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“DIARY OF A WINNER” |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ... June 15, 2018 ... Denard Span stroked a pinch-hit double that scored two runs, leading the Mariners to a 7-6 victory over the the Red Sox. Span, batting for Guillermo Heredia with one out, hit a liner to the right-field corner off Matt Barnes (0-2) after Ryon Healy walked and Ben Gamel singled to left. Ryan Cook (1-0) got the win with a scoreless eighth inning and Edwin Diaz earned his major league-leading 26th save by working the ninth. But Rob Whalen, who was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma on Thursday, was the difference, pitching four scoreless innings of relief. Xander Bogaerts hit a three-run homer as part of a six-run third inning that gave the Sox a 6-3 lead, but a spectacular defensive play by Seattle second baseman Dee Gordon on a hard-hit ball up the middle by Bogaerts that ended the sixth inning kept the Red Sox from adding another run. The Mariners led 3-0 when The Sox sent 11 men to the plate and had six hits and walk to chase starter James Paxton. The Mariners also committed two errors in the inning. Paxton entered the game with a 0.39 ERA and 2-0 record in three previous starts against the Red Sox. Five of the six runs against Paxton were earned. He also threw two wild pitches. The Sox tied the game at 3 on four singles and an error by third basemen Kyle Seager, before Bogaerts hit his 11th home run. Jean Segura gave the Mariners a 1-0 lead in the first inning when he launched Rick Porcello’s fastball over the scoreboard in left field, a 420-foot shot. Seattle made it 3-0 in the second. Mike Zunino knocked in two runs, including his 11th home run of the season to start the bottom of the seventh and cut it to 6-5 before Span came through one inning later. |
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