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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:44:49 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 5h
Sox (69-54) have lost 14 of 20 and are now six games out. Yankees have won 6 straight, 7 of 8 and 13 of 16.
Red Sox scored 5 runs over 23 innings in the three-game series, 2 in the final 18 innings.
I don’t write headlines. But that seems bad.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:46:54 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 6h Here are the pitches at which the Red Sox have swung tonight. I count 19 swings on pitches outside of the strike zone against Heaney. (There were 38 takes on pitches outside the zone, so a 1/3 chase rate - actually, not far from Heaney's 31.8 percent chase rate this year)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:49:28 GMT -5
Red Sox Notebook: Tanner Houck trusting ‘greater plan’ during up-and-down stretch Optioned to Worcester four times since July 29
By Steve Hewitt | stephen.hewitt@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: August 18, 2021 at 6:59 p.m. | UPDATED: August 18, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.
In what’s become a theme after each of his recent starts, Tanner Houck was optioned back to Triple-A Worcester again on Wednesday, a day after he threw four innings against the Yankees. But if the rookie is frustrated by the up-and-down nature of what his season has become, he’s not showing it.
Houck has now been optioned four times since July 29 in what could be described as procedural moves. Three of his last four starts have come during doubleheaders, where the Red Sox can use him strategically as the 27th man without optioning anyone, allowing for greater roster flexibility as they hit the stretch run of the season.
Houck remained with the Red Sox in New York on Wednesday — which has been common even when he’s technically optioned — but he must report to Worcester on Thursday. The righty will continue to be their fifth starter, though manager Alex Cora wouldn’t reveal when his next start will come. With an off day Thursday and Monday, they likely don’t need him again until next week. Because he was used as the 27th man, he’ll be eligible to pitch for his next turn in the rotation.
“He’s an important part of what we’re trying to accomplish here,” Cora said again Wednesday.
Cora made a note on Tuesday to say how impressed he’s been with how Houck has handled an uncertain situation. Despite emerging as their best young arm and earning a spot in the rotation over Garrett Richards and Martin Perez, who were both moved to the bullpen, the Red Sox have yet to really go all-in with Houck, who hasn’t pitched longer than five innings in any of his starts. But he’s had no choice but to take it in stride.
“They’ve been very forward about everything,” Houck said. “They’ve been great about the communication, they’ve told me since Day 1, you’re going to be a big part of this team. I’ve said it since Day 1, I don’t want to take anything away from this team. I only want to give. It’s a great clubhouse, great group of guys. I sound repetitive but every time I get my number called, I plan on stepping up and rising to the occasion, no matter what the circumstances are. I could get frustrated with it, but that’s not going to help anyone. …
“I think it’s just knowing that there is a greater plan and God has a plan for everyone. You gotta kind of go out there and roll with the punches day by day and see what life brings you. That’s how I live truly my whole life, is just taking these different opportunities whenever I have them and just trying to maximize from them.”
Venable returns to U.S.
Red Sox bench coach Will Venable’s quarantine in Canada is officially over. After testing positive for COVID-19 on Aug. 7, Venable was back in the United States on Wednesday and will join the team in Boston on Friday when they return to face the Rangers.
“Spending all that time in the room and then obviously what happened (Tuesday), it’s good for him to just relax, breathe, walk around and be ready for Friday,” Cora said.
In Venable’s absence, the Red Sox added minor league coordinators Darren Fenster — fresh from winning a silver medal at the Olympics as a coach with the U.S. baseball team — and Andy Fox to help out Cora. The manager has been working with them since spring training in 2018 and they’ve been a boost.
“Those two guys, I really respect,” Cora said. “I love the way they go about their business, the way they talk about the game, their communication has been amazing, and it’s been a joy to have them around.”
Arroyo may return to first
Christian Arroyo made his first rehab start in Worcester as the designated hitter and will start again Thursday and play second base as he returns from the hamstring injury he suffered while making his first career start at first base last month in New York. Cora didn’t rule out the possibility of Arroyo playing first again when he returns.
“As long as he doesn’t stretch or slip, whatever you want to call it,” Cora joked. “He’s going to work at first. I don’t think he’s going to start at first base but he’s going to get some work in at first base.”
