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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 5, 2021 14:47:19 GMT -5
Red Sox Notes @soxnotes · 57m Xander Bogaerts’ rankings among shortstops in 2021:
.351 AVG – 1st .385 OBP – 1st .604 SLG – 1st .988 OPS – 1st 16 XBH – 1st 10 doubles – 1st 39 hits – 1st
Since Apr. 20, he leads the AL with 6 HR (in only 13 games). He has homered in 3 of his last 4 games.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 5, 2021 15:13:36 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 9m New lineup. Verdugo was scratched. Back issue per @ianmbrowne
Hernández CF, Devers 3B, Martinez DH, Bogaerts SS, Vázquez C, Gonzalez 1B, Arroyo 2B, Renfroe RF, Cordero LF, and Pérez LHP.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 5, 2021 15:18:57 GMT -5
Verdugo must of tweaked his back doing that little twirl as he trotted around 3rd when he homered last night
but hey
Let the kids play right?
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Post by Kimmi on May 5, 2021 16:30:31 GMT -5
Lucky to escape the top of the 7th. Would like to tack on an insurance run. That should have been a relaxing win for us, but the Tigers just wouldn't go away. How did they score so many runs with their putrid offense? Geez.
That said, it's a win. We'll take them any way we can get them.
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Post by Kimmi on May 5, 2021 16:31:13 GMT -5
Brice is a mess should be on the DFA train with Cordero
3 errors last night
a win, but sloppy baseball
Very ugly game, but a win nonetheless.
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Post by Kimmi on May 5, 2021 16:32:24 GMT -5
Christopher Smith @smittyonmlb · 6h Red Sox catchers have thrown out 3 of 20 base stealers this year. Really?
I guess I need to pay closer attention to that.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 5, 2021 16:36:19 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 54m Hyers on Bogaerts -- 'He's a special hitter -- special player. He's got that motor about himself. He comes in every day with a great attitude no matter what's going on.'
'Swing-wise, he can hit a fastball. That's what you have to do to stay in this league.' #RedSox
Hyers on Dalbec -- 'I think it gets to him at times. Like every player in that locker room, he wants to do well for the city, for his teammates, for the team and for himself.' #RedSox
Hyers on Dalbec -- 'Coming out of spring training I felt the swing was going to allow him to put a lot more balls in play.' #RedSox
Hyers on Verdugo in 2021 vs. 2020 -- 'I'm not sure his swing is better. I think he's a lot more confident when we talk about pitchers.' #RedSox
Hyers on the Chili Davis firing -- 'Just heard it. Chili is a great individual.'
'I learned so much from him. His experience helped me out to get a position.'
'I know he's a great man. I know he cares for his players. It's a tough gig.' #RedSox
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Post by Kimmi on May 5, 2021 16:39:37 GMT -5
Verdugo must of tweaked his back doing that little twirl as he trotted around 3rd when he homered last night
but hey
Let the kids play right? Hope it's nothing serious.
Glad to see Devers back in the line up.
We've been fortunate from an injury standpoint so far.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 5, 2021 16:48:16 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox weather: Alex Cora says club ‘should be okay’ to face Tigers on Wednesday despite rain in forecast Updated 4:52 PM; Today 4:48 PM
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
BOSTON -- The Red Sox and Tigers are expected to play Wednesday night despite a rainy forecast in the Fenway Park area, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. The two teams are scheduled for a 7:10 p.m. first pitch in Boston.
“We should be okay,” Cora said around 3:15 p.m. “It’s going to be a wet one and cold, so just a normal night here.”
The National Weather Service forecast calls for showers throughout the evening but the radar shows a decreasing chance of rain throughout the night. The game might need to be delayed if the rain in the area doesn’t end before 7:00.
From the NWS: “Showers, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog before 1am. Low around 47. North wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.”
In the unlikely event the game is postponed, the Red Sox and Tigers would likely play a doubleheader Thursday, with the series finale currently scheduled for 1:10 p.m. The Red Sox are scheduled to fly to Baltimore and Detroit is scheduled to fly home to face the Twins on Thursday night; the Tigers don’t come back to Boston this year because they aren’t a divisional opponent.
The Red Sox won the series opener, 11-7, and have Martín Pérez on the mound opposite former No. 1 overall pick Casey Mize on Wednesday night. Stay tuned for updates about the weather situation throughout the evening.
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Post by Kimmi on May 5, 2021 16:50:57 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox weather: Alex Cora says club ‘should be okay’ to face Tigers on Wednesday despite rain in forecastUpdated 4:52 PM; Today 4:48 PM No rainouts or rain delays please.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 5, 2021 18:46:46 GMT -5
Bill Koch @billkoch25 · 32m Tom Caron reports a 745 first pitch for #RedSox-Tigers tonight. Extended @nesn pregame breaking some news.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 6, 2021 1:29:09 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 4h By the way: This is the second time Arroyo got drilled on the hand in a game he wasn't supposed to play but ended up being pressed into duty due to a late scratch for Alex Verdugo.
