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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 3:53:53 GMT -5
RED SOX NOTEBOOK Trevor Story not dodging criticism of his early season struggles By Alex Speier Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2022, 7:27 p.m.
When Trevor Story broke into the big leagues with the Rockies in 2016, he made a dazzling immediate mark, hitting homers in his first four games. The start of a new chapter of his career in Boston has not gone as smoothly.
Story heard boos at Fenway Park in response to his 0-for-4, four-strikeout Thursday afternoon against Angels ace Shohei Ohtani. Yes, Story heard the crowd response. But even as he admitted such a fan reaction had not been a part of his experience over six years in Colorado, Story said he had no issues with the negative reaction to his performance.
“Of course you hear it, but that’s part of it. Strike out four times like that, that’s to be expected a little bit,” Story said before going 1 for 4 with an RBI in Friday night’s 4-2 loss to the White Sox. “We all just want to win. I know the fans do, too.
“At the end of the day, we expect more out of ourselves than anybody else does. I hold myself to a high standard. That standard wasn’t met. Obviously the fans feel the same way.”
To Story, there was one sensible response to his performance, which left him with a .210/.293/.296 line: Go to work. After Thursday’s game, Story headed straight to the Red Sox batting cage and spent more than an hour there working with hitting coach Pete Fatse and teammates J.D. Martinez and Alex Verdugo. He thus wasn’t available to the media after the game, but on Friday, Story said that he hadn’t been “dodging” the media.
He said he’d been unaware that reporters had been waiting to interview him and apologized for any miscommunication. Story thus made a point of making himself available Friday to discuss his early struggles with the Red Sox. And despite his disappointment with his performance against Ohtani and the fact the Sox lost the series against the Angels, Story said that he is heartened by recent signs — walks, plate discipline, and hard contact — that suggest he’s close to more production.
“I still do feel that I’m right there,” Story said. “I don’t think that one game puts me back or sets me on a new trajectory. I’m still the same guy.”
Verdugo trying to get hip
Story isn’t the only Red Sox player who has struggled. Outfielder Alex Verdugo entered Friday in an 0-for-11 rut, his average having dropped to .217 with a .255 OBP and .337 slugging percentage.
After striking out in the second inning Friday, Verdugo finally snapped his skid with a double in the fifth, finishing 1 for 4 with a run scored.
The Sox believe Verdugo has been rushing out front with his hips rather than staying back on the ball — a mechanical flaw that both gives him less time to react to pitches and has him swinging at an angle, chopping down at the ball, rather than taking a level swing through it.
“When he is making his swing or making his decision, the ball is already beating him because there are two moving objects,” manager Alex Cora said. “We’re trying for him to stay behind the ball. He’s still making hard contact. Whenever you see him hitting a lot of ground balls to the pull side, you can see [the issue with the hips].”
That said, while both Verdugo and Story took their struggles to heart after the Sox lost to Ohtani and the Angels, 8-0, Cora suggested the role played by the performance of the Angels’ superstar — in which he struck out 11 and got 29 swings and misses over seven shutout innings, touching 100 m.p.h. while displaying a brain-breaking splitter and slider — should not be overlooked in the Sox’ frustrations.
“I watched again and it was unreal what that guy did,” Cora said. “Stuff-wise it was probably the best I’ve seen against us since 2018.”
