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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 3:27:20 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 7h Letting out some frustration
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 3:38:01 GMT -5
Rays @ Red Sox Tuesday 6 April 2021 7pm @ Fenway
Glasnow 0-0/000
Looked every bit like an ace on Opening day allowing only an infield single over 6 innings. The Red Sox however, gave him more trouble than any opponent last year as he allowed 9 runs in 11 innings vs Boston.
Perez
Thrived against the Rays last season going 2-1/ 2.30. Did not get any wins last year at Fenway going 0-4/ 5.46 in six starts.
Rays, Tyler Glasnow hope for another strong outing vs. Red Sox According to STATS
With an 11-run, 16-hit outburst Monday night, the Boston Red Sox emerged from an early-season offensive slump. They will attempt to repeat the feat Tuesday against one of the game's most talented aces.
Tyler Glasnow takes the mound for the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of the three-game series. The right-hander was nearly untouchable on Opening Day, allowing just one hit and striking out six Miami Marlins over six shutout innings.
The Red Sox were held to five runs while getting swept at home in three games by the typically moribund Baltimore Orioles to begin the season. They never led in any of the contests. In Boston's series-opening blowout Monday, however, J.D. Martinez hit a three-run home run off the right field foul pole, Xander Bogarts had four hits and Franchy Cordero and Alex Verdugo each drove in a pair of runs.
"It was a good one," Boston manager Alex Cora said after the first victory in his second stint with the club. "After a disappointing weekend, and having the defending American League champs here, it was good. Now we're in position to win the series; we have two shots. Hopefully we can come (Tuesday) and do the same thing."
The setback for the Rays ended an eight-game winning streak at Fenway Park. Tampa Bay had been 13-1 in Boston dating back to August 2018.
The Rays were held scoreless Monday until Manuel Margot and pinch hitter Yandy Diaz drew back-to-back walks with the bases loaded in the eighth inning. Tampa Bay has dropped two straight games after winning two to start the year.
The first of those victories saw Glasnow show signs of his 2019 form, when he posted a 1.78 ERA over 12 starts. He missed three months that season with a forearm strain. Glasnow was 5-1 with a 4.08 ERA in 11 starts last year, but he rarely looked as impressive as he did against the Marlins last week.
"Looked like an Opening Day starter," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Looked like an ace. Fortunate that we're going to get to see him pitch a lot more."
Glasnow struggled against the Red Sox in 2020, allowing nine runs on 14 hits in 11 innings (7.36 ERA). For his career, he is 2-1 with a 4.68 ERA in six starts against Boston.
Left-hander Martin Perez will start for the Red Sox on Tuesday in his season debut. Perez is back for his second campaign with the club after going 3-5 with a 4.50 ERA in 12 starts last year.
Perez faced Tampa Bay three times in 2020, finishing 2-1 with a 2.30 ERA. None of his victories on the season came at Fenway Park (0-4, 5.46 ERA).
Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier could be unavailable Tuesday after exiting Monday's contest in the third inning with left quad tightness. Cash described the ailment as "concerning" given issues the 30-year-old dealt with in the same area during spring training.
The three-game series will conclude with a Wednesday afternoon contest.
--Field Level Media
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 7:22:56 GMT -5
Peter Gammons @pgammo · 2h Tanner Houck, Nick Pivetta opening starts:10 8 3 2 5 12 24 swings and misses
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 7:25:51 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox’s Nick Pivetta tops out at 97 mph in 5 scoreless innings vs. Rays, has allowed 2 runs in 15 innings since trade from Phillies Updated 6:52 AM; Today 5:58 AM
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — Nick Pivetta has allowed just two runs and 10 hits in 15 innings (three starts) since the Red Sox acquired him from the Phillies last August.
The righty hurled 5 scoreless innings in his 2021 debut Monday. He allowed two hits and four walks while striking out four to lead the Red Sox 11-2 over the Rays here at Fenway Park.
“My slider was working really well today,” Pivetta said. “So me and (Christian) Vazquez really stuck with that. Didn’t have a ton of fastball command today. So when you have a second pitch that can really come around for you, that’s really big. And we attacked the strike zone with that today.”
Pivetta threw 42 four-seam fastballs, topping out at 97.1 mph and averaging 94.9 mph, per Statcast. He also mixed in 38 sliders (getting seven swings-and-misses with it) and 12 knuckle curves, which showed above average spin.
His four-seam fastball averaged near 95 mph from 2017-19, but dropped to 92.8 mph in a limited sample size last year (Statcast). So it’s good to see the velocity back to its norm.
