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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 16:52:51 GMT -5
Gabrielle Starr @gfstarr1 Dennis Eckersley is at Fenway tonight 6:18 PM · Jun 11, 2024 · 1,134 Views
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 18:04:12 GMT -5
What luck Have the Phillie feed. Hope that keeps up.
Oh wait, it is the TBS feed......
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 18:14:23 GMT -5
First pitch a big fat FB Scwarber knocked the cover off it
1-0 Philly
HUGE CHEERS from Philly fans
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 18:17:32 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe A few #RedSox tibits: * Sox are 14-18 at home, losing 7 of the last 11.
* Sox are 11-10 vs. the Phillies since 2018.
Kenley Jansen has had only 4 save chances since April 21. He has allowed 4 ERA over 13 innings in his last 12 games and struck out 17 with one walk.
Kenley (429) is now behind Craig Kimbrel (432) in career saves.
Masataka Yoshida, playing tonight for the first time since April 18, has 7 HR over 86 games and 318 at-bats dating back to the 2023 All-Star break.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 18:22:26 GMT -5
Duran starts off with a single oppo Hamilton with a monstah 2B Refsynder sac fly
1-1
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 18:46:17 GMT -5
Wow that might of been Devers best play at 3b in his brief career to end the 3rd web gem
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 19:04:36 GMT -5
4th inning Smith's error at 1B allows 2 runs to plate
3-1 Philly
Philly fans drown out the boos.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 19:23:01 GMT -5
Schwarber with another dinger to lead off the 5th
4-1 Philly
Least the cheers were louder than the boos this time.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 11, 2024 19:48:29 GMT -5
Wheeler plows thru six up 4-1
time to surf the other games
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2024 5:15:20 GMT -5
Schwarber hits 2 homers, Wheeler picks up 8th straight win in Phillies' 4-1 victory over Red Sox AP
BOSTON (AP) Kyle Schwarber didn't need any extra time to get over the jet lag of flying to London and back.
The Phillies' designated hitter hit the first pitch of the game 444 feet for a home run, then added another 400-footer in the fifth inning on Tuesday night to lead Philadelphia to a 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
“I’m sure there will be some people who are a little bit tired, spacey, whatever it is," said Schwarber, back at Fenway Park for the first time since playing with the Red Sox on their 2021 AL Championship Series team. “I'm going to be aggressive.”
Zack Wheeler (8-3) won his eighth straight decision, allowing one run on three hits over seven innings, striking out four and walking one. He did not give up a hit to any of the final 17 batters he faced.
David Hamilton singled with one out in the ninth off José Alvarado, who retired the next two batters for his 12th save. Philadelphia (46-20) has the best record in baseball and is a season-high 10 games in front of the six-time defending NL East champion Atlanta Braves.
“Everyone was kind of emphasizing the (need to) get off to a good start. And we have,” Schwarber said. “We just really don't like to lose, and I think that's what fuels us.”
Bryson Stott also had two hits for the Phillies, who picked up a pair of unearned runs when Boston first baseman Dominic Smith dropped an easy toss that should have ended the fourth inning.
It was Philadelphia’s first game back in the U.S. after splitting the two-game London Series with the New York Mets last weekend. The Phillies flew straight to Boston on Sunday, arriving just after midnight, and had Monday off to get acclimated again.
Schwarber was ready to go.
He hit the first pitch from Kutter Crawford (2-6) for the 37th leadoff homer of his career, and his sixth this season. After striking out in the third, Schwarber led off the fifth and sent a 1-0 pitch 427 feet to right to make it 4-1.
“It’s definitely a tone setter for us when he goes out there and does that,” Wheeler said. “I think that’s why he’s hitting leadoff for us. I know, as a starter, if somebody leads off with a home run, it’s kind of a dagger.”
Crawford allowed four runs in all, two earned, on six hits, striking out eight and walking one in six innings.