Hernández, Hill sidelined
Kiké Hernández and Rich Hill were both away from the team while experiencing COVID-like symptoms. Though both tested negative, the team placed both on the COVID-19-related injured list until their symptoms resolve and they have repeated negative tests. Already, five different Red Sox players — Hernández, Hill, Kevin Plawecki, Christian Vázquez, and Jonathan Araúz — along with Cora have been placed on the COVID-19 IL Yet the level of disruption to the team’s day-to-day routine has been relatively minimal in the face of infections. “It’s a different world compared to last year, different world compared to three years ago,” Cora said. “I think the most important thing that we have going, if you feel sick, talk to the training staff. That’s something that the message is loud and clear.” In the absences of Hernández and Hill, the Sox called up outfielder Jarren Duran and righthander John Schreiber from Triple A Worcester. The call-up was the second of the year for Schreiber, who logged 2⅓ scoreless innings earlier in the year and added 1⅓ scoreless innings Friday, allowing a hit and striking out two. Meanwhile, Duran went 1 for 4 with a triple and run scored in the eighth, but struck out to end the game. With Hill recovering from his illness, Cora said Garrett Whitlock was expected to stay in the rotation and pitch in Atlanta next Tuesday, while Nate Eovaldi is likely to start Wednesday . . . Josh Taylor (back) remains unable to engage in baseball activities. Both James Paxton (Tommy John rehab) and Chris Sale (rib) continue to throw bullpen sessions in Fort Myers, Fla., but have not progressed to facing hitters.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 3:56:08 GMT -5
Jarren Duran might actually be part of the solution
By Rob Bradford WEEI 93.7 6 minutes ago
It was a glimpse of what might be.
There Jarren Duran, sprinting around the Fenway Park bases with the reckless abandon and speed that had missing from this 2022 edition of the Red Sox.
Ultimately, the triple was just a glimmer of hope in what ended up being just another piece of the Sox' nightmare, with Alex Cora's club dropping a 4-2 decision to the White Sox. And, to top off the checks and balances, it was Duran who fanned for the game's final out.
But the presence of Duran at the top of the Red Sox' batting order did allow for some much-needed optimism.
The swings taken seemed more confident than the year before, with Duran carrying over the confidence of a stint at Triple-A Worcester that included a .397 batting average and seven stolen bases.
Yes, that is seven steals, the same number of total attempts these Red Sox have for the entire season.
The hope is that lessons have been learned from a largely ineffective debut in 2021. Looking at the early returns, and listening to Duran prior to Friday night's series-opener, there might be some hope on the horizon.
"After the first time, I felt like a complete failure," he said of his initial big-league stint. "What people say about you, you hear what people say about you and you feel bad about yourself. The second time, it feels like redemption. I’m going to come out here and play the way I know how to play and play with my hair on fire."
That's certainly the vibe one got when watching Duran race around the bases Friday night.
There is another difference in this introduction to the big leagues compared to his first go-round last season - he isn't a complementary part. The Red Sox really, really need a player like the one they saw dominate for the WooSox throughout April.
"We all know this game is of failure," Duran said. "I feel like the good players learn from their mistakes and the mediocre to bad players, they dwell on their mistakes, which is what I did last year. I dwelled on the mistakes. I came up here thinking I had to be amazing, I had to do everything and I was terrible. Now I’m just coming up here to play my role. Like AC (Cora) talked about today, knowing your role and coming up here just to do my role and do what I need to do.”
"Like I told you guys at the end of spring training, I do believe for how dynamic he is and everybody got caught up on him hitting the ball in the air, the version that we saw in spring training is a better version than the one we saw last year," Cora explained.
"The whole hitting the ball in the air, yes, we don’t want to hit groundballs, we want to hit line drives. That’s hitting the ball in the air. I think he made a conscious effort to stay in the gaps, not as pull happy, and 2020, right, on the outside, he made some changes. It was fun to watch. It was like home run derby and he’s got power but for us to get the full package, I think we’re getting to the closest version as far as hitting line drives, bunting, I think he’s 3-for-3 this season in bunt attempts. Just go out there and run. the fun part of this is him at first, ball in the gap, and just see him run, right? I talked to him today, just go out there and have a day. Put pressure on them. I think a little energy is always good and he’s full of it, full of energy. Should be fun to see him play tonight and put pressure on them.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 3:57:36 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 6h Alex Cora: “We didn’t do too much … We’ve got to slow down the game. … there’s a lot of people frustrated.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 3:59:34 GMT -5
Jason Mastrodonato @jmastrodonato · 7h The silver lining for the Red Sox: they only play five games next week with off-days on Monday and Thursday. A lot to figure out.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 4:01:10 GMT -5
Xander Bogaerts on last-place Boston Red Sox: ‘I don’t know how it’s possible with this lineup that we’re playing like this’ Updated: May. 07, 2022, 12:29 a.m. | Published: May. 07, 2022, 12:25 a.m.