His slider usage, meanwhile, has increased since he joined the Red Sox.
“I just have a lot of really good command with it,” Pivetta said. “And when my fastball’s not there today — curveball was OK but kind of spotty — it’s just important when you’re facing a lineup like that to get ahead of guys and put guys away. They weren’t seeing it very well. So we just kind of stuck with that game plan throughout. And that’s just important. It’s making adjustments throughout, seeing where guy’s swings are and going out there and competing with what you’ve got that day.”
Pivetta struggled with control. He threw 52 of his 92 pitches for strikes (or 57% strikes). Still, he made pitches in tough spots.
“Nick did an outstanding job mixing up his pitches,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “He got his slider involved and he had them off-balance.”
Pivetta, who turned 28 in February, is under team control through 2024.
The Red Sox acquired Pivetta and pitching prospect Connor Seabold from the Phillies for Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree last Aug. 21.
Seabold, who is at the alternate training site, showed mid-90s velocity with his fastball in spring training and his best pitch is his changeup.
Workman, who signed as a free agent with the Cubs this past offseason, allowed 11 runs, 10 earned runs, 23 hits (four homers) and nine walks in 13 innings for Philadelphia last year.
Hembree was even worse. He allowed 13 runs, all earned, 17 hits (seven homers) and five walks in 9 ⅓ innings for the Phillies.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 7:27:07 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox notebook: Eduardo Rodriguez could make 2021 debut in Baltimore, Xander Bogaerts delivers 4 hits, Martín Pérez has fun engaging with fans Updated 6:57 AM; Today 6:40 AM
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — Red Sox lefty Eduardo Rodriguez threw a bullpen session Monday and felt strong. It is possible he could start Thursday in Baltimore.
Rodriguez began this season on the 10-day injured list because of dead arm that he experienced late in spring training.
“He’s going to be with us sooner rather than later,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said after Boston’s 11-2 win against the Rays on Monday. “We’ll talk a little bit more about it tomorrow, but there’s a good chance he’ll be with us during the week.”
Bogaerts delivers 4-hit game
Xander Bogaerts went 4-for-5 with a double and RBI vs. the Rays on Monday. He had gone just 1-for-12 in his first three games.
So his averaged jumped from .083 to .294 in one night.
“I was telling our hitting coaches that I’m seeing the ball real well,” Bogaerts said. “If it was a problem with me seeing the ball, like the ball is coming on me quick, I would have been real worried.”
Bogaerts reviewed his swing on video Sunday and talked with the hitting coaches about adjustments.
“We went over it,” Bogaerts said. “Sometimes you want the results right away but it doesn’t happen always. Tonight it happened pretty quicker than I would have expected.”
Pérez enjoys interacting with the fans
Martín Pérez, who will start for the Red Sox vs. the Rays on Tuesday, has a strong Twitter presence. He often interacts with fans. He said he thinks it’s important to reply to their messages.
“That’s part of my job,” Perez said. “It’s not just play baseball. I like to speak with the fans and have fun when I do that.”
Verdugo brings hits — and energy
Alex Verdugo went 0-for-11 in Boston’s first three games this season. But he broke out of his early-season slump with a 2-for-4 performance Monday vs. the Rays. He doubled, drove in two runs and brought his usual energy. He yelled into the dugout after his RBI single.
“Just him bringing energy,” Cora said. “He’s a good player, a very emotional guy. ... 0-for-4, 4-for-4, you can bring energy regardless. You can play good defense. You can talk baseball to your teammates and give feedback. And that’s something that over the course of his career, he’s going to learn. He’s done a good job staying engaged in the game. He’s very emotional. And I love the fact that he posts every day. He needs to understand that there’s 162 (games) and the up-and-down emotionally is not easy.”
Red Sox walked just 6 times in first series
The Red Sox drew just six walks in their three-game series against the Orioles over the weekend.
“We didn’t control the strike zone and that is something we should do,” Cora said before Monday’s game. “As you guys know, I’m a big believer in walks. Walks will put you in a spot where you’re going to get locked in. And we didn’t walk too much in the first series.”
Whitlock thanked Cora after MLB debut
Rule 5 Draft pick Garrett Whitlock made his MLB debut Sunday. He tossed 3 ⅓ scoreless innings of relief vs. the Orioles.
“The way he handled the whole situation, it was amazing,” Cora said. “After the game, he was thanking me for giving him in a chance. No, no, no. Thank you for giving me 3 ⅓ innings and help us to be ready for today.”
