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Nevers is now upgraded to making productive outs. It's progress.

What is it called when a ball struck into fair territory goes over the wall or fence and is grabbed by a fan? A home run.... don't be embarrassed as a Sox fan if you were not recently familiar with Home Runs, solo or otherwise.

Boston first innings are always exciting. Duran jumps the first pitch out of the zone and pops to the SS. Nevers watches K3 go by, and Refsnyder pops out. I know Ryan is a good pitcher. Devers has 10 rbi's , only 1 less than the late Enmanuel Valdez and Yoshida. I hope all his fans enjoy the next 10 years.

Bell, I truly hope you have a win up your sleeve today, with the bats breaking out. This team is over 20% into the season and is a couple over .500, despite the best pitching stats in baseball because..... wait for it, no real balance in their hitting. The recent roster shuffling and sudden appearance of Grissom, Cooper, Smith has not ignited a spark yet.

The simple fact that you name at least 3 of my bothood Sox favorites on the mound makes JAD a winner in the game of life. Ike Delock was a machine, but Tom Brewer often was a pinchrunner in late innings.

Very true and inexcusable for a professional sport to not be able to grade and hire/fire based on merit.

What was Devers looking at in that K ? 3-1 , take a cookie, 3-2 swing out of your Sox at a pitch a foot high.

Dick and Jane: See the ball. Hit the ball See the hit ball , catch the hit ball. Catch the ball, throw the ball .

Are you referring top the guy who was almost here, but still hasn't played one inning yet?

May a worthy person on Talksox get a new streak started against the suddenly terrifying Twinkies

i tried to stay silent as I lay on the cardiologist's table and not let false rallies get me too hyped up. Sure enough we take a loss in the last game but 4-2 at home is OK ..

The streak is riding on Josh Winckowski's right arm. Josh is starting out of necessity and has been effective in 2 starts , in 3 inning doses. Sox starting to get some key hits at home Wong's OPS is 1.007 , along with Refsnyder and O'Neil also above 1.000. SF offers LH, 22 year old , Kyle Harrison who has 6 starts this year, 7 last year with a 4.09 ERA . Harrison has averaged 5+ innings so far. The Giant BP used 4 relievers plus a starter in Game #2, so i am saying edge to BoSox. Looking for the sweep and a second 5 game streak . Yankees have reached 20 wins , one more than the O's but watch out, Red Sox are at 18 and rolling.

Enmanuel has made some plays recently. He is not a total disaster. I think he saved Slaten's 9th last night.

Crawford and Sandoval, somewhat Hanley Ramirez, may have been the worst signings in quite a long time.

Very good inning by Chris Martin.

I would agree he is in contention, along with Duran, Houck, and Crawford. The last 2 because there were serious questions about their viability as legit starters

It's not so relevant to Red Sox fans , but are the Angels the most snake bit and self destructing franchise in Baseball ? Arte Moreno, owner, turns down a $2.5B-$3B offer for a team in a nowhere market ( sub LA) with no real estate to expand upon. They let Shohei Ohtani go away with NO compensation because they thought a Japanese player would appreciate the loyalty factor over the new contract value. They keep Trout, who now needs knee surgery , so he will once again miss the majority of this season as he has for multiple prior years. They owe Trout 6 more years at a total of $200MM+, for a guy who will be a DH at best. Untradable now. The team is already sub .500 and sinking (11-20) I'll never complain about our owner/FO as long as clowns like this are still operating MLB franchises.

It was a thing of beauty , and paid off big time when Duran again comes through

Who knew Yaz could bunt for an RBI. ? Crawfords screws himself with 2 out BB and then a double, then the safety squeeze.

Followed by Devers on a 4 pitch walk, big rally starting, but K, DP and it's all over now.

After closing out April with another stellar pitching performance by Criswell and BP crew, not named Martin nor Jansen, Red Sox will try to keep rolling behind Kutter Crawford . Amazing that after 6 starts and a 1.35 ERA, Kutter only has 1 win, but that's baseball. The Sox 17-13 record after Mar/April is a major achievement . It does look like Bailey has had a huge influence on the pitchers . Cora has juggled through a series of significant injuries to starters in the lineup and on the mound, plus a handful of AAAA hitters Hats off to whoever is getting it done. SF is so jet lagged , they have selected a TBD to match up. And a special Talksox welcome to Vaughn Grissom , may you get well and on the field. It will be fun to ride your weak ass. Garrett Cooper , thanks for taking a shot on the wrist so Bobby D could run the bases, a place not so familiar to him. Your double K's were reminders why we miss Triston so much. 28 games in May, let's shoot for a 16-12 record by first completing a sweep of the Giants

sox lead MLB in shutouts with 6 ? Great work Andrew Bailey and the pitchers too. I do think Valdez, who we complain about, may have saved Slaten some trouble with that snag in the 9th.

Are we sure Cooper and Dalbec are 2 different players ?

He has struck out every single time at bat for the Sox. Even Dalbec hasn't been that bad, maybe only 50% Further, Cooper immediately gets injured in his first game , and sure enough Cora subs Dalbec. You cannot make this stuff up. Grissom sick and Cooper injured.

2 hit shutout by Criswell through 5 innings. Somebody is living right. Amazingly good performance