Lance Lynn recorded 16 strikeouts during the last series, and tonight there were a combined 17. Longest hit: Rafael Devers closes the smackdown out with his 434-foot home run. Toughest out: Rob Refsnyder’s hard-hit ball in the third had an. Luckiest hit: Andrew Benintendi got lucky with a third-inning double that only had an. Weakest contact: Seby Zavala’s ground out in the fifth was a measly 39.9 mph off the bat. Hardest hit: Rafael Devers launched the ball at 110.1 mph for his fourth-inning two-run blast. 193 WPA, and put the Pale Hose to bed early.īrayan Bello got the win and walked away with a. The fourth-inning two-run home run would give Rafael Devers a. The stakes were high, sending his pLI to 1.98, but he was able to escape the jam and leave runners on base by getting Sheets to hit an easy ground out. This prevented the tying, or maybe even winning, run to score in the eighth.Ĭhris Martin entered the eighth to hold onto the lead for the Red Sox. With runners in the corners and two outs, Gavin Sheets stepped directly into a 3.29 LI and immediately grounded out to second. Bello fanned five, with 13 called strikes and 25 whiffs, giving him a 24 CWS% rate through 104 pitchers and 6 2⁄3 innings. Bello gave up six hits, a walk, and one earned run. Here’s the pitch breakdown: Baseball Savantīrayan Bello’s box score does not look as good as Giolito’s, but he helped shut down batters by limiting them to one run, from a sac fly. He was also only charged with one earned run. Only three hits were allowed, and one walk. It was a night of strikeouts for White Sox pitching, 10 of which were from Giolito. Giolito tossed 105 pitches, 18 of which were called strikes, and 35 whiffed, giving him a 33 CSW% rate. He worked his way out of a few sticky situations but was able to quickly maintain his composure. Lucas Giolito was a sight for sore eyes tonight with six brilliant innings. Oh, and don’t look now, the Athletics won tonight. The Red Sox might be in last place, but that shouldn’t give White Sox any hope, as they still have a winning record in arguably the toughest division in the American League. The offense was missing in action, going 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and earning their only run via sac fly. Yaz was also elected to the Hall of Fame that year.The White Sox have lost nine of their last 12 games after tonight’s loss to the Red Sox for the series opener. His number, eight, was retired by the Red Sox in 1989. He is the only Red Sox in the 3,000-hit club. Yaz served as team captain from 1966 on, interrupted only by Dick Williams' tenure as a manager from 1967 to 1969, in which their was no team captain. He won three AL batting titles, finished top-10 for the AL MVP four times and won six Gold Gloves. He has called the LCS and World Series for Major League Baseball's International broadcasts, as well as select MLB playoff series on ESPN Radio. The Red Sox won their first pennant in 21 years behind Yaz's torrid hitting in the season's final two weeks. Between 20 he served as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN, working Major League Baseball telecasts and college basketball. He won the AL MVP behind a Triple Crown performance-no hitter has accomplished this feat since him. Yaz is perhaps best known for his 1967 season. His number, 14, was retired by the Red Sox that year as well.Ĭlub Ranks: 1st in games (3,308), 1st in runs (1,816), 1st in doubles (646), 1st in RBI (1,844), 1st in TB (5,539), 1st in PA (13,991), 2nd in BB (1,845), 2nd in HR (452), 4th in SB (168).Ĭarl Yastrzemski took over for Ted Williams in left field and did all right for himself, didn't he? After several close calls, Rice was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2009 in his final season on the ballot. Rice served as team captain from 1985 until his retirement. In a 10-season stretch from ’75 to ’86, he played in at least 140 games all but two times. Ruce finished top-5 in AL MVP voting five other times, winning the award in 1978. Rice would infamously not play in the postseason that fall, as the Red Sox did not want to test the injured wrist of their young star, which had been hurt on a HBP in the regular season's final week. Club Ranks: 3rd in HR (382), 3rd in RBI (1,451), 4th in games (2,089), 3rd in runs (1,435), 3rd in hits (2,452), 3rd in TB (4,129), 4th in PA (9,058), 6th in doubles (373), 6th in triples (79), 8th in SLG (.502), 9th in BB (670).Īn eight-time All-Star and a two-time Silver Slugger winner, in 1975 Jim Rice finished second to teammate Fred Lynn for AL Rookie of the Year honors and third in AL MVP voting-another award won by Lynn.
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