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Red Sox's Lucas Giolito aims for improvements vs. Marlins
(Photo credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images) The Boston Red Sox, in the thick of the American League playoff hunt, will look for a bounce-back performance from right-hander Lucas Giolito when they begin a three-game series against the visiting Miami Marlins on Friday. Giolito entered his Saturday start at San Diego as one of the hottest starting pitchers in the major leagues. He was 7-1 with a 2.03 ERA in his previous 10 starts, but he ran into serious trouble in the fifth inning vs. the Padres. Boston entered the bottom of the fifth with a 3-2 lead. San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. led off the inning with a single before Giolito retired the next two batters. Then Giolito walked four consecutive batters, two of which forced in runs to give San Diego a 4-3 advantage. The Padres went on to win the game 5-4 in 10 innings. Although he didn't end up taking the loss, Giolito felt responsible for it. 'I know the way baseball works,' Giolito said. 'The 'L' doesn't go next to my name, but it should. That was really bad. 'I lost feel. Lost feel for my mechanics. I just couldn't make the adjustment. It's inexcusable. I truly believe that if I had just gotten out of that fifth inning, made the adjustment, then we would have won that game.' After Giolito exited the mound, Boston's bullpen held the Padres to two hits and no earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. 'We've got to trust these guys to give us 100 (pitches), at least five innings,' Boston manager Alex Cora said. 'It just didn't work. He lost it. We were one pitch away, one out away from getting out of that inning.' Giolito (8-2, 3.77 ERA) will be making his second career appearance against Miami on Friday. On June 11, 2023, he gave up a run on six hits, struck out eight and walked one in seven innings during a no-decision. Miami is scheduled to start Sandy Alcantara (6-11, 6.55 ERA). The veteran right-hander is 1-1 with a 1.38 ERA in two career starts against the Red Sox. Through two starts this month, Alcantara is 0-2 with an 8.25 ERA. The Marlins ended a four-game losing streak by winning 13-4 at Cleveland on Wednesday, but then they dropped a 9-4 decision to the Guardians on Thursday in the decisive contest of a three-game series. 'I think that we'll just come out there (in Boston) and look forward to getting a good start from Sandy (on Friday) and offensively just continue to mount innings, stress the opposition and defensively take care of the ball,' Miami manager Clayton McCullough said. 'There's not a whole lot else other than we have to try to win a few moments that we haven't won here in the last four or five days.' Miami rookie Jakob Marsee began the Thursday contest hitting .436 with three home runs, 13 RBIs and six steals in his first 13 major league games, but he went 0-for-4 in the loss. The Red Sox enter the weekend in second place in the American League East, five games behind the Toronto Blue Jays. Boston, sitting in the second of three AL wild-card positions, has 40 games remaining, 24 of which are against teams that are currently below .500.
Canada Standard
05-07-2025
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MLB roundup: Wilyer Abreu makes HR history in Boston's rout
(Photo credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images) Wilyer Abreu made home run history and the Boston Red Sox scored seven runs in the first inning en route to a 13-6 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Abreu hit an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning and a grand slam in the eighth, becoming the first player to have each of those homers separately in a game since Roger Maris in 1958. Trevor Story and Jarren Duran also homered for Boston in the victory. Garrett Crochet (8-4) gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits in six innings. He fanned nine and walked one. Austin Hays hit a solo home run and a two-run triple for Cincinnati. Chase Burns lasted just one out in his second major league start, yielding seven runs (five earned) on five hits and two walks. Phillies 4, Padres 0 Zack Wheeler struck out 10 over eight effective innings as host Philadelphia posted a shutout win over San Diego. Wheeler (8-3) allowed six hits without a walk before Tanner Banks pitched the ninth. Nick Castellanos homered and J.T. Realmuto had two hits for the Phillies, who have won three of their past four games. Bryce Harper returned to the Phillies' lineup for the first time since June 5, having recovered from right wrist inflammation. He went 0-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch. Xander Bogaerts had three hits for San Diego, which has lost three of its past four contests. Jackson Merrill struck out three times in four hitless at-bats. Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as Toronto edged visiting New York in the opener of a four-game series. Guerrero's two-run single in a four-run sixth inning gave the Blue Jays the lead for good. Brendon Little (4-1) got the win in relief and Jeff Hoffman pitched around a single in the ninth to earn his 19th save. Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run home run and Cody Bellinger added a solo shot for the Yankees. Mark Leiter Jr. (4-5) entered in relief of Carlos Rodon in the pivotal sixth inning and took the loss. Orioles 10, Rangers 6 (11 innings) Luis Vazquez and Ramon Laureano had RBI hits in the 11th inning before Gunnar Henderson added a two-run double, lifting Baltimore to a wild win in Arlington, Texas. Henderson hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning before teammate Colton Cowser added a solo shot, but the Rangers equalized on Adolis Garcia's three-run blast against Keegan Akin (3-0). Gary Sanchez hit a three-run double for Baltimore, and Laureano finished with four hits, three of them doubles. Marcus Semien had three hits for Texas, including a two-run homer. Hoby Milner (1-2) yielded four runs, three earned, in the 11th. Pirates 7, Cardinals 0 Andrew Heaney and Chase Shugart combined on a four-hit shutout and the Pittsburgh offense remained hot during a rout of visiting St. Louis. In a game delayed 71 minutes by rain at the start, Heaney (4-7) held St. Louis hitless until the sixth inning. Heaney threw 6 2/3 innings and gave up three hits (all singles). Shugart threw the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing one single while sealing the Pirates' fourth consecutive victory and their sixth win in the past eight games. The Cardinals lost for only the fourth time in their past 14 games and had a three-game winning streak snapped. St. Louis' three most recent defeats were all shutouts. Mariners 6, Royals 2 Randy Arozarena hit two homers and drove in four runs and Cal Raleigh went deep for the major-league-leading 33rd time this season as Seattle defeated visiting Kansas City. Mariners starter George Kirby (2-4) allowed one run on three hits over six innings as the Mariners earned their second victory in a row and their sixth in the past nine games. The Royals lost for the eighth time in nine games. Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (4-8) cruised through the first 3 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit, before Arozarena went deep to right-center to tie the score at 1-all. Wacha went five innings and allowed five runs on eight hits. Diamondbacks 4, Giants 2 Alek Thomas had three hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run on a Geraldo Perdomo single in the seventh inning, and Arizona defeated San Francisco in the opener of a four-game series in Phoenix. After a two-run double by Tyler Fitzgerald drew the Giants even at 2-2 in the top of the seventh, the Diamondbacks pushed across the eventual difference-maker in the bottom of the inning against San Francisco ace Logan Webb. Fitzgerald collected two doubles and Dominic Smith had a double and a single for the Giants, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games. Athletics 6, Rays 4 Lawrence Butler lined a two-run, tiebreaking triple in the ninth inning as the Athletics won at Tampa Bay. Sean Newcomb (2-4) got the win, throwing only two pitches to end the eighth inning. A's left fielder Colby Thomas, in his major league debut, ended the frame by throwing out Brandon Lowe at the plate on a potential go-ahead single. Mason Miller notched his 16th save with a scoreless ninth. Shea Langeliers homered for the A's in his return from the injured list. Junior Caminero bashed a two-run shot for the Rays. Pete Fairbanks (3-2) served up Butler's decisive hit. --Field Level Media
Canada News.Net
05-07-2025
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MLB roundup: Wilyer Abreu makes HR history in Boston's rout
