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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 9:12:42 GMT -5
Rich Hill ready to break out a pitch he hasn't thrown in 15 yearsCurrent Time 0:05 / Duration 1:23 By Rob Bradford WEEI 93.7 32 minutes ago Rich Hill has a new pitch, and he's not going to be afraid to use it. "Absolutely," the Red Sox starter told WEEI.com when asked if he was ready to break out his new weapon in Start No. 1 in Detroit Tuesday afternoon. "I have a very good feel for it. I’m looking forward to utilizing it as another pitch." Yes, for the first time since 2007 - that is 15 years ago - Hill will be implementing the cutter into his repertoire. The lefty, who gets the start against the Tigers in the second of a three-game set at Comerica Park, threw the pitch approximately a dozen times in his 86-pitch back-field outing at Fenway South Thursday. "I threw it a long time ago," said Hill, who will still primarily rely on an upper-80's fastball and a slow curveball which comes from alternate angles. "I just kind of got away from it. Obviously, when velocity starts to decrease a little bit and the curveball it’s not as sharp a it used to be - although it’s showing consistent spin, which is good - to have another weapon to be able to offset it … You are going to have days where you aren’t going to have your best stuff. I’m not immune to the aging process. "We had talked about a changeup and a cutter at the beginning of spring training. I had thrown a couple of changeups in the last game, but I’m a big feel guy and if I don’t have the feel for that pitch on that day … The cutter was much more natural." To hear Hill talk about his new pitch, go to the 23-minute mark of the latest Bradfo Sho podcast ... www.audacy.com/weei/sports/red-sox/rich-hill-ready-to-throw-pitch-he-hasnt-thrown-in-15-years
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 9:24:58 GMT -5
Game 5: Red Sox at Tigers lineups and notesBy Andrew Mahoney Globe Staff,Updated April 12, 2022, 56 minutes ago After dropping the the series opener Monday night, 3-1, the Red Sox will be back at it Tuesday afternoon in Detroit against the Tigers. After mustering just four hits, the Sox hope to get the bats going in the middle game of the three-game series. In their last three games, the Sox have just 14 hits. They will again be doing so without second baseman Trevor Story, who missed the past two games due to an illness and rejoined the Sox from New York after Monday’s game. He is feeling weak and is not in the lineup Tuesday. The team hopes he will be available Wednesday. The Red Sox will turn to Rich Hill on the mound for his third stint with the team. He pitched for the organization from 2010-12 as a reliever and in a four-game stint as a starter in 2015. Lineups RED SOX (1-3): 1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF 2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 5. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B 6. Christian Arroyo (R) RF 7. Alex Verdugo (L) LF 8. Kevin Plawecki (R) C 9. Jonathan Arauz (S) 2B TIGERS (2-2): 1. Robbie Grossman (S) RF 2. Jonathan Schoop (R) 2B 3. Javier Baez (R) SS 4. Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B 5. Miguel Cabrera (R) DH 6. Eric Haase (R) LF 7. Akil Baddoo (L) CF 8. Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B 9. Dustin Garneau (R) C Pitching: LHP Tyler Alexander (2-4, 3.81 ERA in 2021) Time: 1:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Alexander: Christian Arroyo 0-1, Xander Bogaerts 1-2, Bobby Dalbec 0-2, Rafael Devers 0-1, J.D. Martinez 1-2, Kevin Plawecki 0-1, Alex Verdugo 1-3, Christian Vázquez 1-1 Tigers vs. Hill: Tucker Barnhart 0-4, Javier Báez 1-9, Miguel Cabrera 5-14, Jeimer Candelario 1-2, Austin Meadows 0-3, Victor Reyes 2-3, Jonathan Schoop 0-11 Stat of the day: Leadoff man Kiké Hernández is still searching for his first hit of the season, 0 for 17 following an 0 for 4 Monday. Notes: Hill, 42, made a combined 32 appearances (31 starts) with the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Mets last season. He has made 17 career appearances against the Tigers, including four starts, posting a 3-0 record and a 3.74 ERA. … Alexander is filling in for Michael Pineda, who was signed as a free agent late in spring training. Pineda is building up his arm strength at Triple-A Toledo. Entering his fourth season, Alexander appeared in 41 games last season, including 15 starts. He has made two career relief appearances against the Sox, allowing four runs (three earned) in four innings. Song of the Day: Faith No More - Falling to Pieceswww.youtube.com/watch?v=32bdevGClD4
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 10:56:46 GMT -5
Tom Caron @tomcaron 45m When Rich Hill made his MLB debut the #redsox were defending their first World Series championship in 86 years. Today, the oldest active pitcher in baseball makes his first start for his hometown team in nearly 7 years.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:04:37 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 5m 3-0 Tigers in the 3rd. Some tough luck for Hill. Torkelson's double could have been caught. Bloop single. RBI single by Schoop could have been caught then Baez rips a double.
#RedSox are 3x28 with RISP through four games and 9x55 with men on base. They're 0x10 with two outs and RISP.
Skids like that seem to end in a rush. Somebody getting 8 or 9 runs put on them soon.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:13:47 GMT -5
dumb error by Verdugo with a 2 out but Hill survived the 4th 3-0 Tigers
feels like 100-0
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:23:12 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams @byjulianmack · 27m Christian Arroyo struggling out there. Took a banana route to a ball he could have totally just ran toward at a straight angle.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:26:25 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 27m A couple of roundabout routes to the ball by Arroyo not catching Torkelson's double nor Schoop's single.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:27:09 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 44m Identical to yesterday, 9 Sox up, 9 Sox down, 30-something pitches. Tigers starter just throwing high fastballs.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:31:17 GMT -5
Hill walks Grossman in the fifth and that is it for him after 69 pitches
Red Sox have 2 cheapie hits, hardest hit balls have been hit foul and one was a foul tip.
Sawawarma comes out sets his gas can by the mound and climbs up
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:36:27 GMT -5
Hill Line 4.1 IP/ 5/3/3/1bb/4k/70-54
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:43:45 GMT -5
Plawecki leads off with a single Aruz Sac Bunt Kiki with his first hit....double plates a run Devers single...plates a run pitching change
3-2 tigers
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 13:50:24 GMT -5
JDM goes oppo that double to right plates a run we are tied at 3 in the 6th
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 14:23:40 GMT -5
whitlock pitches 6th and 7th
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 14:28:42 GMT -5
8th a walk, wild pitch single an an error brings in another run in the 8th for the Red Sox 4-3 Red Sox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 12, 2022 14:38:50 GMT -5
nice AB by Arroyo that single makes it 5-3 thank the lord he can hit cuz he scares the hell out of me in RF
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