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — The Red Sox dropped a half game behind the Orioles into last place in the AL East thanks to another dreadful offensive performance Friday.
Boston lost 4-2 to the White Sox here at Fenway Park. It recorded just six hits total, including three against starter Vince Velasquez who entered with a 4.58 ERA in his first four starts. He has a career 4.92 ERA.
“I don’t know how it’s possible with this lineup that we’re playing like this,” Xander Bogaerts said.
The Red Sox are 10-17 (.370 winning percentage) and nine games behind the first-place Yankees. They would have to post a .593 winning percentage the rest of the season to win 90 games.
“There’s a lot of people frustrated,” manager Alex Cora said. “It’s normal, right? This is a group that’s used to (hitting). So far, we haven’t done it. It’s not lack of work. Maybe it’s the other way around. We have to be able to slow it down. We’ve got to slow down the game in certain situations.”
This offense is awful right now despite featuring Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, J.D. Martinez, Trevor Story and Alex Verdugo.
The Red Sox rank 14th out of 15 AL teams in on-base percentage (.280), 10th in slugging percentage (.346), 12th in OPS (.626), 11th in runs (92) and 13th in home runs (16).
Boston is averaging 3.4 runs per game.
Under former hitting coach Tim Hyers (who left in the offseason for the same position with the Rangers), the Red Sox averaged 5.1 runs per game in 2021, 4.9 runs per game in 2020, 5.6 runs per game in 2019 and 5.4 runs per game in 2018.
“We need to score early,” Bogaerts said. “I’m sorry to say but we need to. ... We’re asking a little too much out of our pitchers to throw a complete game shutout. I know it’s hard to score runs but it would be really, really good if we could score first.”
Scoring first would be nice but the bullpen hasn’t been able to hold leads. Boston has converted just 5-of-13 save opportunities and ranks 14th in the AL in reliever ERA (4.42).
The starting pitching has been the lone bright spot. The Red Sox rank fourth in the AL in starter ERA (3.30). But this team can’t score runs and can’t pitch late in games.
“We know we’re a better team,” Cora said. “We’re better than this. But right now we’re not putting games together. It’s not that we play bad. ... It’s not a full game.”
The Red Sox are swinging too much. They have the highest chase rate in MLB (35.7% entering Friday). They have the highest swing percentage (51.4%).
“We got ahead in the count at certain times and we were too aggressive,” Cora said. “We’ve got to slow down the game regardless of how we’re doing ... There were certain pitches, certain situations that we got out of the plan. And we were too aggressive and we chased pitches. Just another night, right? Right now we’re grinding. We’re struggling. Just being honest. We’ve got to keep trying to get better.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 4:02:54 GMT -5
Christopher Smith @smittyonmlb · 4h The Red Sox rank 14th out of 15 AL teams in on-base percentage (.280), 10th in slugging percentage (.346), 12th in OPS (.626), 11th in runs (92) and 13th in home runs (16).
Boston is averaging 3.4 runs per game.
As I've mentioned before, under former hitting coach Tim Hyers (who left in the offseason for the same position with the Rangers), the Red Sox averaged 5.1 runs per game in 2021, 4.9 runs per game in 2020, 5.6 runs per game in 2019 and 5.4 runs per game in 2018.
Alex Cora on Red Sox offense tonight: “We got ahead in the count at certain times and we were too aggressive. We’ve got to slow down the game regardless of how we’re doing ... There were certain pitches, certain situations that we got out of the plan."
