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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 3:04:47 GMT -5
Red Sox notebook
Stormy Sunday in New England pushes Red Sox series finale to Monday
By Peter Abraham Globe Staff,Updated August 22, 2021, 6:07 p.m.
Hurricane Henri was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday, but still brought enough wind and rain to postpone the Rangers-Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
The teams will make up the game at 1:10 p.m. on Monday. Gates will open at 11:40 a.m., and tickets for Sunday’s game will be good. The game will be televised on NESN.
The Red Sox will stick with Nate Eovaldi as their starting pitcher and the Rangers with Koby Allard.
Related: Speier: Saturday’s debacle flashpoint of glaring Red Sox issue: Defense
Eovaldi is 1-4 with a 5.13 earned run average in seven starts since the All-Star break. The Sox were 11-7 when Eovaldi started prior to the break, but are 1-5 since, with three of the losses coming against the Yankees.
Eovaldi faced the Rangers on April 30 in Texas and allowed one run over six innings as the Sox won, 6-1.
Allard is 3-10 with a 4.88 ERA. He opened the season in the bullpen and went into the rotation in late May. He is 2-10 with a 5.35 ERA since, but has pitched well this month, allowing seven earned runs over 19 innings in three starts.
Allard has faced the Sox once in career, on Sept. 25, 2019. He started that game at Globe Life Park and allowed five runs over three innings.
Tanner Houck’s next step
The Sox open a three-game series against the Twins on Tuesday night and are planning to recall rookie righthander Tanner Houck from Triple A Worcester to make the start. That will allow them to use Chis Sale on Thursday with an extra day of rest.
Sale has made his last four starts, counting his minor league rehabilitation games, after either five days or six days of rest. He also has been held to five innings in both of his starts since rejoining the major league team after a two-year absence due to Tommy John surgery.
Houck has a 3.12 ERA in nine games (seven starts) this season, but is 0-3. Counting six starts at Worcester, he has pitched only 55⅔ innings this season.
Red Sox headed to Williamsport
Major League Baseball announced the Red Sox and Orioles are scheduled to play in the Little League Classic at 7 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2022 in Williamsport, Pa. The teams were scheduled to play in the 2020 event that was canceled by the pandemic.
The Orioles will be the home team as part of a three-game series that starts Aug. 19 at Camden Yards.
Complete washout
Triple A Worcester also was rained out Sunday. Double A Portland got started, but suspended its game against Binghamton in the fourth inning with it 3-3. The game will resume at 5 p.m. on Sept. 7, followed by the scheduled game against Binghamton, which will be seven innings . . . Righthander Matt Andriese, who was released on Thursday, signed a major league contract with Seattle. Andriese had a 6.03 ERA in 26 appearances for the Sox. His last major league game was on July 9.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 3:17:50 GMT -5
Rangers @ Red Sox
Monday 23rd August
1pm @ Fenway
Allard 3-10/4.88
Kolby Allard allowed three runs on seven hits and no walks with two strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings in a 7-4 win over the A's on Sunday. Allard completed his third consecutive quality start on Sunday, holding the A's to three runs over 6 1/3. Matt Chapman took Allard deep for a solo homer in the second inning. He completed three more scoreless innings before Mark Canha added a run with a solo shot in the sixth. Allard started the seventh, but was relieved after giving up a pair of singles with one out. One of the inherited runs would come in to score, but the Rangers held on to give Allard his third win of the season.
Eovaldi 10-8/3.91
Eovaldi allowed two runs over five innings Tuesday to take a loss to the Yankees in the second game of a doubleheader. Eovaldi did his part, but run support has been an awfully inconsistent thing for him lately. It's his first loss in five starts against the Yankees this season. He's given up a total of eight runs -- seven earned -- over 31 1/3 innings in those games.
Red Sox attempt to bounce back in series finale vs. Rangers
Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora is hoping that an extra day off will help to wash away the memory of his team's sloppy play on Saturday night.