With the game tied 1-all, two outs in the fourth and runners on second and third, David Dahl hit one off the end of his bat to the right side of the infield. Red Sox second baseman Enmanuel Valdéz fielded it and made the gentle throw to first, but Smith let it deflect off the edge of his glove.
Bryce Harper, who led off with a walk, scored easily, and Stott took off for home, scoring without a throw. Garrett Stubbs singled Dahl to third before Crawford got Johan Rojas on a groundout to end the inning.
Red Sox center fielder Rob Refsnyder also made an error, misplaying Stott’s second-inning single for an extra base. But Crawford retired the next three batters to end the inning.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Phillies: Placed three-time All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day injured list and said he will need about a month to recover from surgery on the cartilage in his right knee. Stubbs was in the lineup at catcher in the series opener, and the Phillies recalled catcher Rafael Marchán from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to fill Realmuto’s spot on the roster.
Red Sox: OF Masataka Yoshida was back in the lineup for the first time since April 28, when he jammed his right thumb. 1B/OF Garrett Cooper was designated for assignment to make room on the roster.
UP NEXT
Boston RHP Nick Pivetta (3-4) will face Phillies LHP Christopher Sanchez (3-3) in the second game of the three-game series.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2024 5:26:30 GMT -5
Crawford's bounce-back start spoiled by costly miscue, solo shots 1:21 AM ADT Molly Burkhardt
Molly Burkhardt @mollyburkhardt
BOSTON -- With a 5.82 ERA in his last six starts entering Tuesday’s series opener, Kutter Crawford was in need of a bounce-back outing. Facing the best team in the National League in the Phillies, the right-hander had his work cut out for him.
Crawford notched his sixth quality start of the season in a strong six-inning outing, but two solo shots and a missed play at first ultimately sunk the Red Sox in a 4-1 loss to the Phillies at Fenway Park.
“He threw the ball well,” manager Alex Cora said. “Two solo shots and we didn’t make a play. Like I always say, we’re gonna go as long as our defense goes, and today, we had a tough one. It’s a 2-1 game with a chance to probably win the game, but we put ourselves in a bad spot. But [Crawford] was good. Obviously, Kyle [Schwarber] did what he did, but it’s 2-0 -- it’s two solo shots. And we threw a lot of strikes, got some swing and misses and we didn’t make one play.”
Schwarber wasted no time in his first visit to Fenway since October 2021, hitting the first pitch of the night -- a middle-middle fastball from Crawford -- over the right-field wall to get the Phillies on the board. Crawford quickly rebounded and retired nine of his next 10 batters, including a three-pitch strikeout of Schwarber in the third.
“Last couple [starts] I thought were trending in the right direction as well, and then tonight was kind of putting all that together,” Crawford said. “Obviously, Schwarber got me a couple of times there, but mechanically, pitch shapes, the way I was attacking the zone, felt a lot better tonight.”
With two on and two out and the game tied in the fourth, a dropped ball by Dominic Smith allowed David Dahl to reach and two unearned runs to score to suddenly put the Red Sox down two.
Smith’s error marked the team’s Major League-leading 50th of the season, with 21 coming against teams .500 or better. Seven of the errors have come at the hands of a first baseman: Smith (four), Triston Casas (two) and Garrett Cooper (one).
Boston has committed 12 errors in its last 11 games, after making just one in its previous 10 games. With the loss on Tuesday, the Red Sox moved to 11-22 when committing at least one error.
“It’s tough. You gotta play clean baseball,” Smith said. “Unfortunately, tough play at the [first-base] line, not trying to get my arm knocked off, not trying to go on the injured list. So yeah, it’s very unfortunate. Something that I probably make more often than not. They score two runs, we had the opportunity to score back, we didn’t score, lost the ballgame and gotta come back tomorrow and play harder.”