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 4:05:04 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 6h 4-12 in the last 16 games
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 4:05:59 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 5h Dylan Cease vs Pivetta tomorrow
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 4:13:20 GMT -5
Pale Hose vs Red Sox Saturday, 7th May 2022 4pm @ Fenway
Cease 3-1/2.48
Pivetta 0-0/7.84
Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 4:10pm EDT Written by Mark Ruelle
Bouncing Back The Chicago White Sox seem to have bounced back from a recent funk that saw them lose 7-straight games and 9 out of 10. Heading into this weekend series with Boston, they've reeled off four out of five games including a sweep of crosstown rival, the Chicago Cubs. The White Sox are still without starting pitcher Lance Lynn, LF Eloy Jimenez, and DH Andrew Vaughn. Help is on the way with Lynn expected to return in late May and Kelly making rehab appearance in the minor leagues. In addition, 3B Yoan Moncada is expected back on Monday. On Friday night, the White Sox got a good start from Vince Velasquez (2-2) who picked up the win while going five innings and allowed 3 hits and 1 run before turning it over to the White Sox bullpen. SS Tim Anderson went 3-for-5 and scored a run and CF Luis Robert belted his 3rd home run of the season, a 2-run shot in the third, to help support Velasquez. Liam Hendriks closed the game out in the 9th for his 8th save of the season.
Despite the recent losing streak the slow start, the AL Central Division is very much in the sights of the White Sox. They currently sit in 3rd place as they start to get key pieces back. On Saturday, the ChiSox will send Keuchel to the hill. Keuchel has not had a great history against Boston, going 1-1 but allowing 34 hits in just 24 innings pitched. The ground ball specialist has also given up 5 home runs to Boston in his career. This season, Keuchel has been hit hard as well. The lefty has allowed 24 hits in 15 innings pitched and has struck out just 8. He will have to navigate the big right handed bats in Boston's lineup and keep the ball down.
Here's the Story: The Bats are Silent The Boston Red Sox bounced back in a big way last season with the return of manager Alex Cora and went all the way to game 6 of the ALCS. This season, it has slow going for the Red Sox and, most concerning, the team's bats have been mostly silent. On Friday, the team called up OF Jarren Duran who is hitting .397 in AAA with 2 home runs and 7 steals in 8 attempts. He will likely play CF in the short term as Kike Hernandez was placed on the COVID-19 list along with starting pitcher Rich Hill. In the midst of a six-game homestand, the Sox dropped two out of three to Anaheim thanks to shaky bullpen work late in the final two games. On Friday night, the Red Sox bats remained relatively dormant in a 4-2 loss to the White Sox. Duran did triple and score a run while batting leadoff for the Sox. Starting pitcher Nate Eovaldi (1-1) went five innings and gave up six hits and 3 runs while throwing 101 pitches and took the loss.
The Red Sox key offseason free-agent signing, Trevor Story, has had trouble adjusting to the American League thus far. The long-time Rockies SS has shifted over to 2B and is hitting just .210 thus far without a home run and just 7 RBI. The Red Sox were banking on Story to fill the void left by the likes of Kyle Schwarber and Hunter Renfroe in the power department while playing stellar defense. He has lived up to his end defensively but the team is still waiting for him to break out offensively. On the mound Saturday will be one of last season's postseason heroes, Nick Pivetta. Pivetta has struggled to regain his form from last season, particularly at home. After finishing 4-2 at Fenway last season, he sits at 0-2 this season while giving up 12 hits, 9 runs and 2 home runs in just six innings. As the team waits for the return of staff ace Chris Sale, they will need production out of the hard-throwing Pivetta.