Ryan Brasier was scheduled to pitch both Wednesday and Thursday in Worcester as he inches closer to making his 2021 debut with the Red Sox.
“I think this is important, obviously for him and for us, for him to be able to post back-to-back,” Cora said. “So we’ll talk about it on Friday and see what’s next with him. But he’s getting close to joining the team.” …
After playing in both doubleheader games as the designated hitter, Kyle Schwarber was out of Wednesday’s lineup but available off the bench. Kevin Plawecki was the DH, while J.D. Martinez started in the outfield for a fourth consecutive game. Schwarber is expected to play in the outfield this weekend at Fenway. …
The Red Sox announced their 2022 spring training schedule, which begins Feb. 25 with their exhibition game against Northeastern. They’ll play 34 games in 32 days, finishing on March 29 at JetBlue Park against the Twins. Opening Day for the regular season is March 31 at home against the Rays.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:50:46 GMT -5
Sinking Red Sox swept by Yankees in the Bronx Sox now a season-worst six games back in the AL East
By Jason Mastrodonato | jason.mastrodonato@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald PUBLISHED: August 18, 2021 at 10:52 p.m. | UPDATED: August 18, 2021 at 11:47 p.m.
The Red Sox still had hope when Hunter Renfroe drew a full count against a tiring Andrew Heaney in the sixth inning on Wednesday night.
Heaney threw a 3-2 changeup almost a foot off the plate. Had Renfroe let it go, he would’ve drawn a walk, pushed Kiké Hernandez to second base and sent Xander Bogaerts to the plate as the tying run with nobody out.
Instead, Renfroe threw his bat at the pitch, barely making contact as the ball sailed into the glove of Aaron Judge in right field. Bogaerts then grounded into a double play to end the inning and kill the Red Sox’ chances as they went down quietly in a 5-2 loss to the Yankees.
“We got beat in every aspect of the game,” manager Alex Cora said. “They pitched better than us. They hit better than us. They played better defense than us. It’s that simple.”
Renfroe’s bad swing was arguably the worst mistake of the night for a Red Sox team that made a few of them over three games in the Bronx. They were swept out of town by the Yankees, who moved one game ahead of them in the American League Wild Card chase.
After starting the season 7-0 against the Yankees, the Red Sox have gone just 3-6 against their rivals.
The Sox fell to a season-low six games back of the Tampa Bay Rays in the A.L. East and are currently on the outside looking in for the Wild Card, depending on a late game with the Oakland A’s and Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night.
“Obviously we’re upset,” Renfroe said. “We’re pretty (expletive) at ourselves. We wanted to come out here and we wanted to win the series. I think that kind of sums up a few weeks of us not playing up to our potential. I think everybody’s frustrated with themselves and kind of beating themselves up.”
All night Sox hitters swung wildly while Heaney recorded quick outs and never lost control. Heaney, who was acquired from the Angels at the trade deadline, held the Sox to two hits over seven innings.
It was a bad showing from the Sox offense, which has been swinging at bad pitches 31% of the time this year, the worst chase rate in the big leagues.
“To produce at this level, you have to keep the line moving, you have to walk, you have to get deep into counts and you have to recognize what’s going on in the game,” Cora said. “I’m not saying that’s not the case. The guys are watching. But you have to make adjustments.”
Heaney hadn’t thrown at least seven innings while allowing two hits or fewer since early in the 2018 season, a span of 71 starts.
“There were some good at-bats and some empty at-bats,” Cora said. “He pitched a lot different than probably his previous start and the one we saw him pitch in Anaheim.”
He wasn’t the only trade deadline acquisition who made an impact for the Yankees on Wednesday.
The play everyone will be talking about came in the second inning against Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta.
Giancarlo Stanton hit a leadoff single, Rougned Odor walked and Gary Sanchez sliced a blooper to shallow right field, where J.D. Martinez made a sliding effort but came up short. With the bases juiced, Brett Gardner hit a sacrifice fly to score one and Andrew Velazquez singled through the middle to score another and put the Yanks ahead 2-1.
That should’ve been it, if not for a bad defensive play by Bobby Dalbec with two outs. Anthony Rizzo hit a bouncing grounder up the first-base line and Dalbec made a failed attempt to stab his glove at the ball, which bounced off Dalbec and rolled behind him while two more runs scored.