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 3h X-rays negative on Christian Arroyo's left hand.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 6, 2021 1:30:13 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 3h Sox 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position, have left 10 runners on base.
The days of wine and roses have ended for Garrett Whitlock. Three-run homer by Candelario and the Tigers lead, 6-3.
#Tigers 6, #RedSox 5 (10), final.
Tigers snap a six-game losing streak. It was their second win in 13 games.
Turnbull vs. Eovaldi tomorrow at 1:10 p.m.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 6, 2021 1:58:59 GMT -5
Whitlock grateful 'you always get tomorrow' 2:14 AM ADT Ian Browne
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne
BOSTON -- Garrett Whitlock had been the feel-good story of April for the Red Sox, as the Rule 5 Draft pick who turned in one dominant outing on top of another out of the bullpen.
And he could still wind up being their feel-good story of the season. But thus far, May has not been so kind.
The righty served up a three-run homer to Jeimer Candelario in the top of the 10th to lift the Tigers to a 6-5 victory over the Red Sox in 10 innings on Wednesday night at soggy Fenway Park.
“It's part of being a big leaguer,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “You're going to have good days and bad days, and he should be OK.”
Whitlock handled the defeat with the same even demeanor he displayed after so many of his strong performances in April.
• Dalbec scuffling; Verdugo rests sore back
“It’s baseball, that’s the best thing about it is you always get tomorrow, and like I said, I’m just thankful to be here so each time AC gives me the ball, I’m going to go out and give it the best I can and try and help the team win,” he said.
After six scoreless outings -- covering 13 1/3 innings and including 18 strikeouts -- to open his career, Whitlock suffered his first blemish on Sunday in Texas when he allowed a solo homer to Isiah Kiner-Falefa. But that simply reduced a Boston lead from two runs to one.
Wednesday's mishap was more costly. Candelario beat Whitlock on a first-pitch sinker that was belt high and on the outer half of the strike zone.
“I was thinking, 'Get ahead with a fastball,' and tried to attack and induce a ground ball, and he put a good swing on it,” Whitlock said.
There was some misfortune earlier in the inning. With the automatic runner on second and nobody out, Whitlock appeared to have Jonathan Schoop on a called third strike on the ninth pitch of the at-bat, a 96.3-mph heater down the middle. Home-plate umpire D.J. Reyburn ruled that it was low, though Statcast showed the pitch was in the strike zone.
“You’ve just got to focus on each pitch, and the umpire called it a ball, and so you move on from there and you try and attack the next pitch,” Whitlock said.
Whitlock’s next pitch was middle-middle and Schoop hit a little popup into short right field.
With catcher Christian Vázquez playing second base because Christian Arroyo had to exit due to soreness in his left wrist after he was hit by a pitch, the ball fell into no man’s land, and right fielder Hunter Renfroe couldn’t quite get to it. Had Arroyo still been in the game, the ball likely would have been caught.
Instead, Whitlock was staring at runners at the corners with nobody out when Candelario delivered the game-breaking hit.
Despite the frustrating loss for the Red Sox, the fourth in the last six games against sub.-500 opponents Detroit and Texas, there were some good things that happened on Wednesday.
J.D.’s smash into the bullpen Red Sox slugger -- and former Tiger -- J.D. Martinez continues to come up big for his team.
With Boston down 3-1 with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, the star DH clocked an equalizing, two-run homer into Boston’s bullpen in right-center.
Martinez is tied with Atlanta's Ronald Acuña Jr. for the MLB lead in homers with 10.
The Red Sox nearly won the game with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth when Xander Bogaerts hit a liner to left that had an expected batting average of .720. But it was caught by Tigers left fielder Robbie Grossman, sending the game into extras.
“[Bogaerts] hit it off the end, so the ball hung a little bit,” Cora said. “It was a good play. The way he hit it, he didn't hit it as hard as he usually does. I was hoping it would get down, but the ball just hung up there and [Grossman] made a nice catch.”
Another strong outing by Peréz For the second consecutive start, Red Sox lefty Martín Pérez had a strong effort and nothing to show for it. Over 5 2/3 innings, Pérez allowed just two earned runs while striking out six, all looking.
The only damaging hit he allowed was a two-run single off the Monster by JaCoby Jones. If first baseman Marwin Gonzalez hadn’t stepped in front of second baseman Arroyo on a grounder earlier in the inning, Pérez would have never faced Jones in the sixth. When the Tigers scored their first run in the fourth, it was because Franchy Cordero booted a routine single by Jones, allowing Candelario to score from second on the error.
