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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:13:31 GMT -5
Bill Koch
@billkoch25
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Darwinzon Hernandez (with Bryan Almonte) -- 'I may have had a bad day today, but there will be better days. And I'll be ready.' #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:14:51 GMT -5
Bill Koch
@billkoch25
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The #RedSox walked seven on Thursday night. Several of those proved costly in a defeat against the Mariners. This is steadily becoming a trouble spot for the Boston staff.
Garrett Whitlock is coming off Tommy John surgery. The #RedSox see him as a future starter. They want to use him in a multi-inning bullpen role for now.
He's going to be kept on a somewhat regular throwing program. They seem committed to that, especially early in the season.
Red Sox Stats
@redsoxstats
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Whitlock's days between games in spring training: 4, 6, 4.
Then he went 15 days between his last spring outing and his first MLB appearance.
Days between games in MLB: 3, 5, 4, and now currently 3...
It's arm protection, can't see him suddenly becoming a regular setup guy.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:16:23 GMT -5
OverTheMonster
@overthemonster
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Franchy Cordero is an, uh, interesting outfielder
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:18:04 GMT -5
Jason Mastrodonato
@jmastrodonato
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Asked if the Red Sox are one high-leverage reliever short, Alex Cora says, "we've ben saying that all along, right? But somebody has to step up."
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:19:19 GMT -5
John Tomase
@jtomase
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You give up one hit in nine innings, you shouldn't even be playing in the 10th, let alone trailing 7-3.
The last time a team scored at least seven runs on 3 or fewer hits, @eck43
pitched in the game. His A's beat the Jays 8-4 on April 12, 1994 despite recording only two hits. 12 walks helped.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:20:44 GMT -5
Pete Abraham
@peteabe
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Cordero has punched out in 20 of his 41 at-bats. 2 XBHs.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:21:12 GMT -5
Pete Abraham
@peteabe
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Ottavino made his own mess there, walking two poor hitters on 10 pitches the firing a sinker to Devers on the bunt. Sox were fortunate it was only one run.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:21:59 GMT -5
Tom Caron
@tomcaron
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Sox pitchers have walked the 7-9 hitters four times tonight. Three of those walks came into score. #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:23:40 GMT -5
My wish is that the
analytics team positions him on the bench for a while
Pete Abraham
@peteabe
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Cora said Cordero was positioned where he was supposed to be on France's double.
"That was the recommendation."
Said he doesn't second guess because the positioning has been good much of the season.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:29:04 GMT -5
Alex Speier
@alexspeier
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Two multi-walk innings combined with a couple of rough defensive plays have cost the Red Sox three runs - Cordero's questionable positioning on the Ty France double, then Ottavino's wild throw to third on a sac bunt attempt.
Darwinzon Hernandez hasn't had the same putaway stuff this year as in 2019-20. He had a K rate of over 37% in '19-'20, and just 21 percent this year entering tonight. Hasn't had the same life on his pitches. Cora said before today's game he thought the swing-miss was coming, but ...for the Red Sox, it obviously didn't come quite quickly enough.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:33:23 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox’s Alex Cora didn’t consider Matt Barnes for 10th inning, put in Darwinzon Hernandez, who lost game: ‘You’ve got to be careful’
Updated 1:59 AM; Today 1:54 AM
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
BOSTON -- Though Red Sox closer Matt Barnes only threw 12 pitches in the ninth inning of Thursday’s loss to the Mariners, manager Alex Cora never considered sending him out for a second inning.
With the game tied, 3-3, after nine innings, Cora instead turned to lefty Darwinzon Hernandez, who gave up four runs -- including three on a Mitch Haniger home run -- in the 10th as the Red Sox lost, 7-3. Barnes, who retired all three hitters he faced, was never going to make a multi-inning appearance.
“Where we’re at right now and where we’ve been playing the way we’ve been playing, the way we’ve been using (relievers), you’ve got to be careful,” Cora said.
