As Spring Training winds down, games become a
little more indicative of how things may go in the regular season. If that's the case, Boston's 5-0 shutout of
The Evil Empire today is nothing but good news. Likely fourth starter (at least at the
beginning of the season)
Brian Johnson was stellar—going 4.2 innings, giving up just two hits and no runs while striking out five
Pinstriped Posers. Speaking of the Posers, they notched nine strikeouts—including
Aaron Judge who whiffed twice, and
Gary Sanchez who fanned once. The Red Sox offense was keyed by the long-ball—as
Ivan De Jesus, Jr. (3-4, 2 RBIs) and
Sam Travis both went yard. For Travis it was his
sixth round-tripper of the Spring—sparking cries of
"Where will we play Sammy?". And,
Justin Haley turned in
another solid bullpen outing—going 4.0 innings of two-hit, no-run ball while K'ing four
Bronx Embalmers. Haley's Spring ERA is now 2.12. All in all, a pleasant, nationally-televised win.
