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David Price delivered a gem to start the second half of the 2018 season—going 6.1 innings, while giving up just four hits and no runs in
Boston's eventual 1-0 victory. He got caught in a few jams (so it was probably more accurately a "flawed" gem), but it was enough to push the Red Sox to a 5.5 game lead in the American League East—as
The Bronx Embalmers fell at home, 7-5. The Boston "offense" (such as it was) was led by
Steve Pearce—whose first-inning RBI double was all she wrote. Only
Andrew Benintendi (2-3, BB, R) and Pearce (2-4, RBI) had multiple-hit games. Red Sox batters struck out 10 tines and left 9 men on.
Craig Kimbrel pitched the ninth to get his 31st save of the year. By the way, for perspective, from 2012-2018 only
two American League pitchers have compiled 97 wins—Price and
Chris Sale.