Rizzo was playing in his 10th game with the Yankees, who weren’t expected to acquire a first baseman at the trade deadline, especially not after they acquired Joey Gallo to give them another left-handed bat. Most of the rumors predicted the Red Sox would acquire Rizzo. Instead, the Yankees quietly made the Cubs an offer they couldn’t refuse and landed the star first baseman before the Sox could.
Dalbec has been better of late, but has largely disappointed offensively and defensively all year.
Rizzo was generously credited with a single on the play.
“If you ask Bobby, probably he’ll tell you he needs to make that play.” Cora said.
Pivetta then walked Judge and was removed from the game having lasted just 1 2/3 innings.
“Yes they have a good lineup, yes they have a good team, but we’re better and we’re going to move forward from this,” Pivetta said.
The only positive takeaway for the Red Sox was Garrett Richards’ dominance out of the bullpen. He threw four sparkling innings, striking out five and allowing one walk without any hits.
In his first game off the injured list, Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman looked wild in the ninth, allowing a solo homer to Renfroe, a walk to Bogaerts and a single to Martinez, but the Sox couldn’t capitalize.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:52:27 GMT -5
Lou Merloni @loumerloni · 6h Nice pick by Rizzo. Imagine if you had a subpar 1B who didn’t come up with that. We’d be saying the pitcher choked and that the Manager is awful and should be fired, but that didn’t happen did it. He’s good defensively. Defense matters.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:54:47 GMT -5
Nick Pivetta says Boston Red Sox ‘are better’ than Yankees despite being swept: ‘We’re going to move forward from this’ Updated 12:08 AM; Today 12:08 AM
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
NEW YORK -- Even after the Yankees passed the Red Sox in the standings with a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta said he believes Boston is the better club.
New York, now 69-52, holds a one-game advantage over the 69-54 Sox, though Boston has won 10 of 16 games between the clubs this season.
“I firmly believe in not giving people too much credit,” he said. “You’re going out and competing against them at all times. So, yes, they have a good lineup. Yes, they’re a good team. But we’re better and we’re going to move forward from this.”
Boston won its first seven games against the Yankees to start the year, sweeping them in New York from June 4-6 and again in Boston from June 25-28. New York has bounced back with five straight wins at Yankee Stadium, winning on July 17 and 18 before sweeping three games over the last two days.
On Wednesday, Pivetta -- making his first career start against New York -- had his worst outing of the season, surrendering four runs in just 1 ⅔ innings. He gave up four hits in the second inning alone and the Sox lost, 5-2.
“I think their plans were pretty sound, speaking about me, personally,” Pivetta said. “I think they had a good plan against me. They’re a good baseball club. They have a lot of talented guys on their team, just like we do. We’re going toe-to-toe against them. We did really good against them earlier in the season. We struggled a little bit through these three games.”
The Sox held a 9 ½ game lead over the Yankees on July 26 but lost their lead quickly, going 7-15 in their last 22 games while the Yankees posted an 18-5 mark in that stretch. The teams will face off in one more series this year, at Fenway Park from Sept. 24 to 26.
“We’ve just got to do a couple things here and there and we’ll be okay,” Pivetta said. “But yeah, they’re doing good right now, yes.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:56:02 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox ‘very quiet’ in clubhouse after Yankees sweep them: ‘Everybody’s frustrated and beating themselves up,’ Hunter Renfroe says Updated 1:58 AM; Today 1:56 AM
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
NEW YORK -- Just over two months ago, the Red Sox roared into Yankee Stadium and solidified themselves as American League contenders with a three-game sweep over the Yankees in early June. Their last visit to the Bronx this season might mark the beginning of the end of their run toward October.
The Yankees swept the Sox this time around, winning three games in two days, including Wednesday’s 5-2 series finale. New York won the last five matchups between the clubs at Yankee Stadium this season, reverting the place back to the house of horrors it was for Boston in 2019 and 2020, when the club was 1-15 here.
The mood, admitted manager Alex Cora, was somber for a club that has lost 15 of its last 22.
“It’s very quiet today. It’s very quiet in the clubhouse, and understandably so,” Cora said. “It’s a different feeling than early in the season when we came here and did what we did.”
