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Eduardo Rodriguez can be baffling—at times (like today) his stuff is overpowering; other times, he just can't get it done. In
this particular Fourth of July start, E-Rod was "independent" of any of the bad stuff—going six strong innings and giving up
no earned runs—while striking out six. Until the seventh inning, his teammates had failed to back up his superb effort. Then, after
Rafael Devers doubled and
Eduardo Nunez singled,
Jackie Bradley, Jr. hit a sacrifice fly to open the scoring. A wild pitch followed for the second run. In the ninth, JBJ rose to the occasion
again, doubling in Nunez for the final tally in
the 3-0 victory. Boston got multi-hit games from: Devers, Nunez,
J.D. Martinez and
Mookie Betts. The win keeps the Red Sox in first place in the American League East by a full game—as
The Evil Ones won again.