The Red Sox committed a season-high five errors and had several baserunning blunders in a 10-1 blowout loss to the scuffling Texas Rangers. Boston will attempt to bounce back after Hurricane Henri postponed the series finale against the Rangers at Fenway Park by one day to Monday afternoon.
"Five errors, we didn't run the bases well. We didn't put good at-bats, we didn't pitch. In this thing, it's a team effort. You start with us, with the coaches, to keep coaching," Cora said. "We've been playing sloppy ball for a while, and they keep doing it."
Cora has made numerous tweaks to Boston's lineup and starting rotation, but nothing has seemed to help get the Red Sox out of their prolonged rut.
Once sitting comfortably atop the American League East standings, the Red Sox are tied with the Oakland Athletics for the second AL wild-card spot.
The loss on Saturday was Boston's 16th in its last 24 games, dropping the Red Sox to 15-19 since the All-Star break.
"It's not acceptable for a team that is fighting for the playoffs to show up like that and play like that," an exasperated Cora said. "It doesn't matter if you win and lose the game, it's how you win or lose the game -- and that's not acceptable."
In the opposite clubhouse, the Rangers were riding high after putting together one of their best performances in an otherwise lost season. Texas recorded a season-high seven doubles to help snap a four-game skid.
The Rangers had lost 13 of 17 overall and suffered their 16th road loss in 17 games since the break with a 6-0 defeat to the Red Sox in the series opener Friday before breaking out the bats on Saturday.
"Playing a good Red Sox team and for us to be able to put up the amount of runs, the hits that we did (was cool) -- everybody in the lineup got a hit tonight," said Rangers utility man Brock Holt, who had a pair of RBI singles in the win over his old team.
It has been a successful homecoming for Holt, who is 3-for-10 with the pair of RBIs in his return to Fenway Park. Holt spent seven seasons with Boston and was a part of two World Series-winning teams from 2013 to 2019.
"Got married playing for the Red Sox, had two kids playing for the Red Sox, we bought a house here," Holt said. "To be able to come back and get the reception that I got ... is super cool for me and my family."
Texas will send left-hander Kolby Allard (3-10, 4.88 ERA) to the mound to oppose Red Sox right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (10-8, 3.91 ERA) in the finale.
Eovaldi is 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA in three career starts versus Texas. Allard will be making his second career appearance against Boston as he attempts to win back-to-back starts for the first time this season.
--Field Level Media
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Monday, at 1:10 PM EST
Partly Cloudy
According to Forecast.io, it's expected to be 74° F with a 16% chance of rain and 8 MPH wind blowing right to left in Boston at 1:10 PM EST.
Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com Forecast.io
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 6:58:33 GMT -5
Evan Grant
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Forecast looks great for Rangers-Red Sox tomorrow.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 9:10:08 GMT -5
Game 126: Rangers at Red Sox lineups and pregame notesBy Andrew Mahoney Globe Staff,Updated August 23, 2021, 18 minutes ago Maybe a day off will do the Red Sox some good? After committing a season-high five errors in a 10-1 loss on Saturday, the Sox got a break when Sunday’s game was postponed because of Tropical Storm Henri. The game is being made up today. Saturday represented the Sox’ worst defensive performance since they had five errors on Aug. 25, 2017 vs. the Orioles. They are in third place in the American League East, seven behind the Tampa Bay Rays and 2½ behind the Yankees. Here are the standings. Lineups