Save for a weekend outburst against a lowly Orioles’ pitching staff, the Sox’ potent offense has not looked like itself in recent weeks, and in the Bronx, the warts showed. Boston’s bats plated just three runs in 14 innings in Tuesday’s doubleheader, then were completely shut down by lefty Andrew Heaney -- who entered having allowed 15 earned runs in 15 innings as a Yankee -- Wednesday night. Heaney allowed just one run on two hits in seven innings and the Sox finished the night with four total hits.
Cora said his team has had too many “empty at-bats” in recent weeks and once again emphasized the importance of controlling the strike zone. Outfielder Hunter Renfroe, who homered in the ninth off Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, believes the team is pressing, especially at the plate. A pregame meeting about the overall offensive approach went well, Renfroe said, but didn’t completely translate into the batter’s box.
“We’re pretty pissed at ourselves,” Renfroe said. “We want to come out here and we want to win the series. I think that kind of sums up -- I don’t know how long it has been -- but a few weeks of us not playing up to our potential. Everybody’s kind of frustrated with themselves and beating themselves up about it.
“We’re maybe trying to do too much instead of going out there relaxed and just trying to play our game,” he said. “We know we’re very, very good.”
Starter Nick Pivetta recorded just five outs, allowing four runs on four hits in 1 ⅔ innings. His performance was an aberration for a new-look Sox rotation that, entering Tuesday, had posted a 2.64 ERA (17 earned runs in 58 innings) over its last 11 starts while swapping out Garrett Richards and Martín Pérez for Tanner Houck and Chris Sale.
“I do believe the pitching staff is going to be there,” Cora said. “Now, it’s a matter of the offense waking up, having a good feeling and getting going. If we do that, we’re going to be in good shape.”
The Sox are off Thursday before beginning a stretch of nine games against three teams -- Texas, Minnesota and Cleveland -- who are under .500. The Rangers, who have the second-worst record in the American League, await Boston at Fenway Park on Friday.
Turning the page from a brutal series against an ascending Yankees club will be vital for the Red Sox with 39 games remaining.
“We got beat. We got beat in every aspect of the game,” Cora said. “They pitched better than us, they hit better than us, they played better defense than us. It’s that simple.
“We’ve got to show up on Friday and start putting good games together,” Cora said. “That’s the bottom line. We know where we’re at. We put ourselves in this situation, regardless of what happened the last month or whatever it is. We still control our own destiny.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 3:57:13 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 6h Both teams have .150 expected batting averages tonight. Truly awful contact made all around. The only separator being bad defensive plays by JD and Dalbec.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 4:01:50 GMT -5
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 6:38:05 GMT -5
Mastrodonato: Flailing Red Sox offense not getting Alex Cora’s message Sox’ 31% chase rate is the highest in MLB
By Jason Mastrodonato | jason.mastrodonato@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald August 19, 2021 at 5:35 a.m.
For the better part of seven weeks, Red Sox manager Alex Cora has been begging his team to control the strikezone.
The message isn’t getting through.
Wednesday, the Red Sox had a pregame meeting where, once again, the message was clear: chase less, take your walks and trust the guy behind you.
And once again, the Red Sox offense didn’t listen as they mustered just four hits in a mostly lifeless 5-2 loss against the Yankees. They were swept in the three-game series, scoring just five runs.
In the third inning, Kiké Hernandez took a fastball right down the middle for strike one. Then he struck out swinging wildly on a curveball so far out of the zone he lost the grip of his bat and it flung into the air as he did a full 360-degree turn before setting his helmet down.
In a key spot in the sixth, Hunter Renfroe chased a changeup almost a foot outside the zone and threw his bat at the ball, which he popped up to shallow right field.
And in the ninth, Rafael Devers just needed to reach base safely to bring the tying run to the plate, but swung at all three pitches he saw from the Yankees’ erratic closer Arodlis Chapman. None of them were in the zone.
This is who the Red Sox have been for a long time now, and Cora can’t seem to change it.
“It’s about controlling the strikezone,” Cora said. “That’s it. Obviously, we didn’t do it today. I look back at video or the tape or whatever you want to call it, I bet there were a lot of outs that were out of the strikezone. A lot of swings out of the strikezone. That’s the first thing you have to do, control the strike zone.”