“I mean, tonight was good, and only one pitch changed the game,” Pérez said. “But like I say to my teammates, I think they hit my best pitch. So, I’m OK with that, and after that we were able to score some runs, tie the game, and I think the game was right there and everybody did a great job. So, just continue to do what we’ve been doing and be ready for tomorrow and win the series.”
In his first 10 Fenway Park starts for the Red Sox dating back to last season, Pérez is winless.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 6, 2021 2:03:28 GMT -5
Dalbec scuffling; Verdugo rests sore back May 5th, 2021 Ian Browne
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne
BOSTON -- After Bobby Dalbec bashed a Grapefruit League-leading seven homers, nobody was more optimistic about the type of rookie season he would have than Red Sox hitting coach Tim Hyers.
However, Dalbec has spent most of the first month of the season in a slump, and his hitting coach is trying to help him find some answers.
“I didn't see it like this, getting off to the start that he's off to. That's kind of a shock to me,” Hyers said. “Coming out of Spring Training, I felt his swing was going to allow him to put more balls in play. I know he's working hard to work out a few of the kinks that are causing him to lose some posture and lose some lower-half stability, and I feel that's where he gets underneath the baseball a lot.”
For Red Sox manager Alex Cora, there is a fine line between giving Dalbec time off to help him decompress and keeping him in the lineup so he can fix what ails him.
Dalbec has started 23 of the first 31 games, but he was not in the lineup on Wednesday night against the Tigers.
“He's still working on his timing. It's something that we've been talking about; it's very important,” Cora said. “He's not playing today, so he'll keep working at it. It just takes one swing with him. I don't think it has to be a line drive to right field. I do believe, just get a hanging breaking ball and pull it for power, something positive, right? One thing for sure, we're working with him hard, he's going out there and playing hard, trying to make every play at first base, which is very important.”
Dalbec is a natural third baseman, but his defense at first base has been excellent. He’s saved many errors from other infielders with his scoops.
“It's something I mentioned yesterday to him,” Cora said. “'Hey man, just look at -- you haven't produced offensively. Look at the scoreboard, look where we are at in the standings, and you're playing good defense. That's what it's all about. Even if you're not contributing offensively, just go out there and help your teammates out somehow, some way. And he's done that."
Given the versatility of Boston’s roster, it is easy for Cora to slot someone in at first base so Dalbec can regroup. Marwin Gonzalez started at first on Wednesday. Dalbec was known for getting off to slow starts each time he advanced to a new level in the Minor Leagues. However, he did belt eight homers in 80 at-bats for the Red Sox at the end of last season.
By contrast, Dalbec has taken 79 at-bats this season and has only one home run to go with a line of .190/.247/.304.
“Obviously it’s a different environment. Now you’re the first baseman of the Boston Red Sox. That comes into play,” Cora said. “But we understand that there’s an adjustment period for him and right now, he’s hitting ninth, he’s hitting eighth. I don’t want him to put pressure on himself. Kind of like, ‘Just be you right now.’ Obviously, offensively it hasn’t clicked, but we know that at one point he’s going to start hitting balls in the air, and he should be fine.”
Verdugo rests with sore back Outfielder Alex Verdugo was in the original lineup on Wednesday but became a late scratch due to lower back tightness. Verdugo was willing to play, but Cora took the decision out of his hands. Kiké Hernández moved from second base to center field. Christian Arroyo was inserted into the lineup at second. Rafael Devers moved from the fifth slot to second and Christian Vázquez was elevated to the No. 5 hole.
It is important that the Red Sox keep Verdugo healthy. He has been one of their best players this season. In Tuesday’s win, he smashed an impressive laser-beam down the line in left and over the Monster for a homer. You don’t see left-handed hitters go deep with that trajectory down the line very often.
“I asked Timmy [Hyers] if that takes a perfect swing to do, and he was like, ‘Yeah, you have to be on time, you gotta be perfect’, and that was eye-opening,” Cora said. “I thought that ball was going to go off the wall. The fact it went over the wall, it was impressive. He’s in a good spot right now offensively. Balanced. Swinging at strikes. Using the whole field. It’s been fun watching him the last two or three weeks.”
Hyers wishes Chili well When Hyers was hired as the hitting coach of the Red Sox, he replaced Chili Davis, who held that role for Boston from 2015-17.
Hyers, who worked under Davis when he was a roving instructor for the Red Sox, was saddened to hear about Davis getting dismissed by the Mets
following Monday’s game.
“Chili is a great individual. I learned a lot from him,” Hyers said. “He cares for his players. It’s a tough gig. I know it’s a performance-based job, and I know he’ll be back in the business soon, I’m sure.”
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