Outside of the leadoff homer and a second solo shot to Schwarber in the fifth, Crawford showed signs of his dominant April self on Tuesday. He racked up a season-high eight strikeouts, generated 13 whiffs and walked just one batter after multi-walk games in six of his last seven starts. Your browser does not support HTML5 video tag.
As bright as Boston’s pitching has been this season (an MLB-fifth-best 3.38 ERA), the defense has been dim. While the rotation’s 3.32 ERA sits behind just the Phillies, Yankees and Orioles, the Red Sox have allowed an MLB-high 44 unearned runs, with the Cubs (43) and Mets (42) rounding out the top three.
The Red Sox have been plagued by injury for much of the season, forcing the team into putting out a myriad of defensive alignments. Reinforcements could be on the way soon, with infielder/outfielder Romy Gonzalez (left hamstring strain) expected to begin a rehab assignment on Wednesday and Casas (torn cartilage in rib cage) hoping to return as soon as June 21.
“I want to be elite,” Cora said. “The best defensive team in the big leagues, that’s what we’re striving for and that’s why we work so hard every single day out there. Regardless of [whether] it’s a Sunday day game or a Sunday night game.
“We’re gonna go out there and bust our [butt] and work hard at it. Sometimes, it’s gonna happen. Sometimes, it’s not gonna happen, but we’re going to work. We’re gonna work harder than in the past, and we’re going to keep working hard. That’s what we want to be.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2024 5:28:43 GMT -5
Injuries & Moves: Yoshida back from IL; Cooper designated June 11th, 2024
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LATEST NEWS
June 11: DH Masataka Yoshida activated from 10-day IL; 1B/OF Garrett Cooper designated for assignment Manager Alex Cora initially didn't expect Yoshida -- out since April 29 with a strained left thumb -- to return before June 13, but the 30-year-old was back in the lineup for Boston's opener against the Phillies, slotting in at the No. 5 spot.
"Obviously it's not perfect, but he feels like he can compete at this level," Cora said. "[He's] healthy, just the timing now, but the more at-bats he gets here, the quicker he's gonna be."
Cooper, who was traded to the Red Sox from the Cubs on April 27, hit .171 with three walks and 22 strikeouts in 24 games with Boston.
"Versatility," Cora said when asked what went into the decision to DFA Cooper. "We got Bobby [Dalbec], he can play third, he can play first, he can play the outfield. So I think that's why we took Bobby over Coop."
June 11: 3B Rafael Devers returns to starting lineup After sitting out Sunday's series finale in Chicago following an early exit in Saturday's loss, Devers got the start at third and batted fourth in Tuesday's opener vs. the Phillies. According to manager Alex Cora, Devers' left knee, which he pushes off of while hitting, was bothering him when he was loading (or getting ready to swing) in the batter's box on Saturday.
Coupled with Monday's off-day, Devers had two days off his feet before returning to the lineup.
June 11: OF Tyler O'Neill (right knee) out of lineup for third straight game after early exit on Friday O’Neill was out of the starting lineup again on Tuesday after sitting on Saturday and Sunday against the White Sox before Monday’s off-day. O'Neill walked off the field gingerly with one out in the bottom of the third inning in Friday's eventual 7-2 loss to the White Sox, accompanied by manager Alex Cora and a trainer. The 28-year-old felt discomfort in his knee catching a Paul DeJong fly ball in the second inning.
Cora said on Tuesday that O'Neill will likely slot in at DH on Wednesday against the Phillies, before returning to the outfield and making way for Masataka Yoshida -- who was activated from the IL on Tuesday -- to DH in Thursday's finale.
"We talked to him today, he's feeling better," Cora said. "He'll go through everything, and he's gained ground the last two days."
O'Neill was activated off the 10-day injured list last Wednesday after missing nine games with right knee inflammation.