How many times can he say it?
He said it early in the year, when the Sox were scoring runs despite an aggressive plate approach. He said it in the middle of the year, when the Sox saw their chase rate soaring. And he continues to say it now, as their 31% swing rate on pitches outside of the zone is the worst among all 30 teams.
They’re swinging like crazy and teams know it. They pitch differently against them because of it.
“I think it’s kind of what everybody sees,” Renfroe said. “We’re having trouble stringing hits together…. We need to relax and go out there and play our game. We know that we’re good. We know we have those guys that we need to get us where we want to go. We’ve just got to continue to stay focused on ourselves and stay within ourselves.”
Andrew Heaney hadn’t thrown a good game in weeks. He hadn’t held a team to two hits or fewer over seven innings in four years. But he did it on Wednesday. The Sox had just two hits off the lefty.
“He pitched a lot differently than his previous one and the one we saw from him in Anaheim,” Cora said. “This is a guy who relies a lot on his four-seamer. I think he’s second in the league, after Robbie Ray, of left-handed starters. You saw right away — 1-0 changeup to Kiké Hernandez. He let us know right away where he was going.
“We did an OK job. You know what I mean by OK. There were some really good at-bats and then there were some empty ones. To produce at this level, you have to keep the line moving, you’ve got to walk, you’ve got to deep into counts, you’ve got to recognize what’s going on in game. I’m not saying that’s not the case. The guys have been watching. But we haven’t been able to make adjustments.”
The Sox had a few good at-bats in the game, including a key walk by Hernandez in the sixth and a walk by Xander Bogaerts in the ninth. But otherwise it was more of the same.
Renfroe said the Sox’ lineup is “over-anxious” and “trying to do too much instead of just taking a walk and allowing the next guy to go up there.”
“Obviously we’re upset,” he said. “We’re pretty (expletive) at ourselves. We wanted to come out here and we wanted to win the series. I think that kind of sums up a few weeks of us not playing up to our potential and I think everybody’s frustrated with themselves and kind of beating themselves up.”
A pregame talk didn’t do the trick.
Cora said it was a quiet clubhouse after the game.
All the talking hasn’t worked. Maybe silence will.
“It’s very quiet today, I’ll tell you that,” Cora said. “It’s very quiet in the clubhouse, and understandably so. It’s a different feeling than early in the season when we (won the first seven games against the Yankees). All that stuff is in the past…
“We’re an offensive club, and we know that this club is supposed to score runs, and we will. But today it’s very quiet in there, and I understand. It’s not a good feeling.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 6:42:04 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox notebook: Kyle Schwarber will make outfield debut over weekend, Ryan Brasier ‘close’ to return; Will Venable to rejoin team Friday Today 6:00 AM
By Chris Cotillo | ccotillo@MassLive.com
NEW YORK -- Kyle Schwarber’s time serving exclusively as the Red Sox’ designated hitter will soon come to an end.
Schwarber, whose first four starts with the Red Sox have all come at DH while he returns from a significant hamstring strain, will make his outfield debut over the weekend against the Rangers, manager Alex Cora said. Schwarber is likely to see action in left field in the coming days.
“He’s feeling a lot better,” Cora said. “You saw him running yesterday. He moved well.”
Schwarber was out of action for six weeks after straining his hamstring on July 2 while playing for the Nationals. Needing a lineup boost, the Red Sox activated him Friday, but have only used him at DH in an effort to bring him along slowly. At this point, the slugger feels good enough to get back into the outfield.
Schwarber also continues to work out at first base but is a ways away from playing there in a game, Cora said. On Wednesday, Schwarber worked out both in the outfield at at first base, a position he has never played before in the majors. He will only play the outfield for at least his first few games back in the field.
“We’ll keep working with that, but first thing’s first, he’ll play the outfield, of course, before he plays first base,” Cora said.
Arroyo in Worcester, Brasier getting ‘close;’ Santana could head on rehab assignment over weekend
Second baseman Christian Arroyo (left hamstring strain) had the night off at Triple-A Worcester after starting at second base and going 0-for-2 in his rehab debut Tuesday. He is scheduled to play second base Thursday and could be activated from the injured list at some point over the weekend.
