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Cora trails solely Joe Cronin (1,071) and Terry Francona (744) for wins by a Boston supervisor.
PHOENIX (AP) — Pinch-hitter Nick Sogard lined a late tiebreaking, two-run double, Aroldis Chapman prolonged his hitless streak to 17 appearances by putting out 4 within the ninth inning and Alex Cora acquired his 600th win as Boston supervisor when the Crimson Sox rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 on Sunday.
Boston put two on within the ninth towards Taylor Rashi (0-1) and Sogard adopted with a double off Andrew Saalfrank. Carlos Narváez added a run-scoring single.
Chapman tied the document for strikeouts in an inning as Ildemaro Vargas reached on a wild pitch and the 37-year-old nearer acquired his twenty ninth save in 31 possibilities. Chapman‘s hitless streak, spanning 14 2/3 innings since July 26, is the third-longest since 1901.
Cora trails solely Joe Cronin (1,071) and Terry Francona (744) for wins by a Boston supervisor.
Garrett Whitlock (6-3) escaped a jam within the seventh and threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Boston remained 1 1/2 video games behind the New York Yankees for the highest AL wild card and moved inside 3 1/2 video games of AL East-leading Toronto.
Arizona led 3-1 after six innings, then fell behind 3-2 in a weird seventh that included a stolen base on a pickoff and a two-run throwing error by third baseman Jordan Lawler.
David Thompson hit a run-scoring single and the Crimson Sox took a 4-3 lead when Lawler threw the ball into the dugout on Conner Wong’s bad-hop grounder.
Arizona tied it within the eighth on Lawler’s RBI single off Zack Kelly.
Trevor Story’s steal on a pickoff as first baseman Tyler Locklear made a excessive toss to second set the desk for Boston’s seventh-inning rally. He’s 27 for 27 on steal makes an attempt this yr.
Chapman’s hitless streak trails solely the 20 straight by Florida’s Randy Choate in 2011 and 18 straight Tim Byrdak of the New York Mets in 2012.
Crimson Sox RHP Garrett Crochet (14-5, 2.67 ERA) pitches Monday within the opener of a three-game sequence on the Athletics.
Diamondbacks RHP Nabil Crismatt (2-0. 2.14) pitches the opener of a three-series at San Francisco on Monday.
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