White Sox at Red Sox Saturday, at 4:10 PM EST Cloudy According to Forecast.io, it's expected to be 44° F with a 0% chance of precipitation and 19 MPH wind blowing in in Boston at 4:10 PM EST. Hourly Forecasts: Weather.com Forecast.io
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 6:54:25 GMT -5
The Red Sox are officially a last-place team
By Rob Bradford WEEI 93.7 2 hours ago
The reality checks for the Red Sox aren't hard to find these days.
For starters, after dropping a 4-2 decision to the White Sox Friday night they are officially in last-place in the American League East, 1/2-game in back of Baltimore and nine behind the first-place Yankees.
It marks the first time the Red Sox have been alone in last-place on May 7 since the Bobby Valentine Experience in 2012, when they sat at 12-16. Three years later the Sox sat tied for last seven days into the season's second month with a 13-15 mark.
Here's another wake-up call: After 27 games, the Red sox are just one game better than their horrific start to the shortened 2020 season. In fact, it was on that day they played the 27th game Chaim Bloom threw up the white flag by trading his closer - Brandon Workman - along with Heath Hembree for Nick Pivetta and Connor Seabold.
What was bad prior to the White Sox coming to town just got worse, with the Red Sox now just one loss to Chicago away from dropping their sixth straight series.
“It’s right there. It’s right in front of everybody, but you have to forget about that," said Sox manager Alex Cora of the standings. "It’s the number of wins and losses, right? But you can’t control what you can’t control. I think you have to detach yourself from the result or whatever’s going on outside in the world and win ballgames. We know we are a better team. We are better than this. But right now we’re not putting games together. It’s not that we played bad, right? Just, we didn’t swing the bats. We played good defense. We made a baserunning mistake. It’s not a full game, you know what I’m saying? When you do that, you start winning consistently, and we’ve got to keep getting better. This is a baseball team that has to keep working to get better, and that’s what we’re trying to do.”
Friday night was a microcosm of what Cora speak of. It wasn't terrible. It just wasn't good enough.
The Red Sox pitchers gave up four runs - with Luis Roberts' 389-foot two-run homer the most notable blow - but that shouldn't be insurmountable. Unfortunately for the Sox, this season it is.
Red Sox pitching has now given up four or more runs 13 times this season, only one of which resulted in a win for Cora's club. Conversely, the Yankees' hurlers have allowed four or more eight times, with New York going 5-3 in those games.
This time around the Red Sox went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position, a spot they have been woefully inadequate in. (As their 25th-best batting average and 26th-ranked OPS in such occasions suggest.)
And two outs and runners in scoring position? Forget it. The Red Sox own the second-worst batting average in such a scenario, hitting .126. (Heck, the three-win Reds are hitting .333.)
It's all not good. One look at the standings on the left field wall will tell you that.
"There’s a lot of people frustrated," Cora said. "That’s normal. This is a group that’s used to hitting and so far we haven’t done it. It’s not for a lack of work. Maybe it’s the other way around. We have to be able to slow it down, slow down the game in certain situations and keep looking for pitches we can handle and put good swings on them. The results, it is what it is. You’re going to hit the ball hard and right at people. That’s part of it. Can’t control that. Just keep doing what we preach. We’ve done it before. As a group, we have to be able to slow down the game."
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 6:56:29 GMT -5
Red Sox offense chasing bad pitches at highest rate ever recorded: ‘This is not fun’ Sox chasing bad pitches 32% of the time
By Jason Mastrodonato | jason.mastrodonato@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald May 7, 2022 at 5:32 a.m.
On another mostly-lifeless night from the Red Sox offense, manager Alex Cora had a direct message for his team after the game.
“We have to slow the down the game,” Cora said defiantly after the Red Sox took a 4-2 loss to the White Sox.
Cora was once again disappointed in his team’s aggressive plate approach. One at-bat in particular stood out.
With a man on second, the tying run on first and two outs in the eighth inning, Alex Verdugo stepped up as the go-ahead run and swung at the first pitch he saw, a changeup that was at least six inches off the plate.