Arroyo strained his hamstring stretching at first base on July 18 in his first career appearance at the position. The injury will not keep the Sox away from trying Arroyo there again, Cora said.
“As long as he doesn’t stretch or slip, whatever you want to call it,” Cora said. “He’s going to work at first. I don’t think he’s going to start at first base but I think he’s going to get some work in at first base.”
Reliever Ryan Brasier (concussion) allowed a two-run homer in his latest rehab outing Wednesday night and is scheduled to pitch again Thursday at Polar Park. That could be the last step for Brasier before he makes his season debut, as Cora said the righty is “getting close to joining the team.”
Brasier now owns a 24.55 ERA in three outings with Worcester, but Cora isn’t concerned about the results.
“Honestly, what I’ve seen is the report on the pitches, not actually the results,” he said. “The information we get is like everything is accordingly to what he did last year. His fastball, his slider is good. Probably, command a little bit off, but as far as the stuff, we’re very comfortable with it.”
Infielder/outfielder Danny Santana () was spotted working out in Worcester on Wednesday and could begin a rehab stint as the designated hitter this weekend.
Venable returns Friday
Bench coach Will Venable, who has been quarantining in Canada for two weeks after testing positive for COVID-19, is set to rejoin the Red Sox on Friday. Venable was already back in the United States on Wednesday and will make a quick trip to North Carolina on the off day Thursday to see his children off for their first day of school.
Cora is happy his right-hand man will return after a couple weeks working remotely.
“Spending all that time in the room and obviously, with what happened yesterday, it’s good for him to just relax, breathe, walk around and be better for Friday,” Cora said.
With Venable and first base coach Tom Goodwin (who returned Tuesday) both away from the team in recent days, the Red Sox had to make two coaching additions from their minor-league ranks. Cora said he has enjoyed working with Darren Fenster and Andy Fox, who have been with the staff.
“The guys that are here, it’s people that we trust,” Cora said. “We’ve been working together in spring training since 2018.”
Houck down, but still in line for start soon
After Tuesday’s doubleheader, the Red Sox optioned righty Tanner Houck back to the WooSox. It marked the sixth time that had happened this season.
Houck worked out at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday and will report to Worcester on Thursday, but his standing in the rotation is unchanged. Because there is no minimum stay in the minors for players who come up as the 27th man for a doubleheader, Houck can be recalled at any time. That means he’s in line to pitch next week with the Twins in town -- or even later if the Sox decide to take advantage of off days and go with a four-man rotation.
“I can’t go into details with that, but he’s an important part of what we’re trying to accomplish here,” Cora said.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 7:56:22 GMT -5
John Tomase @jtomase · 10h I wouldn't normally advocate violence, but the Red Sox might need to brawl. They're like a catatonic Tony Soprano sleepwalking through life before getting the orange juice shot out of his hands and waking the bleep up.
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Post by Kimmi on Aug 19, 2021 9:16:49 GMT -5
Well that didn't go well. Apparently, we can only beat the lowly Orioles. Pitching was not the problem. Where's our offense?
It's GO time over the next 9 games before we face the Rays again.
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Post by Kimmi on Aug 19, 2021 9:17:32 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 5h
Sox (69-54) have lost 14 of 20 and are now six games out. Yankees have won 6 straight, 7 of 8 and 13 of 16.
Red Sox scored 5 runs over 23 innings in the three-game series, 2 in the final 18 innings.
I don’t write headlines. But that seems bad. All I can say is, if the Yankees can make up as much ground as they did over 3 weeks, so can the Red Sox.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 19, 2021 9:22:21 GMT -5
Well that didn't go well. Apparently, we can only beat the lowly Orioles. Pitching was not the problem. Where's our offense?
It's GO time over the next 9 games before we face the Rays again. Pitching has been awful (both pen and SP) since the trade deadline unless they are playing Baltimore. all the stats to say so have been posted in here,but here is a quick reminder on the Gas Can Gang going into last nightPete Abraham @peteabe · 1h Since July 29, #RedSox relievers have allowed 49 ER over their last 62.2 IP.
Take away the three games against tanking Baltimore and it's 48 ER over 52.2 IP in 15 games.
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