A healthy Garrett Whitlock gives Red Sox options out of the bullpen in the late innings
It was his first save since Sept. 29, 2023.
'It's been a while,' Whitlock said. 'Good time for it.'
Whitlock entered the game in the eighth inning with runners on first and second, one out and
Aaron Judge
up.
Judge swung through a high fastball. Whitlock then went down and away with a slider. Judge grounded it to third and
Abraham Toro
started a double play.
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'Amazing defensive job right there,' Whitlock said. 'It was really cool to see.'
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The ninth inning was a 12-pitch wipeout as
Cody Bellinger
grounded to second before Whitlock struck out
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
and
Anthony Volpe
, both swinging at fastballs.
Whitlock has worked 8⅔ scoreless innings in his last seven games, allowing only three hits and striking out 11 with two walks.
He has a 2.97 ERA over 26 games with 45 strikeouts in 36⅓ innings.
With
Aroldis Chapman
getting a needed two-day rest, Whitlock was the choice to close.
Fathers, sons, and baseball
In recognition of Father's Day, the Sox players had the names of their fathers above their lockers. Some of the players used light blue equipment.
For Sox manager
Alex Cora
, it's a bittersweet day. He lost his father,
José
Manuel Cora
, to cancer in 1989. Cora was about to turn 13 at the time.
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'I didn't have too much time with him,' Cora said. 'I was very upset at life because I didn't have my dad but then I was happy I had him for 12, 13 years.'
José Cora was a baseball man. He founded the Little League in Caguas, Puerto Rico, and was a radio broadcaster of winter league games.
One of Cora's fondest memories was traveling to New York in 1986 with his father to see his brother,
Joey
, when he was called up to the majors.
Joey Cora didn't get in a game but the trip was special because of the time Alex spent with his father.
'Just to be around him was awesome,' Cora said.
Back to work
Tanner Houck
is set to start a rehab assignment with Triple A Worcester on Wednesday against Buffalo at Polar Park. He is scheduled for 2-3 innings.
Houck has not appeared in a game since May 12 when he allowed 11 runs over 2⅓ innings at Detroit.
In an amazing coincidence, the righthander was diagnosed with a flexor pronator strain two days later and placed on the injured list.
Right fielder
Wilyer Abreu
is set to play for Worcester on Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation for coming off the injured list in San Francisco on Friday. He has been out with a left oblique strain.
Wild, wild west
The Sox flew to Seattle after the game and will start a nine-game, 10-game West Coast road trip on Monday night against the Mariners.
Lucas Giolito
,
Walker Buehler
, and
Garrett Crochet
will face the Mariners before a day off on Thursday. Three-game series at San Francisco and Anaheim will follow . . . The home run
Rafael Devers
hit in the fifth inning was the 500th extra-base hit of his career. At 28 years, 234 days, he is the youngest Sox player to reach that milestone.
Carl Yastrzemski
holds the franchise record of 1,157. Devers is 12th in team history . . . Cora introduced his seven-year-old twin sons to Judge on Saturday. Even a Yankee, he told them, can be a good role model . . . First base coach
José Flores
was back in the box after missing two games following a medical procedure . . . After a fantastic version of the national anthem by Fenway Park staple
Michelle Brooks-Thompson
,
Jax Buchholz
threw out the first pitch to his father,
Clay
. The former Sox righthander was in town for a charity event.
Carlton Fisk
and
Mike Timlin
were at the ballpark, too. Timlin hosted the Sharon Timlin Memorial 5K race in Hopkinton on Saturday to raise money for The Angel Fund for ALS Research in honor of his mother. The race, held since 2004, has raised more than $2 million.
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