marlins lefty Jesús Luzardo, who allowed just one Red Sox hit (an Alex Verdugo single to lead off the first inning) before the seventh. Through seven innings, Bello allowed just one baserunner (on a Justin Turner fielding error to lead off the second inning) and struck out five batters while relying on soft contact to dominate Miami’s lineup. Boston’s first solid chance to score came in the seventh, when Rafael Devers and Adam Duvall hit back-to-back one-out singles off Luzardo, chasing him from the game. But reliever Andrew Nardi struck out Masataka Yoshida and got Christian Arroyo to ground back to the mound to end the threat.
Having thrown 92 pitches entering the eighth, Bello had his bid at history come to an end when Jean Segura hit an 0-1 sinker up the middle. Though a diving Kiké Hernández was able to stop it, he was unable to throw Segura out at first base. Joey Wendle followed with a single of his own, chasing Bello before Berti looped a Martin pitch into center field and plated the game’s first run. In total, Bello lasted 7+ innings, allowing one run on two hits with one walk and five strikeouts. Sixty-three of his 99 pitches were strikes.
Massachusetts online sports betting is live. Learn more about the top sportsbook operators in Mass. such as FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM to find the best offers available. The Red Sox had a chance to tie the game in the eighth when Hernández reached on an error and speedy pinch-runner David Hamilton entered the game. Lefty Tanner Scott then got the next three hitters, punctuating the inning with a strikeout of Justin Turner.
Chisholm then doubled the lead with a 414-ft. blast off closer Kenley Jansen in the ninth and took his time running the bases, waving goodbye to a sellout crowd of 36,559 as he rounded third. It was his ninth home run of the season and second in as many days.
The Red Sox fell to 2-13 against National League opponents at home this season.
Offensive struggles continue
The Red Sox were shut out for the fifth time so far this season and the second time in eight days, as Minnesota’s Joe Ryan dominated them in a 6-0 decision a week ago at Target Field. Boston has now scored just 11 runs in seven games; the club is 1-6 in that span. It was Boston’s first time being shutout since Sept. 17 against Kansas City.
In their last eight games, the Red Sox are hitting just .184 (42-for-228) with nine-extra base hits while averaging 1.4 runs per game.
Boston has now lost five of six games against lefty starters after going 12-5 in their first 17. Entering the day, lefties were 5-9 with a 5.99 ERA in 22 starts against Boston.
Quick road trip to Toronto on deck
The Red Sox will hit the road for a quick three-game stay in Toronto before returning for a homestand to close out the first half. They’ll face the Blue Jays, who they swept in a four-game set at Fenway Park earlier this season, from Friday to Sunday at Rogers Centre. Here’s the schedule (as well as pitching probables):
Friday, 7:07 p.m. ET — LHP James Paxton (3-1, 3.19 ERA) vs. RHP José Berríos (8-5, 3.60 ERA)
Saturday, 3:07 p.m. ET — RHP Kutter Crawford (2-4, 4.01 ERA) vs. LHP Yusei Kikuchi (7-2, 3.75 ERA)
Sunday, 1:37 p.m. ET — RHP Garrett Whitlock (4-3, 5.15 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (7-4, 3.01 ERA)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 21:20:29 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 1h Kenley
Fenway: 6.75 ERA, 2.00 WHIP, .327 BA
Road: 0.59 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, .164 BA
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 29, 2023 21:23:50 GMT -5
Dan Shaughnessy @dan_Shaughnessy · 58m The Nesn excuse-making is endless
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 30, 2023 1:40:27 GMT -5
Bello carries no-hit bid into 8th: 'He's evolving' 12:21 AM GMT-3 Molly Burkhardt
BOSTON -- Ahead of the series finale against the Marlins, manager Alex Cora discussed the confidence Brayan Bello has already displayed in his young career.
“He wants to get better, he wants to be good, he wants to dominate,” Cora said.
Hours later Bello did just that, carrying a no-hitter into the eighth inning in Boston’s 2-0 loss to the Marlins on Thursday at Fenway Park. Bello became the first Red Sox pitcher to take a no-hit bid into the eighth inning or later since Eduardo Rodriguez went 7 2/3 frames on Sept. 4, 2016, in Oakland.
In the end, Bello was charged with one run on two hits and one walk while he struck out five over his seven-plus innings.
After putting up three, four and three runs in each of Bello’s last three starts, Boston’s offense fizzled out vs. Miami, getting shut out for the fifth time this season. Over the Red Sox’s past eight games, the club has been outscored 34-11.
“It’s part of it,” Cora said. “There’s days you’re going to score runs, there’s days you’re going to give it up. And today we pitched well, we didn’t hit. But there was no hesitation for [Bello] to go into the eighth, no hesitation for him to go deep into the game. He’s really good and he’s getting better.”
Bello opened the night by retiring the hot-hitting Luis Arraez on three pitches. One inning later, Jazz Chisholm Jr. reached on a fielding error by first baseman Justin Turner to keep the early no-hitter in tact. Bello assisted himself in the third, snagging a liner from Arraez to end the frame.
“I think since the first inning, all my pitches were doing what they were supposed to do,” Bello said through team interpreter Carlos Villoria, “I was commanding my pitches and I was able to keep the pitches where I wanted to throw them. So I think from the first inning I thought it was going to be a good [outing].”
After Jean Segura singled to lead off the eighth inning and break up the no-hitter, Bello faced just one more batter -- Joey Wendle (single) -- before handing the ball over to right-hander Chris Martin. Segura scored on the following play, an RBI single from Jon Berti, putting Bello on the hook for the loss.
Bello generated a lot of weak contact, giving up just six hard-hit balls: a 103.7 mph lineout, a 101.3 ground into double play, a 100.7 groundout, a 100.6 single, a 99.3 lineout and a 96.8 flyout.
“The sinker/fastball cut a little bit atop the zone, the changeup is real,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “We just couldn't get the barrel on it. Guys were frustrated, a lot of weak contact. He did a really really good job. … That's a really good young pitcher that's going to have a really good future in this league.”
“On the other side, Bello's got incredible stuff,” Marlins starter Jesús Luzardo said. “I know he's a young kid. I've never really seen him pitch, but I saw him pitch today and it was incredible. It was just awesome being a part of it. Kind of keeps you in the game as a pitcher. He was working quick, I was working quick, so I feel like we each had a good rhythm going. But it was awesome to be a part of that.”
The outing continued a trend of strong starts for the 24-year-old Bello. The righty followed up two dominant Sunday night starts against the Yankees with 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball in Boston’s win over the White Sox on June 23.
In that Chicago start, Bello introduced a cutter that he had only worked on during bullpen sessions. Of the nine cutters he threw, only one induced a whiff. Hoping to turn to the pitch as a weapon against lefties, Bello again experimented with his cutter on Thursday against left-handed-hitters Jesús Sánchez and Chisholm. Behind his sinker (44 pitches), the usually changeup-heavy Bello worked his four-seamer (28 pitches) against a Marlins lineup that struggles against the fastball.
“His changeup was good today, his sinker was good,” Cora said. “He has so many weapons and he’s still learning how to use them. There were a few cutters today to lefties, they were good actually. He’s just evolving, keeps getting better. His next one is going to be a challenge, it’s the Rangers. So he’ll be ready for that one and we’ll see what we got.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 30, 2023 7:38:32 GMT -5
Jon Couture Retweeted
ESPN Stats & Info @ESPNStatsInfo ·
The Red Sox are the 2nd team this season to lose a game in which they pitched a no-hit bid of at least 7 innings.
They join the Athletics, who did so on May 2 vs the Mariners.
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