RANGERS (43-80): Pitching: LHP Kolby Allard (3-10, 4.88 ERA) 1. Yonny Hernandez (S) 3B 2. Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) SS 3. Adolis Garcia (R) RF 4. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B 5. Jonah Heim (S) C 6. DJ Peters (R) CF 7. Jason Martin (L) LF 8. Nick Solak (R) 2B 9. Andy Ibanez (R) DH RED SOX (70-55): 1. Enrique Hernandez (R) 2B 2. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF 3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 5. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 6. Hunter Renfroe (R) RF 7. Kevin Plawecki (R) C 8. Alex Verdugo (L) CF 9. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B Pitching: RHP Nate Eovaldi (10-8, 3.91 ERA) Time: 1:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Rangers vs. Eovaldi: Adolis García 0-2, Jonah Heim 0-2, Brock Holt 5-14, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1-1, Nathaniel Lowe 1-6, Nick Solak 0-3 Red Sox vs. Allard: Xander Bogaerts 1-2, Rafael Devers 0-2, J.D. Martinez 1-2, Christian Vázquez 1-2 Stat of the day: In 17 games this month, Bobby Dalbec has a slash line of .310/.408/.643/1.051 (13-for-42, sevens runs, three doubles, one triple, three home runs, 12 RBI, five walks, and two hits by pitch. Notes: Eovaldi is 2-1 with a 2.50 ERA in three career starts vs. Texas. He is 1-4 with a 5.13 earned run average in seven starts since the All-Star break … Kyle Schwarber has reached base safely in a career-best 19 consecutive games (.474 OBP, 24-for-65, 21 runs scored, four doubles, 12 home runs, 19 RBI, 12 walks, and one hit by pitch) … Each of Hansel Robles’s last five appearances are scoreless (five innings pitched) … Allard is 2-10 with a 5.35 ERA since joining the rotation in late May … Holt is 3-for-10 with a pair of RBIs in his return to Fenway Park. Song of the Day: Soul Asylum - Miserywww.youtube.com/watch?v=GLQ2TIul8pI
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 9:19:39 GMT -5
Christopher Smith
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Rafael Devers is back in the No. 5 spot in the batting order, where he began the season. He typically hit fifth throughout the first half but he has batted in the Nos. 2 and 4 spots in all but one game since July 19.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 9:32:44 GMT -5
our new 1B everyone
Tom Caron @tomcaron
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Schwarber playing in the field for the first time since July 2. He’s in left, the only position he has played in the last 2 seasons. #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 9:44:59 GMT -5
Ian Browne
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Schwarber could play first base as early as this week, according to Alex Cora.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 9:45:58 GMT -5
Pete Abraham
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Christian Arroyo activated today. Jonathan Arauz optioned.
Arroyo's last MLB game was July 18. He was 0-7 with a BB in three AAA games.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 9:48:33 GMT -5
Alex Speier
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Cora: ‘(The players) know how I felt after the game’ on Saturday.
Cora says he’s pleased to see Schwarber in the OF but he’ll ‘feel better’ when Schwarber is at first base.
Cora says Sox wanted to ‘let Raffy breathe’ by moving him to the fifth spot in the order, something made possible by Schwarber batting second.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 10:11:34 GMT -5
Ian Browne
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Tanner "TBD" Houck is on the taxi squad today and will start tomorrow. Pivetta on Wednesday, Sale on Thursday.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 10:12:25 GMT -5
Lou Merloni
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In order for the Sox to have their best defensive and offensive team on the field, Schwarber needs to play 1B. Until then, they will be a bad defensive team. Too many defensive downgrades to find a way to get his bat in the lineup. Not good. Good pickup though.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 10:55:06 GMT -5
John Blake
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Rangers roster moves for today: LHP Wes Benjamin and INF Curtis Terry recalled from Round Rock. RHPs Drew Anderson and Mike Foltynewicz and INF Brock Holt placed on COVID-19 Related IL. Rangers have 25 active players for today.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 12:59:03 GMT -5
Verdugo with a run ding dong in the 2nd
Red Sox up 2-0
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 13:28:49 GMT -5
all ready up to the 5th
Devers gets an error on a bad play there.....jesus ugly throws
that gets 2 on the bases
and Dalbec can't squeeze a throws and he picks up an error
2-1 Red Sox
and then the Rangers clang into a double play on a safety squeeze.....christ
what ugly baseball
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 23, 2021 13:38:25 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats
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Elite Red Sox defense
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