What a weirdly completely executed ninth inning by Alex Cora.
Somebody liable to over-managing and never having issues work out, his tinkering in the entire inning labored out to perfection. After Romy Gonzalez—himself a pinch hitter for Rob Refsnyder who got here out of the sport after lacking a diving catch—obtained on with a base hit, Nate Eaton—who got here in to play proper area—drew a stroll to arrange an amazing two-on, one out jam. Ceddanne clearly seemed pissed off on the dish wih his weak come out. Then, not Connor Wong, however pinch hitter Nick Sogard comes up as clutch as might be with a two-run double to the left-field wall. Even after that, not Masataka Yoshida, however pinch hitter Carlos Narvaez singled Sogard dwelling to present the Sox a three-run cushion. Aroldis Chapman was Aroldis Chapman, throwing in an additional strikeout only for enjoyable to seal the win. Sure, he had the traditional 4 strikeouts in an inning since one was on a wild pitch.
With the Yankees and Jays duking it out, any win we might take to make amends for both of them ending this skid was going to be enormous. This one felt like a biggie heading out to Sacramento.
That’s gotta be such a tough second to step into the sport into, not to mention you’re as chilly as might be with the sport already within the ninth inning. I do know between him, Eaton and Hamilton, there are a plethora of the identical sort of participant on the roster, nevertheless it clearly labored at present.
Taking on for a tough Zack Kelly within the seventh to maintain the sport tied and simply clean the Dbacks, Whitlock and Chapman have been an ideal one-two punch late.
After seeing the starters wrestle a lot in the previous couple of video games, seeing Bello’s begin felt refreshing. Six innings of stable sufficient baseball. Not a ton of Ks, not a ton of walks, however simply sufficient carried out to maintain this group in it.
…why does he nonetheless play. If Roman have been wholesome, Masa can be my first man out of the lineup already.
I do know he’s Bello’s private catcher, however the bat nonetheless isn’t doing something.
What a harsh day on the dish for Duran. An 0-for-5 spot isn’t enjoyable.
So good, So good, Sogard, that’s the way it goes, proper?
