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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 15:43:23 GMT -5
and Jake plunks the first batter
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 15:46:09 GMT -5
Brasier coming in now bases juiced
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 15:50:54 GMT -5
And we are tied 5-5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 6m Gleyber Torres will hit with the bases loaded and one out. He'll face Ryan Brasier.
5th reliever, and no Matt Barnes. If the Sox don't trust his velo on a day like this, why isn't he on the IL?
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 15:56:12 GMT -5
onto the 11th
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 16:00:32 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 3m To the 11th we go in the Bronx.
The Yankees are out of bench guys. The Sox have Shaw.
Kutter Crawford now warming up.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 16:06:39 GMT -5
Chris Cotillo @chriscotillo · 1m Yankees will have a chance to win it in the bottom of the 11th. Kutter Crawford is in the game.
Donaldson, Judge, Rizzo for NYY.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 16:10:45 GMT -5
Donaldson walks it off Kay doing back flips Gas Can Gang strikes in Game # 1 sweet baby jesus
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 8, 2022 16:12:05 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 1m Donaldson up the middle and that's your ballgame.
Yankees 6, Sox 5 in 11
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Post by Kimmi on Apr 8, 2022 17:18:28 GMT -5
It was a good game with the wrong outcome. The Sox got to Cole early, but couldn't get much else going. Verdugo had some nice defensive plays.
I know that bullpen rants are going to start (already), but I'm not really upset with the way the Sox pitched.
On to Game 2.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 9, 2022 2:51:52 GMT -5
Bogey doesn't think hamstring injury is too serious April 8th, 2022 Ian Browne
NEW YORK -- For Xander Bogaerts, the satisfaction of slapping a go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 10th inning on Friday's Opening Day at Yankee Stadium was washed away by the pain and concern he felt as soon as tried to run out of the batters' box.
The run swiftly turned into a hobble. Bogaerts suffered a right hamstring injury on the hit and exited the contest in the bottom of the frame.
In a way, that up-and-down sequence for Bogaerts was symbolic of the type of opener this was for the Red Sox in what wound up a 6-5, 11-inning loss to the Yankees.
It started out with promise, as in a two-run rocket to right field in the top of the first by Rafael Devers and a 3-0 lead by the time Nathan Eovaldi threw his first pitch.
For the rest of the day, there were ups and downs. Here are the most relevant takeaways for the Red Sox from their first Opening Day contest against the Yankees since 2013.
Bogaerts optimistic Though the Red Sox would have loved to win on Opening Day, the tradeoff of Bogaerts avoiding serious injury is something they will take.
And at least for now, that appears to be the case.
"Hopefully I come back [Saturday], I feel good and [I'll be] ready to go," said Bogaerts.
Perhaps Bogaerts did himself -- or at least his right leg -- a disservice by having three hits in the opener, matching his total from Spring Training.
"I don't know if it's because I didn't do much running during the games in Spring Training, I was getting only outs," said Bogaerts. "I got on base today a couple of times and I ran pretty hard right out of the gate, first to third. I should have hit a homer like Devers. First to third right away. Then I doubled down the line. I don't know, hopefully tomorrow it's good."
Will Bogaerts play Saturday?
"We'll know more later on today," said Red Sox manager Alex Cora. "We'll see how he reacts to treatment and all that stuff and we'll see how he feels tonight."
Verdugo flashes leather The Red Sox have elite defenders in center and right in Kiké Hernández and Jackie Bradley Jr. Their left fielder reminded everyone on Friday that he's pretty good also.
Alex Verdugo came up with two sparkling catches in left field. The first came at the perfect time, as Verdugo stretched his glove as far as he could to take away what could have been a two-run double by DJ LeMahieu. That was the final pitch for Eovaldi, who left with the game locked in a 3-3 tie after five.
Per Statcast, Verdugo had a 30 percent catch probability, making it a 4-star play. He covered 43 feet in 3.2 seconds.
