Trent Thornton RHP #57
2-5 4.36 ERA
vS
Chris Sale LHP #41
3-7 3.49 ERA
Go Sox!
Trent Thornton RHP #57
2-5 4.36 ERA
vS
Chris Sale LHP #41
3-7 3.49 ERA
Go Sox!
The Bills, The Bruins, The Sabres & The Red Sox.
A front apparently just went through Boston, so this game will likely be played. Even with Sale on the mound, a win tonight is not assured, but the Sox are playing very well right now and no doubt want this to be the second win of another longish streak.
With Devers presumably resting his hammie, I think Cora will move Bogie up to 4th, Holt up to 5th, Chavis 6th, Bradley 7th, Nunez 8th and Leon 9th. First three will remain Betts, Benintendi, and Martinez.
Sox have lost both games in which Devers did not play this year--extremely small sample size. Remember those recent great grabs Devers made going back for pop flies? Nunez doesn't do those. He's pretty good at getting his glove on ground balls hit to the right or left, just not good at actually fielding them. His OPS is .571--lower than Leon's .582. Devers has the 3d best WAR on the team, 2.6. Nunez has the worst, -.8.
Chavis now has a 9 game hitting streak, 12 for 41, .292. He had 6 hits in the 12 games before that.
Last edited by Maxbialystock; 06-21-2019 at 03:42 PM.
This proved to be surprisingly prophetic, especially about Nunez and Devers because, in the end, Devers did get into the game and moreover tied it with a pinch hit single. Nunez remains dog doodoo.
However, even though I said the Sox could lose with Sale starting, I did not at all expect him to give up 4 runs (3 earned). He did however go 5 and did very well getting the last two outs with men on 1st and 2d.
A broken record, but I continue to believe the rotation overall is overpaid and under-performing and the bullpen is underpaid and over-performing. Thus everyone, even Cora, went completely ape when ERod went 7 innings (giving up 4 runs) in the 3d game at Minnesota.
Championships since purchase by John Henry group: Red Sox 4 Yankees 1
The Red Sox are 8-1 in their last 9 postseason games against the Yankees.
Is it asking a lot for this team to go 5-1 on this homestand?
Definitely expecting a sweep this weekend . Tonight is close to a sure thing . Vegas has odds about as big as you can get for a baseball game .
[Definitely expecting a sweep this weekend . Tonight is close to a sure thing . Vegas has odds about as big as you can get for a baseball game ].
And that kind of thinking is how they built the city I call home now
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