The Red Sox, now 12-8, have won 12 of their last 17 games and are in sole possession of first place in the American League East. The fact the team looks like a contender means Cora isn’t going to “chase” wins -- or manage aggressively in a certain game while potentially putting the team in a worse position for the next game or series.
“We have a good baseball team,” Cora said before the loss. “We know that. We see what’s going on, we see where we’re at and we see what we can do. Now, it’s time to start structuring the bullpen. It’s not about giving roles, but managing the game accordingly, not only for tonight but for the next day and the next series.”
Barnes, who saved Tuesday’s game with a 14-pitch inning against Toronto, has just one appearance so far this season that lasted more than one inning -- a two-inning, 23-pitch outing against the Rays on April 6. Cora’s decision to have him only record three outs Thursday night reflects the club’s conservative approach toward its pitchers after an unprecedented 60-game season in 2020.
Hernandez, who hadn’t pitched in a week, recorded an out to start the 10th before Sam Haggerty drove in Evan White (the automatic runner at second base) to put Seattle up, 4-3. After getting Tom Murphy to fly out, Hernandez walked J.P. Crawford -- the Mariners’ No. 9 hitter -- before Mitch Haniger hit a three-run homer that put the game out of reach.
“In that inning, the big at-bat was Crawford’s,” Cora said. “They score one run — we’ve been talking about it. That one run really doesn’t matter. We’ve got to avoid the second run.”
With Ryan Brasier on the injured list and Adam Ottavino and Josh Taylor both struggling, the Red Sox have had to rely on Barnes (0.90 ERA) and Hernandez (1.50 ERA entering Thursday) for big outs late in games. Through 20 games, it appears the club is one reliable reliever away from having the bullpen Cora envisioned during spring training.
“We’ve been saying that all along but somebody has to step up,” Cora said. “The bottom line is, we had a lead going into the eighth and we ended up losing the game. We feel we’re capable, we’ve got capable guys. But people have to step up and do the job.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:34:25 GMT -5
Franchy Cordero misses 2 balls in Boston Red Sox’s loss, but Alex Cora says ‘he was playing where he was supposed to’
Updated 2:24 AM; Today 2:19 AM
April 22, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)AP
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
BOSTON -- Red Sox outfielder Franchy Cordero looked like he had quite the adventure in left field Thursday night against the Mariners, but manager Alex Cora insists Cordero was right where he was supposed to be on two key plays.
Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta had a no-hitter going through 5 ⅔ innings before Mariners designated hitter Ty France hit a line drive over Cordero’s head that went for a two-run double. At first glance, it appeared Cordero -- who leaped to try to catch the ball -- was playing too shallow. But Cora said Cordero was playing right where the Red Sox wanted him with runners on first and second in a game Boston led, 2-0.
“We had him right there,” Cora said. “That’s the recommendation. We make adjustments but, usually — we’ve been really good about positioning. I’m not going to second-guess that one.”
In the 10th inning, Sam Haggerty cleared Cordero’s head with an RBI double of his own, giving Seattle a 4-3 lead in an eventual 7-3, extra innings win for the Mariners. Once again, the ball cleared a leaping Cordero and rolled all the way to the Green Monster.
“He was playing where he was supposed to,” Cora said. “From the dugout, you can’t tell. I’ll take a look at it. He gave the effort. It’s not about the routes or the way he was planning. I think, for as good as we pitched today, we didn’t pitch well. We walked too many guys (7). There was a lot of traffic at the end and we weren’t able to put them away.”
The first double, which broke up the no-hitter, doesn’t appear to have been Cordero’s fault. According to MLB.com’s Mike Petriello and Ian Browne, Cordero only had a 15% chance of making that catch considering how shallow he was positioned.
Pivetta, who issued back-to-back two-out walks before France stepped to the plate, took the blame for the game-tying hit. The righty’s 2-2 slider to France caught more of the plate than he had hoped.
“It was a mistake on my part, giving up that hit, double,” Pivetta said. “That really hurts. That’s something we’ve got to work forward to next time. Locating those pitches when we’re in those counts. Obviously, the two walks before that were really disappointing. I hold myself accountable for that.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:37:16 GMT -5
Red Sox Notes
@soxnotes
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Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez are tied with five other players for the AL lead in HR (6).