He tapped it softly to pitcher Kendall Gravemen, who threw it to first base for an easy out. Inning over. Rally over. The Sox wouldn’t score again.
Verdugo sprinted through first base and kept on running hard straight into the dugout. His frustration has been mounting in recent days. He feels like his hips aren’t getting in the proper position on his swings. Cora has noticed it, too. And while Verdugo was the team’s best hitter two weeks into the season, he’s just 6-for-48 (.125) over his last 12 games.
Whether or not Cora was talking about Verdugo’s poor at-bat in the eighth isn’t clear, but there’s little question it represented everything that’s wrong with the Red Sox’ offense right now.
“Regardless of how we’re doing, if we’re doing well or we’re struggling, in the end you have to slow down the game,” the manager said. “Certain pitches in certain situations where we got out of the plan, we were too aggressive and chased pitches. Just another night. We’re struggling. Just being honest. We have to keep trying to get better.”
The Sox continue to be the worst team in the big leagues when it comes to swinging at bad pitches. They chase 32% of pitches outside the strikezone, which ranks 30th in MLB. No team has finished a full season with a chase rate that high since the 2019 Tigers, who won just 47 games and scored an MLB-low 3.4 runs per game.
Since PitchFX started collecting this data in 2007, no Red Sox team has ever chased bad pitches at a rate this high.
“We have to pull together and start having a lot of collectively good at-bats,” said Jackie Bradley Jr. “It’s been certain spots at certain times. But we’re going to keep swinging it, we’re going to swing at good pitches and hopefully things start going our way.”
The aggression feels unsustainable, but the Sox haven’t improved. They’ve gotten slowly worse.
“We’re not playing well,” Xander Bogaerts said. “We know what we’re capable of but it’s been tough not being able to put it in a stretch of a couple of games in a row. And the weird thing is I don’t even feel like any guy is pressing, like, ‘I have to be Superman or I’m the one who has to do it.’
“I don’t know. I don’t know how it’s possible with this lineup that we’re playing like this.”
The Red Sox are seeing just 3.65 pitches per plate appearance. It’s creating quick innings on offense and making it difficult on a starting staff that’s actually been fantastic. They entered Friday with a 3.21 ERA out of their rotation, which ranks second in the American League.
“We need to score first and give the pitchers some breathing room,” Bogaerts said. “The game is going like three innings, 0-0 and we’re asking a little too much out of the pitchers to throw a complete-game shutout.”
Players are trying to stay positive and Bradley said confidence hasn’t wavered, but the standings are right there on the Green Monster: the Sox are now 10-17, all alone in last place in the American League East.
“We know we’re a better team, we know we’re better than this,” Cora said. “Right now we’re not putting games together.”
Said Bogaerts, “This is not fun.”
What’s it going to take to turn this offense around?
The Red Sox simply haven’t had many inspiring moments this year. They’re still looking for a spark.
“We’re all obviously frustrated with everything going on,” Nathan Eovaldi said. “It feels like every time we start turning the page, something happens on the field.
“It’s one of those things where we just have to stay together as a group. And that’s one of the things I feel like we’re doing really well. We come in every day with a positive attitude, ‘It’s going to turn. It’s going to turn.’ We’ve got enough experience in the clubhouse that we’re all staying with each other.