New baseball
MLB slightly deadened the baseballs this year. The Associated Press reported in February, “MLB anticipates the changes will be subtle, and a memo to teams last week cited an independent lab that found the new balls will fly 1 to 2 feet shorter when hit over 375 feet.”
The Red Sox and Orioles hit just one homer this weekend, but Cora said it was difficult to determine the effect of the new baseball because the cold weather probably made more of a factor in the lack of offense.
“I feel like the wind was blowing in,” Cora said. “There was some balls we hit and actually they (the Orioles) hit, the second day. That ball (Alex) Verdugo hit down the line, I thought for sure from my view that was off the wall. But the wind was blowing in, too. So we’re about to find out. When the weather is better, see how it goes. ... The feedback from the hitters is not about the baseball. It was more about the wind blowing in, the conditions.”
Hernandez’s command issues
Darwinzon Hernandez entered with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning. He walked Manuel Margot and Yandy Diaz to walk in two runs.
Hernandez entered averaging 7.7 walks per nine innings in his career (39 ⅔ innings).
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 7:30:06 GMT -5
This version of the Red Sox can actually work Download the RADIO.COM app Current Time 0:00 / Duration 1:36 By Rob Bradford an hour ago
This wasn't perfect. But, if you're the Red Sox, it sure was needed.
The 11-2 win over the Rays represented more than just the elimination of any thoughts of 0-162, it showed the path to how this can actually be palatable. It's a notion that before 7:10 p.m. Monday seemed hard to grasp.
For starters, the guys Chaim Bloom and Co. pushed their chips into the middle of the table for actually paid off.
Nick Pivetta, the underperforming pitcher the Red Sox reeled in for Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree, lived up to that potential which had strung Phillies fans all the way up to his exit from Philadelphia. Pivetta allowed just two hits over his five innings. As a Red Sox starter? That would be two runs over 15 innings over three appearances.
It marked the Sox' third solid start in four tries. That can work.
His replacement, Matt Andriese -- another Bloom guy -- did give up a pair of runs in his 2 1/3 innings. But if not for a sure double-play grounder that bizarrely ricocheted off second base, this would have been the perfect change-up-led long-relief outing. That can work.
All of those bats that had gone silent, they woke up. We were promised they would, and sure enough.
You had the foundation -- J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts -- doing exactly what the Red Sox absolutely have to have happen. The No. 3 and 4 hitters went a combined 6-for-8 with Martinez clanging his second home run off the right-field foul pole. (The DH now has the best OPS in the American League at 1.722.)
But more importantly, the unknowns finally became known.
The player that perhaps elicited the biggest 24-hour 180-degree perception alteration was Franchy Cordero.
The left fielder came away with two hits, including an opposite field off the left field wall that gave the Red Sox their first lead of the season. Unlike the first two games, there were foul balls instead of swings and misses, allowing for the first positive impression for the guy who came back for Andrew Benintendi. That can work.
Two other newcomers, Hunter Renfroe and Marwin Gonzalez, also started to impact the game like the Red Sox were banking on. (Renfroe would have had three hits if not for the catch of the season by Randy Arozarena.) And one of the guys Bloom is banking on serving as a centerpiece, Alex Verdugo, finally came away with his first two hits of the season. That can work.
And even though Rafael Devers is still wallowing at the plate, there were two defensive plays -- a pinpoint throw to second, and the decision to stop short of a grounder in order to allow for a flawless play by Bogaerts -- that were subtle (and important) steps in the right direction for the third baseman.
Most all of the questions that seemed like they were trending firmly in the wrong direction thanks to the Orioles' Fenway sweep took an about-face against the defending American League champs.
This was the plan. It just took four games for it to actually fully kick in.
"I don’t want to say there was a different vibe, but night game, it was a different schedule. I’m not making excuses for them, but today it felt like it was normal," Cora said. "Obviously, the schedule is going to ask for us to make adjustments. We have two day games in Baltimore and four day games in Minnesota. But it felt like today the routine was normal, whatever that is. It just felt good. They were running the bases well. They played good defense. It was good."
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 7:34:24 GMT -5
Xander Bogaerts still thinks J.D. Martinez will win MVP, gives pep talk to Rafael Devers
By Jason Mastrodonato | jason.mastrodonato@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald April 6, 2021 at 6:15 a.m.
Few players have the pulse of the clubhouse as deeply as Xander Bogaerts does with the Red Sox.
And few players are as honest about what they see, in good times or bad.
The Red Sox finished an 11-2 win on Monday night to pick up their first win after an 0-3 start in which they were swept by the Orioles, a rebuilding team expected to be one of the worst in baseball.
Bogaerts had a few thoughts, opinions and expectations.
