Red Sox Notes: Marco Hernandez Reacts To Walk-Off Base Hit Vs. White Sox

Marco Hernandez has not had his quantity known as all that usually this season with the Boston Red Sox. But for the second time this season, the utility infielder got here by way of within the clutch late within the sport for the Sox. Last week, Hernandez launched a game-tying house run within the ninth towards the Baltimore Orioles for his second profession house run. And on Monday, Hernandez gave Boston a walk-off 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park. Hernandez got here up with two outs and the bases loaded, and poked a ball to proper of White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson, beating out the throw to provide Boston their second walk-off

Bruins Notes: Tuukka Rask Remains Dominant In Elimination Games

Tuukka Rask has been the Boston Bruins’ greatest participant on this Stanley Cup Final. That was the case earlier than Game 6, and it definitely is the case after Game 6. Rask made 27 saves because the Bruins staved off the St. Louis Blues, taking a 5-1 win Sunday evening at Enterprise Center to pressure Game 7 again in Boston on Wednesday. The Bruins had been 4-for-Four on the penalty kill, thanks massive partially to some loopy sprawling saves from Rask, and a little bit assist from Charlie McAvoy. But make no mistake, Rask has thrived most with the collection on the road in these playoffs. Sunday moved Rasks’ save proportion to .973 in elimination video games,

Bruins Notes: Bruce Cassidy Says Zdeno Chara’s Status For Game 5 Unknown

Zdeno Chara has taken a beating in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Boston Bruins captain wore a painful shot block within the Eastern Conference Final in opposition to the Carolina Hurricanes, and was bloodied in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final after blocking a shot off of his wrist. Chara was minimize open once more within the Game 4, this time taking a puck off his mouth after it caught a bit of his stick. He returned to the bench for the third interval, however didn't take a shift, because the Bruins suffered a 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues. After the sport Bruce Cassidy gave a grim replace on the Bruins captain, and

Red Sox Notes: What Michael Chavis Was Thinking Before

The Boston Red Sox wanted a hero Wednesday night time, and it was Michael Chavis — once more — that got here by way of. With Boston’s recreation in opposition to the Toronto Blue Jays tied up at 5-5 within the high of the 13th, Michael Chavis smashed a 1-2 cutter into the seats, placing the Sox up by the deciding 6-5 margin. At that time within the recreation, Chavis was one in every of three Red Sox with no hit. And the truth that he had but to seek out success on the dish through the recreation performed a job in his strategy to the at-bat, the rookie admitted. “(I was thinking) I mean at this point I have no hits,

Red Sox Notes: Bullpen Stumbles In Big Spots In Tough Loss To Astros

The Boston Red Sox bullpen wasn’t put within the best place Saturday night time, however that may’t actually excuse the way in which they pitched in massive moments. Although Colten Brewer stored the Houston Astros scoreless over 2 1/Three innings, the following relievers bought themselves into bother. David Price lasted simply three batters within the 4-Three loss at Minute Maid Park resulting from flu-like signs. He ought to be nice, but it surely did gasoline the Sox bullpen a bit. Brewer changed Price within the first, and Travis Lakins changed Brewer to start the fourth. Lakins was good for 2 innings, however allowed issues to unravel a bit within the sixth, giving up an RBI single to

Red Sox Notes: What Michael Chavis Was Thinking Before Hitting Walk-Off Single

In only a handful of huge league video games, Michael Chavis already has confirmed he is aware of tips on how to hold a second from getting too large. That was evident once more Wednesday evening, because the infielder hit a walk-off single within the 10th inning of the Boston Red Sox’s 6-5 win over the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park. Xander Bogaerts kicked off the inning with a double to the middle area wall, then Colorado deliberately walked Rafael Devers. Chavis then stepped in and swung on the first pitch he noticed, an 87 mph cutter on the inside half of the plate, and hit it proper up the center into middle, scoring Bogaerts. In his

Red Sox Notes: Boston’s Season Looking Up Thanks To Marked

They could not have swept, however the Boston Red Sox seemed fairly spectacular of their four-game sequence towards the White Sox this weekend. The Red Sox walked away with a 9-2 victory at Guaranteed Rate Park on Sunday because of one more stellar all-around efficiency. It was the crew’s third straight win, including to their latest success following a depressing begin to 2019. Manager Alex Cora was happy to see one more outing during which the Sox excelled on a number of fronts. “It was a pretty good baseball game by us all around,” Cora stated, as seen on NESN’s postgame protection. “We played good defense, we pitched well, put (in) good at-bats … It was cool to see (the Red Sox