For context, Verdugo was 2-for-6 on 4-star opportunities last season.
"He has two really good guys playing with him and they talked defense the whole spring, or about his first step and all that and making adjustments," said Cora. "He made some great plays. When Dugie is locked in like that, it's fun to watch."
Robles makes quick entrance It was eye-opening when Hansel Robles still was able to make the Opening Day roster despite pitching in just two Grapefruit League games after his late arrival due to visa issues.
Though Robles was in Fort Myers, Fla., for less than a week, Cora expressed confidence from the outset he could make up for lost time. The hard-throwing righty did just that on Friday, striking out Giancarlo Stanton for the third out of the bottom of the ninth, stranding the potential winning run on second.
"In his words, he probably had more innings [in Spring Training] than any of our pitchers because he went to the Dominican Academy and did an outstanding job preparing for the big league season," said Cora.
It was big for Robles to be able to come through in that spot, because Cora revealed after the game that Matt Barnes was unavailable due to back soreness.
Whitlock plan worked until it didn't For several weeks, Cora plotted that he would use power righty Garrett Whitlock for an extended relief outing on Opening Day.
When Verdugo gave the Sox a 4-3 lead in the sixth, Cora had the perfect opportunity. Whitlock came out of the gate in overpowering fashion, striking out three in the sixth while generating six swings and misses. It was more of the same in the seventh, a 1-2-3 seventh inning aided by Verdugo's second web gem of the day. Get the latest from the Red Sox
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The Sox were just five outs away from victory when LeMahieu took Whitlock deep to tie the game at 5 on a 96.2 mph heater that was in the upper portion of the strike zone. It was a 1-2 pitch and Whitlock was hoping LeMahieu would chase.
Friday's misfire aside, Whitlock figures to again be as important as any pitcher on Cora's staff.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 9, 2022 2:52:54 GMT -5
INJURY UPDATES Day to day
Matt Barnes (back tightness) Expected return: TBD When the Red Sox played 11 innings on Opening Day and used six relievers, it was curious that Matt Barnes never pitched. Manager Alex Cora solved that mystery after the game, explaining that Barnes was unavailable due to a sore back.
“It’s just tight,” Cora said. “He felt tight since [Thursday].” -- Ian Browne (Last updated: April 8)
Xander Bogaerts (right hamstring tightness) Expected return: Possibly Saturday It was an unwelcome sight for the Red Sox when Bogaerts limped out of the box after his go-ahead single in the top of the 10th inning on Friday, an eventual 6-5 loss to the Yankees. Bogaerts was replaced by Jonathan Araúz on defense in the bottom of the 10th. The shortstop sounded reasonably confident he avoided serious injury.
“We’ll know more later on today,” manager Alex Cora said after Friday’s game. “He’s a little tight in his right hammy. We’ll see how he reacts to treatment and all that stuff and we’ll see how he feels tonight.” -- Ian Browne (Last updated: April 8)
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 9, 2022 3:20:15 GMT -5
Our daily soap opera of Boston and baseball began with a back-end thud By Dan Shaughnessy Globe Columnist,Updated April 8, 2022, 6:37 p.m.
NEW YORK — They play almost every day. There is always a chance for quick redemption. It’s one of the reasons we love baseball and one of the reasons we are glad it is back.
The Red Sox opened their 122nd big-league season Friday with an 11-inning, 6-5 loss to the Yankees in the House That Jeter Built. On a postcard-perfect Bronx afternoon, the Sox got good work from a raft of no-name relievers before the immortal Kutter Crawford (a man with two innings of big-league experience) surrendered a game-winning single to Josh Donaldson.
“It was intense out there,” said new Sox second baseman Trevor Story, who went 0 for 5. “It’s fun. That’s the kind of atmosphere you want to play in.”