He knew he was better than he had performed over the weekend. He knew J.D. Martinez was swinging the bat well enough to carry the offense if he could get just a little help. And he knew Rafael Devers needed a pep talk.
From the outside, the Sox look like they’re sinking. On the inside, Bogaerts has a way of calming everybody down.
“There are 159 games left before today, you know?” he said after getting four hits in the club’s first victory. “And you just got to take it one day at a time. Sometimes it’s the same as hitting. You want five hits in one at bat. It’s not gonna happen. You might get five hits in one day but not five hits at one at bat. And sometimes you want to make up for those losses that we got. Just got to take it one day at a time.”
Bogaerts was particularly confused about his own start. He was 1-for-12 with two strikeouts and no walks through the first three games, but didn’t feel like he was 1-for-12. In his ninth big league season, Bogaerts has a sense when things are off, and to him, they weren’t off.
“You know what was funny, I was telling our hitting coaches, I’m seeing the ball really well,” he said. “If it was a problem with me seeing the ball, like the ball was coming on me quick or for some reason I’m not seeing the ball, I would’ve been really worried. But I was telling them, ‘man, I’m seeing the ball really good.’ I just noticed something in my swing and I talked to them about it. We went over it and tonight it definitely worked.
“Sometimes you want the results right away but it doesn’t always happen. Tonight it happened quicker than I would’ve expected. I was seeing the ball really well, I just wasn’t getting my hits. Obviously tonight was a good night.”
Whatever Bogaerts fixed, it worked. He destroyed the ball in three of his five at-bats. He also blooped a single to right field with a nice piece of hitting on a high-and-outside fastball. And he grounded into a double play.
His best swing of the night was probably the bloop single — just ask Jerry Remy, who loves when hitters stay back and poke one to the opposite-field — but the hardest-hit ball was a double he roped 105 mph off the bat. He came all the way around to score on the play while the Rays threw the ball around like a Little League team.
The Sox suddenly had energy, and Bogaerts could feel it.
“Our confidence is pretty high right now,” he said, surprisingly.
A big reason is what he’s seeing from Martinez, who was 2-for-3 with a homer, three RBIs and a pair of walks.
Martinez has now gotten on base in 10 of his first 17 plate appearances. He has five extra-base hits, including the team’s only two home runs, his second of which he drilled off Pesky’s Pole in the eighth inning.
“I told you guys last year, I told you guys, bro,” Bogaerts said, referring to his prediction that Martinez would win the MVP if he played enough outfield in 2021. “Last year what you guys saw, that’s definitely not who he is. This is a guy that comes to work and he prepares so much and he relies on his videos heavily and that’s what it takes for him. That’s what changed his career, and I was 100% sure that that was the issue and this year, having that in-game access, him just being able to take notice of his mistakes and get better during the game at bat by at bat, it’s pretty huge.”
One player who isn’t locked in: Rafael Devers.
The Sox scored 11 runs on 16 hits and three walks on Monday and the only person who wasn’t on base was Devers, who was 0-for-5. He’s now 0-for-11 to start the year.
“Obviously we have one guy that is not getting the knocks as of now,” Bogaerts said. “But I told him, ‘listen, when your knocks come, they’re gonna come in bunches because that’s the type of leader you are. You know how to hit.’
“It’s not like he forgot how to hit. His last couple of bats, he hit the ball well not those little roll-overs. He drove the ball, pretty much. So, we’ll get him where we want him to be and where he wants to be and then obviously we’ll be a much better team.”
Devers made another defensive gaffe, once again getting in front of Bogaerts on a potential play up the middle while the two were in a shift. Devers chased a ball to his left, Bogaerts chased to his right and Devers beat him there. The two collided and nobody made a play. Bogaerts was slow to get up, but wasn’t hurt.
The mistake offered a reminder that Devers has looked anything but smooth on defense thus far. The routine plays are the killers. But in Bogaerts’ mind, it’s all fixable.
“I told him that’s gonna happen sometimes,” the shortstop said. “We’re going to get in a clash. He wants to get the balls, I want to get the balls also. We’re not used to being in those types of positions. His range is unbelievable because he can get to so many balls.
“Sometimes he tries to do a little too much because he has that ability to catch the balls. Sometimes his throwing might be a little shaky. But since I played with him, his range is something I’ve been impressed with, year in and year out. For him, it’s just the routine plays. If he can make them, that’s what will separate him from being good or being great, just being consistent.”
That’s the way Bogaerts sees it. And he usually sees it pretty well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2021 10:36:40 GMT -5
Nice showing from the bats finally .