(Photo credit: Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images) Wilyer Abreu made home run history and the Boston Red Sox scored seven runs in the first inning en route to a 13-6 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Abreu hit an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning and a grand slam in the eighth, becoming the first player to have each of those homers separately in a game since Roger Maris in 1958. Trevor Story and Jarren Duran also homered for Boston in the victory. Garrett Crochet (8-4) gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits in six innings. He fanned nine and walked one. Austin Hays hit a solo home run and a two-run triple for Cincinnati. Chase Burns lasted just one out in his second major league start, yielding seven runs (five earned) on five hits and two walks. Phillies 4, Padres 0 Zack Wheeler struck out 10 over eight effective innings as host Philadelphia posted a shutout win over San Diego. Wheeler (8-3) allowed six hits without a walk before Tanner Banks pitched the ninth. Nick Castellanos homered and J.T. Realmuto had two hits for the Phillies, who have won three of their past four games. Bryce Harper returned to the Phillies' lineup for the first time since June 5, having recovered from right wrist inflammation. He went 0-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch. Xander Bogaerts had three hits for San Diego, which has lost three of its past four contests. Jackson Merrill struck out three times in four hitless at-bats. Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as Toronto edged visiting New York in the opener of a four-game series. Guerrero's two-run single in a four-run sixth inning gave the Blue Jays the lead for good. Brendon Little (4-1) got the win in relief and Jeff Hoffman pitched around a single in the ninth to earn his 19th save. Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run home run and Cody Bellinger added a solo shot for the Yankees. Mark Leiter Jr. (4-5) entered in relief of Carlos Rodon in the pivotal sixth inning and took the loss. Orioles 10, Rangers 6 (11 innings) Luis Vazquez and Ramon Laureano had RBI hits in the 11th inning before Gunnar Henderson added a two-run double, lifting Baltimore to a wild win in Arlington, Texas. Henderson hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning before teammate Colton Cowser added a solo shot, but the Rangers equalized on Adolis Garcia's three-run blast against Keegan Akin (3-0). Gary Sanchez hit a three-run double for Baltimore, and Laureano finished with four hits, three of them doubles. Marcus Semien had three hits for Texas, including a two-run homer. Hoby Milner (1-2) yielded four runs, three earned, in the 11th. Pirates 7, Cardinals 0 Andrew Heaney and Chase Shugart combined on a four-hit shutout and the Pittsburgh offense remained hot during a rout of visiting St. Louis. In a game delayed 71 minutes by rain at the start, Heaney (4-7) held St. Louis hitless until the sixth inning. Heaney threw 6 2/3 innings and gave up three hits (all singles). Shugart threw the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing one single while sealing the Pirates' fourth consecutive victory and their sixth win in the past eight games. The Cardinals lost for only the fourth time in their past 14 games and had a three-game winning streak snapped. St. Louis' three most recent defeats were all shutouts. Mariners 6, Royals 2 Randy Arozarena hit two homers and drove in four runs and Cal Raleigh went deep for the major-league-leading 33rd time this season as Seattle defeated visiting Kansas City. Mariners starter George Kirby (2-4) allowed one run on three hits over six innings as the Mariners earned their second victory in a row and their sixth in the past nine games. The Royals lost for the eighth time in nine games. Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (4-8) cruised through the first 3 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit, before Arozarena went deep to right-center to tie the score at 1-all. Wacha went five innings and allowed five runs on eight hits. Diamondbacks 4, Giants 2 Alek Thomas had three hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run on a Geraldo Perdomo single in the seventh inning, and Arizona defeated San Francisco in the opener of a four-game series in Phoenix. After a two-run double by Tyler Fitzgerald drew the Giants even at 2-2 in the top of the seventh, the Diamondbacks pushed across the eventual difference-maker in the bottom of the inning against San Francisco ace Logan Webb. Fitzgerald collected two doubles and Dominic Smith had a double and a single for the Giants, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games. Athletics 6, Rays 4 Lawrence Butler lined a two-run, tiebreaking triple in the ninth inning as the Athletics won at Tampa Bay. Sean Newcomb (2-4) got the win, throwing only two pitches to end the eighth inning. A's left fielder Colby Thomas, in his major league debut, ended the frame by throwing out Brandon Lowe at the plate on a potential go-ahead single. Mason Miller notched his 16th save with a scoreless ninth. Shea Langeliers homered for the A's in his return from the injured list. Junior Caminero bashed a two-run shot for the Rays. Pete Fairbanks (3-2) served up Butler's decisive hit.