All of the Sox’ strengths and weaknesses seemed to be on display in this 3-hour, 56-minute matinee. Rafael Devers blasted a two-run homer in the first, Xander Bogaerts cracked three hits, and Nate Eovaldi held the fort for five serviceable frames. Garrett Whitlock pitched two innings of great relief before yielding a game-tying homer to D.J. LeMahieu.
But the Sox committed a couple of errors, failed to hit in the clutch, and had no stopper at the back end of the pen. Matt Barnes sat while Crawford crumbled after nice work by Whitlock, Matt Strahm, Hansel Robles, Jake Diekman, and Ryan Brasier. Sox manager Alex Cora said the high-priced Barnes had a new back issue.
Strap yourself in, Sox fans. The days of top-dollar pitching help are gone for this Local Nine. The Chaim Bloom Red Sox will try to survive with reclamation projects and hurlers cut loose by the likes of San Diego and Oakland. It promises to be a thrill ride.
The good news is there is another game Saturday. And Sunday. And almost every day between now and Oct. 5.
In this spring of 2022, we crave normalcy and routine. A pandemic stubbornly lingers, war rages in Europe, and prices rise hourly. Following the Sox — on radio, TV (we miss Jerry Remy), online, or in the newspaper (gulp) — is part of our daily drill. Like brushing our teeth, taking a multivitamin, and morning coffee. We make the bed, feed the dog, call to check in on Mom, and ask, “How’d the Sox do yesterday?”
The Sox did not do very well Friday, but let’s agree that it’s too early to trot out the time-tested “Wait ‘Til Next Year.”
The 2021 Red Sox surprised Baseball America and made it within two wins of the World Series. They return to an American League East that might be one of the strongest divisions in the history of baseball.
Day 1. Yankee starter Gerrit Cole no doubt loved seeing his name in headlines in Friday morning’s New York Post.
“Cole out to cleanse ‘sour taste’ from his wild-card choke against rival Red Sox,” screamed the tabloid.
Cole, who spit the bit in the one-game playoff with the Sox last year, responded to the additional pressure by surrendering three runs on three hits and a walk before getting an out to start the Yankee season.
The $324 million righty walked Kiké Hernández on four pitches, coughed up a two-run bomb to Devers (an early MVP candidate), then fell behind, 3-and-0, on a Bogaerts single and a J.D. Martinez double. Boos rained down on Cole’s head less than 10 minutes into the season, and there were mock cheers when he got Alex Verdugo on a soft grounder.
Yankee sluggers got the three runs back on a pair of homers — two-run shot by Anthony Rizzo, solo liner by Giancarlo Stanton — in the first four innings. It stayed 3-3 until the sixth, when Bogaerts (pay the man) led with a double to left and scored from third when Verdugo chopped a one-out single through a drawn-in infield.
After getting five innings and 76 pitches out of Eovaldi, Cora summoned Whitlock, his only other reliable pitcher. Whitlock dazzled New York with four strikeouts in two innings, but came out again for the eighth and yielded one of those Yankee Stadium cheapie home runs over the short wall in right to LeMahieu.
“These are the best hitters in the world,” said Whitlock. “When you make a mistake, they hit it. It’s not a good pitch when they hit it out.”
Both teams plated their “ghost runners” in the 10th, but the Sox are ill-equipped to win a battle of bullpens. Veteran Donaldson ended the long day with a clean single up the middle on Crawford’s 1-and-1 pitch.
First game of the season, and you put the ball in the hands of Kutter Crawford with the game on the line?
Get used to it. Koji Uehara and Keith Foulke aren’t walking through that door.
The good news is the Sox will play again Saturday. And Sunday. And Monday. Weather permitting, they will play a game on 22 of the next 23 days. They will play 161 more, and with any luck, they will play a few weeks into October.
It’s baseball. They do this every day.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 9, 2022 3:27:42 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Xander Bogaerts exits Opening Day loss with hamstring issue By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated April 8, 2022, 6:34 p.m.
