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This is starting to get crazy. With
today's 4-1 win over the hapless Orioles, the Red Sox got their 85th win of the year and now sit
50 games over .500 for the first time since 1946.
Chris Sale—fresh off the disabled list—worked a truncated five innings, during which
he struck out 12 Birds. Sale’s 0.20 ERA over his last seven starts
is the lowest by a Red Sox pitcher since ERA became an official stat in 1913. Absolutely
sick. The still shaky Boston bullpen turned a 2-0 'laugher' with Sale solidly in control into a cardiac win. Boston started the scoring when
Steve Pearce socked his 6th HR as a
Carmine Hoser and later tacked on another run after a
J.D. Martinez double and an error. It was a tenuous 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth, when (after a key
Eduardo Nunez stolen base),
Jackie Bradley, Jr. smacked an RBI single to make it 3-1.
Mookie Betts followed with an RBI double scoring JBJ all the way from first for a
seemingly comfortable 4-1 edge. But
Craig Kimbrel is just not the same these days. Despite eventually striking out the side, he allowed two base runners (a walk and a single) and had to face the tying run at the plate. Boston's win keeps their lead in the American League East at 9.5 games over
The Pinstriped Posers. After an off-day, the Sox travel to
The City Of Brotherly Love for a brief two-game set with the surprising Phillies starting on Tuesday.
