Everyone, please note Nunez lack of a pump fake or other motion before throwing. That is how you do it at 3b, but not how Devers does it. I think it's a confidence thing.
Hembree looks sharp. One more out and that's 8 scoreless by the bullpen. But the lineup is doing their share too--they're now scoreless in 12 of 13 innings.
No, I think his bat told him it needed a break. No swinging. When a hitter does contortions to help persuade the ump a strike is really a ball, that's all you need to know. These days Bogie does that about half the time.
HanRam looked completely in charge, but still hit a harmless fly to RF. Fast ball, center, outside part of the plate.
13 innings, 5 singles, 2 doubles, and a miraculous 2 run rally in the 9th.
I thought you already had started that one. This game makes me think there might be a smidgen of hope this year. ERod had a quality start and especially had a strong first inning for a change.
Nice. 3b and Nunez were made for each other. And no, I am not getting off the Devers train. It's just that right now, September 5 in the heat of a pennant race that daily adds to the pressure, Devers struggles at the bat and in the field--to say nothing of his age and very rapid ascent to Boston--justify what Farrell is doing.
Good. Leon vs. a righty.
Maddox is our 5th reliever and is working on the 6th inning of scoreless relief by the bullpen.
As delighted as I was with the 2 run 9th, it was the result of one hit, one walk, and timely groundouts. The Sox hitting remains a question mark.
No Pedroia just missed that dinger that went foul. Ramirez popped up to the infield, which means his bat went nowhere the sweet spot. It is a truism that good pitchers excel by getting hitters to hit their pitch. That fast ball was inside.
Saw that coming when Bogie took those two strikes, one of them a fastball in the dead center. Plus of course he has been a sucker for an outside slider all season long.