“We’re doing the little things. It’s just waiting for that big moment where you feel that shift move.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 6:59:05 GMT -5
Peter Gammons @pgammo · 1h So Red Sox have scored 3R or less in 15 straight games vs. opp. starting pitchers? Check Bat. order positions leading to Devers, Bogaerts, Martinez, mid order. BA OBP BB-K 6. .141 .187 4-25 7. .128 .212 9-24 8. .178 .222 5-19 9. .233 .281 5-25 1. 182 .272 12-33
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 13:33:44 GMT -5
Game 28: White Sox at Red Sox lineups and notesBy Amin Touri Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2022, 11:23 a.m. The Red Sox will try and snap a three-game losing streak on Saturday afternoon, hosting the White Sox for the second game of a weekend set at Fenway Park. Nick Pivetta will make his sixth start of the season. The righthander is winless on the year but has had more respectable outings in his last two appearances, allowing two earned runs in 4⅔ innings against the Blue Jays and three in 4⅓ against the Orioles. Chicago’s Dylan Cease is off to a far better start in 2022, and takes the ball for the White Sox fresh off one of the best starts of his career; Cease struck out 11 in seven scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, in a win over the Angels. Lineups WHITE SOX (12-13): Anderson SS, Pollock LF, Abreu 1B, Robert CF, Grandal C, Sheets DH, Burger 3B, Engel RF, Garcia 2B Pitching: RHP Dylan Cease (3-1, 2.48 ERA) RED SOX (10-17): Story 2B, Devers 3B, Bogaerts SS, Martinez DH, Verdugo LF, Hernández CF, Bradley RF, Vázquez C, Cordero 1B Pitching: RHP Nick Pivetta (0-4, 7.84 ERA) Time: 4:10 p.m. TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 White Sox vs. Pivetta: Abreu 2-5, Anderson 0-5, Engel 0-1, García 0-4, Grandal 2-4, Harrison 1-1, McGuire 2-6, Pollock 1-2, Robert 2-5, Sheets 0-2 ADVERTISING Red Sox vs. Cease: Arroyo 0-1, Bogaerts 3-3, Cordero 0-4, Dalbec 1-2, Devers 0-2, Martinez 1-3, Plawecki 0-2, Verdugo 1-4, Vázquez 0-1 Stat of the day: The Red Sox are 25th in runs per game this season, plating an average of just 3.41 per game.Notes: The Red Sox have lost three in a row and five of six to drop into last place in the American League East, and are seven games below .500 ... After throwing 5 2/3 innings against the New York Yankees in his first start, on April 9, Pivetta hasn’t lasted at least five innings in any of his past four outings ... Cease has made two starts in his career against the Red Sox, both last season, and is 0-0 with an 11.05 ERA in 7⅓ innings. He lasted just 2⅔ innings against Boston on Sept. 11 in Chicago, allowing seven earned runs and four hits ... The Red Sox placed left-handed pitcher Rich Hill and outfielder Enrique Hernandez on the COVID-19 injured list on Friday. They recalled center fielder Jarren Duran and right-handed pitcher John Schreiber from Triple-A Worcester, but Duran was option back to Worcester with Hernández returning. Song of the Day: Miles Davis - Burnwww.youtube.com/watch?v=h4X3rAg6lhY
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 13:34:51 GMT -5
Boston Red Sox roster moves: Jarren Duran sent back to Worcester, Kiké Hernández activated Updated: May. 07, 2022, 12:16 p.m. | Published: May. 07, 2022, 12:13 p.m.
By Christopher Smith | csmith@masslive.com
BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox have optioned Jarren Duran back to Triple-A Worcester after just one game.
They have activated Kiké Hernández from the COVID-related IL.
Duran was expected to return to Worcester once Hernández was feeling better.
The speedy Duran tripled in his 2022 debut Friday. He went 1-for-4 with a run and strikeout from the leadoff spot.
The 25-year-old should help the Red Sox more this season. He is batting .397 with a .478 on-base percentage, .638 slugging percentage, 1.116 OPS, two homers, two triples, four doubles, 11 RBIs, 15 runs, nine walks and 13 strikeouts in 15 games for Triple-A Worcester. He is 7-for-8 in steal attempts.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on May 7, 2022 13:46:26 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams @byjulianmack · 1h Garrett Whitlock has been officially added to the rotation. He will start Tuesday in Atlanta followed by Eovaldi Wednesday. Houck to the bullpen.
-Rich Hill tested positive for Covid along with Jason Varitek.
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