INF/OF Romy Gonzalez (left hamstring strain) Expected return: June Gonzalez returned from his first IL stint (left wrist sprain) on May 8, and is down again. Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he doesn't expect Gonzalez to be out "that long." Gonzalez hit indoors on June 8, and Cora said on June 11 that the hope is Gonzalez will begin a rehab assignment on June 12. In 35 at-bats this season, Gonzalez is hitting .257 and has six RBIs. (Last updated: June 11)
OF Wilyer Abreu (right ankle sprain) Expected return: Later in June In a freak injury, Abreu stumbled on the dugout steps while coming in after an inning on June 2 and suffered a right ankle sprain that led to his placement on the injured list. Abreu has been one of the best all-around players on the Red Sox this season, hitting .272/.344/.485 with six homers, 14 doubles and 22 RBIs while playing excellent defense in right field.
Abreu saw a foot specialist, and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow said nothing was revealed beyond the initial diagnosis of a sprain. Abreu sprinted outside on June 8, according to manager Alex Cora -- who said on June 9 that Abreu is “feeling a lot better,” and his recovery is “moving faster than everybody predicted.”
Cora said on June 11 that Abreu was doing all pregame drills ahead of Boston's series opener against the Phillies, and that the outfielder's rehab was going to be "a lot shorter" than originally anticipated.
"Testament for him, because of the willingness to do everything possible to be out there, and it's been a great recovery," Cora said. (Last updated: June 11)
2B Vaughn Grissom (right hamstring strain) Expected return: TBD Grissom, who missed the first 32 games of the season with a left hamstring strain, injured his right hamstring running out a grounder to third base on June 1. The right-handed hitter underwent an MRI that revealed a mild strain. Grissom has been doing "some baseball activities," manager Alex Cora said on June 11.
"Obviously enough that we needed to put him on the IL," said chief baseball officer Craig Breslow. "We need to make sure that we're addressing what is pulling on the hamstring or whatever potentially is underlying and contributing to the hamstring injuries. But we'll kind of work to rehab him and get him on the field as soon as we can." (Last updated: June 11)
RHP Chris Martin (anxiety) Expected return: Later in June Martin let the Red Sox know he's been dealing with issues related to anxiety that have impacted his ability to perform, such as fatigue, energy and recovery. The move was made retroactive to June 2, and Martin will first be eligible to pitch for Boston again on June 17.
Martin threw a bullpen session on June 11 and manager Alex Cora said the right-hander has been "feeling a lot better."
"Obviously there's some private stuff going on, but talked to him a little bit, feels OK," Cora said. "Spending time with the family and working on a few things and hopefully like I said, we get him sooner rather than later, but respecting the situation and we'll be patient." More >> (Last updated: June 11)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2024 5:35:12 GMT -5
Chris Cotillo @chriscotillo “I’m not upset at the guys. I’m not upset at the effort," Alex Cora said. "It’s just the reality of who we are. When we don’t make plays, we put ourselves in a bad spot.”
“When we don’t make plays, they’re routine plays. It really doesn’t matter who is to your right or left. You make the routine play. It’s about making the routine plays at this level."
On Dom Smith's error and more bad defense for the Red Sox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2024 5:36:41 GMT -5
Chris Cotillo @chriscotillo Dom Smith: "You can rewatch the replay. The ball is in the baseline and I’m reaching to make the play while not getting injured and getting hit. It’s not just a routine play."
“It’s tough. You’ve got to play clean baseball. It’s unfortunate. Tough play up the line. Not trying to get my arm knocked off or trying to go on the injured list. It’s very unfortunate. Something I’ll probably make more often than not.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Jun 12, 2024 5:44:47 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier The Red Sox have now allowed 45 unearned runs this year, most in MLB. Perhaps more amazing -- roughly 1 of ever 6 runs they've allowed this year (16.7 percent) has been unearned, easily the highest rate in baseball. MLB average is 9%.
They’re back below .500 (33-34), and now have an 8-20 record against teams that are .500 or better.They’re back below .500 (33-34), and now have an 8-20 record against teams that are .500 or better. ·
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