NEW YORK — Xander Bogaerts left Friday’s season opener at Yankee Stadium with hamstring tightness. The Red Sox shortstop felt the tweak in his hamstring following his RBI single in the 10th inning. Jonathan Araúz took Bogaerts’s place in the field for the bottom of the 10th.
“I don’t know what it was,” Bogaerts said following the Sox’ 6-5 loss in 11 innings. “It wasn’t good, though. And I mean, I tried to do whatever not to feel it and it kind of went away for a little bit. But it wasn’t a normal thing that happens every day.”
Bogaerts said he believed he could play Saturday, but that seems unlikely considering how much season the Sox have ahead of them. Bogaerts is hoping that rest, recovery, and treatment will help him in his recovery.
“You know, so sleep well tonight and hydrate,” Bogaerts said. “I mean, I’m hydrating pretty much throughout the whole game, but maybe some of it is just carrying over from spring training and not running a lot.”
Bogaerts was 3 for 5 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored.
If Bogaerts is absent Saturday, or for any extended period of time, the team could have Araúz play shortstop. They could also turn to Christian Arroyo, who looked good at shortstop during the spring. If they do go with Arroyo, that might cause the Red Sox to have to reconfigure their outfield structure because Arroyo currently plays right field in place of Jackie Bradley Jr. when there’s a lefty on the mound. The obvious option would be to put Trevor Story at shortstop, his natural position. But manager Alex Cora said during spring training that he would have to consult with Story about that because it can take a player out of his routine.
The Bogaerts injury doesn’t seem to be a long-term issue, but Cora did express some concern.
“I’m always nervous when people come out of the game. We’ll know a bit more later on,” Cora said. “Let’s see how he reacts to treatment and all that stuff.”
It’s going to take some time for Story, who was 0 for 5 with a strikeout, to get going. The Red Sox will give Story some offdays early on. It was a shortened spring and Story didn’t sign until well into spring training. He then missed a bit more time for the birth of his child.
The plan is for Story to play the entire series against the Yankees and then sit the first game against the Tigers in Detroit before playing the final two. The Sox have an offday next Thursday before playing the Twins at Fenway in their home opener.
“We’ve got to be smart,” Story said before Friday’s game. “Just given my circumstances, having to leave and come back. It’s just been a whirlwind so we’re playing it smart and very calculated, so we can be full tilt and ready to go and play this thing for the long haul.” No signs either way
The Red Sox didn’t agree to extensions with Rafael Devers or Bogaerts before Opening Day, something Bogaerts said was unlikely to happen during Thursday’s media session.
Bogaerts has an opt-out at the end of this year and Devers has just one more year until he’s a free agent. Bogaerts said the team offered him an extension before Friday, but Bogaerts ultimately declined.
Both Bogaerts and Devers have said they will not agree to extensions during the season, adding they want to focus on the year ahead. That won’t stop the questions from pouring in regarding their futures, however. Particularly when the Sox said they view Devers and Bogaerts as franchise cornerstones. Before Friday’s loss, chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said he doesn’t see either situation as a distraction.
“You know I don’t like talking about [contract negotiations]. It’s a player’s right to talk about it,” Bloom said. “But one thing about [Bogaerts and Devers], and it’s part of why I regard them so highly and why we want them to continue to lead the organization, is because they’re professionals and they’re here to win. I don’t think there’s anything that can change that.”
Devers was 1 for 4 with a first-inning two-run homer off Gerrit Cole, making him the first Red Sox player to homer in the last at-bat of a season, then homer in his first at-bat of an ensuing season . . . Reliever Matt Barnes was unavailable because of back tightness. The team hopes he will be available Saturday . . . Friday was the first time the Red Sox and Yankees played on Opening Day since 2013. Bradley is the only player from that game who is still with the Red Sox . . . Former Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez pitched Friday against the White Sox. The lefthander lasted four innings, surrendering three runs on four hits. Rodriguez walked two and struck out a pair . . . Joe Castiglione began his 40th season calling Red Sox games on the radio . . . Billy Crystal threw out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium . . . Nick Pivetta takes the ball Saturday against Yankees starter Luis Severino, who has dealt with some injuries the last three seasons, including Tommy John surgery back in 2020. This will be his first start he makes against the Red Sox since Sept. 19, 2018.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 9, 2022 3:37:55 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 10h Cora said Barnes was not available because of a tight back.
