Share this: Everything went right at just the right time for the Boston Red Sox on Friday. Can they carry that momentum into Saturday? The Red Sox’s bats exploded against the Toronto Blue Jays in their series opener at Rogers Centre, as Rick Porcello earned his 20th win in a 13-3 victory. The American League East rivals are back at it Saturday afternoon, with a pair of left-handers on the mound in the Red Sox’s Eduardo Rodriguez and the Blue Jays’ J.A. Happ. Rodriguez dazzled in his last outing, taking a no-hitter into the eighth inning against the Oakland Athletics, and has a 2.73 ERA in nine starts since the All-Star break. Happ, meanwhile, is second in baseball behind Porcello in wins with a
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Red Sox Notes: Disastrous Sixth Inning Turns Tide For Boston In Loss To Royals
BOSTON — The Red Sox were riding high going into the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. The club had just turned in a three-run fifth inning to pull ahead of the defending World Series champs, and starter Eduardo Rodriguez, though shaky through the first couple innings, had been getting the Royals to put some weak contact on the ball to hold them at bay from the third on. And then he walked Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer to start the sixth inning. While leadoff walks generally are a bad sign, this one set off a chain reaction. Rodriguez gave up a ground-rule double to designated hitter Kendrys Morales before walking