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 11:26:39 GMT -5
Hi Folks As it pertains to tomorrows game on youtube channel again, I noticed my package is not showing it right now anyone down there in the same boat?
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 13:22:30 GMT -5
Rays transferred RHP Chaz Roe from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.
The move clears a spot on the 40-man roster. Roe could be out up to 12 weeks due to a right shoulder strain, so this move doesn't impact his timetable in returning.
Rays placed OF Kevin Kiermaier on the 10-day injured list with a left quad strain.
Kevin Padlo has been called up to take his spot on the roster. Kiermaier exited Monday's game with a left quad injury and Rays manager Kevin Cash indicated that he could miss some time, so this doesn't come as a big surprise. Injuries continue to get in the way for him. Fortunately, Manuel Margot is more than capable of taking center field duties and makes for an interesting add in mixed fantasy leagues. Source: Marc Topkin on Twitter
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 13:30:10 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 6m Alex Cora on @mlbnetworkradio says "it looks like [Eduardo Rodriguez] will be a go this week."
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 13:36:32 GMT -5
Game 5: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notesBy Andrew Mahoney Globe Staff,Updated April 6, 2021, 2 hours ago After breaking out for 11 runs in Monday night for their first win of the season, the Red Sox will look to make it two in a row when they take on the Rays Tuesday night. Martín Pérez will get his first start of the season. He faced Tampa Bay three times in 2020, finishing 2-1 with a 2.30 ERA. Lineups RAYS (2-2)1. Yandy Diaz (R) 1B 2. Randy Arozarena (R) RF 3. Mike Brosseau (R) 2B 4. Manuel Margot (R) CF 5. Brandon Lowe (L) LF 6. Willy Adames (R) SS 7. Francisco Mejia (S) DH 8. Kevin Padlo (R) 3B 9. Mike Zunino (R) C Pitching: RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.00 ERA) RED SOX (1-3):1. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B 2. Alex Verdugo (L) CF 3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 5. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 6. Christian Vazquez (R) C 7. Marwin Gonzalez (S) 1B 8. Hunter Renfroe (R) RF 9. Franchy Cordero (L) LF Pitching: LHP Martín Pérez (3-5, 4.50 ERA in 2020) Time: 7:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Rays vs. Pérez: Adames 2-10, Arozarena 1-3, Brosseau 4-10, Díaz 5-15, Kiermaier 1-9, Lowe 2-5, Margot 0-8, Meadows 1-10, Tsutsugo 0-2, Wendle 1-6, Zunino 6-22. Red Sox vs. Glasnow: Arroyo 1-3, Bogaerts 1-10, Cordero 0-1, Devers 3-12, Hernández 0-1, Martinez 3-9, Plawecki 2-5, Renfroe 0-2, Verdugo 2-7, Vázquez 1-5. Stat of the day: This season is the first since 2001 that the Red Sox have not allowed a home run through the first four games of a season. Notes: J.D. Martinez Is the first Red Sox player to record at least one extra-base hit in each of the first four games of a season since David Ortiz in 2005 … Marwin Gonzalez became the first major leaguer since 1900 to start a team’s first four games of the season at four different fielding positions (LF, 2B, 3B, 1B; source: Elias) … Former Red Sox prospect Manuel Margot has at least one hit in eight straight games with a plate appearance against Boston, batting .563 (18-for-32) with seven runs and six RBI in those games … Glasnow allowed just one hit in six innings in his Opening Day start against Miami. He struggled against the Red Sox in 2020, allowing nine runs on 14 hits in 11 innings (7.36 ERA). Song of the Day: Iron Maiden "Wasted Years"www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij99dud8-0A
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 14:10:18 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 25m Alex Cora on @weei says Tanner Houck will be available in the bullpen tonight. He says the Sox still have no plans to go to a six-man rotation.
Dalbec sits a second straight day and Kiké Hernández gets his first day off
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 14:12:36 GMT -5
OMF @omfonweei · 28m Cora on Eduardo Rodriguez: "He's ready. Most likely he'll pitch in Baltimore"
@loumerloni : What's that mean for Houck?
Cora: "I don't know man. We had a plan coming into the season. We'll probably stick to our plan. We have 5 starters at the big league level we're confident in"
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 6, 2021 14:30:01 GMT -5
Jen McCaffrey @jcmccaffrey · 11m Programming note: Wednesday’s Red Sox and Rays game at 1:10 p.m. ET will be the first MLB Game of the Week Live on YouTube this season and will be available exclusively on YouTube (so no NESN). It'll be available for free on YouTube.com/MLB or on the YouTube app
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