Bogaerts strained his right hamstring coming out of the box. He was moving around pretty well in the clubhouse and didn't rule out playing tomorrow.
That would seem most unlikely.
Kiké Hernández grounded into two double plays today.
First time in 825 career MLB games.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 9, 2022 3:39:54 GMT -5
The Red Sox reminded us that Opening Day is made for overreacting Current Time 0:15 / Duration 1:19
By Rob Bradford WEEI 93.7 5 hours ago
NEW YORK - You never forget the first time you overreacted to an Opening Day loss.
For me, it was April 5, 1988 when Alan Trammell launched a two-run, 10th-inning home run off the pitcher who was supposed to solve all the Red Sox' problems, closer Lee Smith. Five days into April, all hope was lost.
Or maybe you were stung by that opener in St. Petersburg, Fla. four years ago, when Alex Cora's bullpen maneuvering - particularly the choice to use Joe Kelly in the eighth inning - turned a 4-0 lead into a 6-4 loss to the Rays.
The Red Sox had picked a first-year manager who couldn't keep up! That was the narrative for the next 20-or-so hours.
And now we have the latest test - the Red Sox' season-opening, 6-5, 11-inning loss to the Yankees. The '161-1' and '0-162' jokes are flying once again.
In reality the true test when it comes to Opening Day is weeding out who truly understands how a baseball season works and who is committed to six months of overreaction. Let's try and lump ourselves in with the former.
Truth be told, sometimes the opener can actually serve as a hint of a tone-setter. In 2013, that was the case when the gritty, gutty Red Sox officially set out on their mission to show Major League Baseball they had the right stuff with an impressive win in the Bronx. Conversely, the loss in Seattle three years ago should have served as a warning that there was a post-World Series-winning hangover brewing.
So, what should we make of this one?
Perhaps simply that these Red Sox will be good enough to compete, but still a work in progress, just the same.
Most of the anchors - such as Nathan Eovaldi, Garrett Whitlock, Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts, Alex Verdugo and J.D. Martinez - did more to help the Red Sox win than they did in contributing to the end result. That's a good, and important, place to start.
There were other glimmers of encouragement, with Matt Strahm showing late-inning stuff and resolve in getting out of the eighth inning. Veteran relievers Ryan Brasier and Hansel Robles also showed big-moment gumption.
The warning signs? Jake Diekman hasn't looked like a late-inning reliever since arriving in Fort Myers, and continued that vibe in getting just one out in the 10th inning. And the bobbing and weaving Cora already has had to do with his bullpen without the presence of built-in, no-doubt-about-it game-enders remains unnerving. (Note: Matt Barnes was unavailable due to a tight back.)
But can anyone really jump all over Trevor Story's 0-for-5 Game 1 when we are still shaking off the embarrassment of jumping on the Grady Sizemore bandwagon following his Opening Day homer in 2015. By the way, Story has gone hitless in at least five at-bats 25 times in his career, including once last year.
The legitimate takeaway: They need to stay healthy at key positions. Witnessing Xander Bogaerts limp off the field in the 10th inning with a bad hamstring, and subsequently watching Jonathan Arauz take his place, was a big dose of reality. (Another note: Bogaerts believed he had a chance to return to the lineup Saturday.)
So that's what you have after one game with the last-place Red Sox. But sleep easy ... they are just one game out of first-place.
"Like I said yesterday, it’s going to be a grind from Day 1," Cora said. "They have a good team, we have a good team, there are some good teams in the division and from the first pitch all the way to the last one, there’s a lot of stuff going on. We made pitches, made plays, good at-bats. It was a good baseball game."
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