They’re the first Red Sox teammates with at least 6 HR each through 20 games since David Ortiz & Manny Ramirez in 2005.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:40:24 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats
@redsoxstats
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Marwin is 3 for 20 with 8 K when starting six times over Dalbec at first base. Think we've seen about enough of that for a while.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 23, 2021 3:49:32 GMT -5
Mariners @ Red Sox
Friday 23rd April
7pm @ Fenway
Kikuchi 0-0/4.74
Delivered again in his 3rd start vs the Astros, going 7 innings. This will be his 2nd start vs Boston who he faced as a rookie in 2019.
Perez 0-1/ 5.93
Has faced the Mariners more than any other team. Is 8-5/ 3.42 over 121 IP vs them.
Franchy Cordero, Red Sox try to bounce back vs. Mariners
According to STATS
It would seem Red Sox left fielder Franchy Cordero is still getting acclimated to the position in his first season in a Boston uniform.
Cordero misplayed a line drive in the sixth inning Thursday that broke up Nick Pivetta's no-hit bid and also failed to snare another liner in the 10th to allow the go-ahead run to score as the Red Sox took a 7-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners despite giving up only three hits.
The four-game series continues Friday night in Boston.
"He was playing where he was supposed to," Red Sox manager Alex Cora said in defense of Cordero. "From the dugout, you can't tell. I'll take a look at it, but he gave the effort.
"I think it's not about the routes or the way he was playing, I think for how good we pitched today, we didn't pitch well. We walked too many guys, there was a lot of traffic at the end and we weren't able to put them away."
Pivetta was cruising with a 2-0 lead and a no-hitter until he walked J.P. Crawford and Mitch Haniger with two outs in the sixth. Up came Ty France, who hit a liner to left-center field.
Cordero was positioned just 252 feet from home plate, according to StatCast, or 25 feet shallower than Red Sox left fielders lined up against right-handed hitters in each of the previous two seasons. Cordero seemed to take an awkward route to the ball and despite a leaping attempt, it sailed over his head, breaking up the no-hitter, the shutout and tying the score at 2-2.
The Mariners didn't get another hit until the 10th. With one out and a runner at third, Sam Haggerty hit a liner down the left field line that also went over a leaping Cordero, giving Seattle a 4-3 lead. Crawford walked with two outs and Haniger hit a three-run shot into the Red Sox bullpen in right-center field.
Haniger, who missed most of the past two seasons with injuries, is batting .316 with five homers and 17 RBIs out of the leadoff spot for the Mariners, who are tied with Oakland for the best record in the American League.
"To have him on base, it's just, he works great at-bats," France said of Haniger. "So, before I get into the box, I've seen pretty much everything the pitcher has thrown, which helps me out a lot.
"But yeah, just putting that pressure on the pitcher with someone on base, especially with a guy like Mitch, who can run, it's nice for me, and guys don't want to pitch to Mitch. So hopefully they'll pitch to me. We're feeding off each other well right now."
Seattle left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (0-0, 4.74 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday against Boston lefty Martin Perez (0-1, 5.93).
Kikuchi pitched a season-high seven innings on April 16 against the Houston Astros but gave up five runs on six hits in a 6-5 Mariners win. He has faced the Red Sox just once, in the second start of his major league career in 2019, when he allowed three runs (two earned) over six innings but didn't get a decision.
Perez has faced the Mariners more than any other opponent in his 10-year career (121 innings), going 8-5 with a 3.42 ERA in 23 appearances, including 21 starts. He is coming off a loss against the Chicago White Sox, who tagged him for four runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings on Sunday.
--Field Level Media
Mariners
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Friday, at 7:10 PM EST
Clear
According to Forecast.io, it's expected to be 53° F with a 0% chance of precipitation and 13 MPH wind blowing out in Boston at 7:10 PM EST.
Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com Forecast.io
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