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Abreu homers off Pivetta to help the Red Sox beat the Padres, 10-2
SAN DIEGO -- Wilyer Abreu made former teammate Nick Pivetta pay for his mistakes with a two-run home run in a four-run fourth inning and Masataka Yoshida also connected to help the Boston Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Friday night. Connor Wong added a bases-loaded double and Walker Buehler (7-6) shut out the Padres on four singles through six innings as the Red Sox won for the 10th time in 12 games. Buehler struck out four and walked two, with only two Padres reaching scoring position. Buehler improved to 7-1 against the Padres and 2-1 at Petco Park. His previous 12 starts against San Diego all came while with the NL West-rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Buehler, who earned the save in the Dodgers' World Series-ending Game 5 victory over the Yankees, signed with the Red Sox as a free agent Dec. 28. Pivetta (11-4) loaded the bases opening the fourth by allowing a single to Alex Bregman and walking Jarren Duran and Trevor Story. Yoshida hit a sacrifice fly and Pivetta's errant throw trying to pick off Story brought in another run. With two outs, Abreu hit a 423-foot homer to right-center, his 21st, to make it 4-0. Bregman hit a sac fly in the fifth. Pivetta allowed five runs and five hits in six innings, struck out three and walked three. Wong's three-run double off Sean Reynolds made it 8-0 in the eighth. The Padres scored twice in the bottom of the inning. Yoshida hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Reynolds, his second. Abreu's homer to one of the deepest parts of Petco Park. The Red Sox improved to 18-10 against the Padres, 9-4 at Petco Park and 11-5 in San Diego. Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.57 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday night opposite RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.59). ___
San Francisco Chronicle
2 days ago
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Abreu homers off Pivetta to help the Red Sox beat the Padres, 10-2
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wilyer Abreu made former teammate Nick Pivetta pay for his mistakes with a two-run home run in a four-run fourth inning and Masataka Yoshida also connected to help the Boston Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Friday night. Connor Wong added a bases-loaded double and Walker Buehler (7-6) shut out the Padres on four singles through six innings as the Red Sox won for the 10th time in 12 games. Buehler struck out four and walked two, with only two Padres reaching scoring position. Buehler improved to 7-1 against the Padres and 2-1 at Petco Park. His previous 12 starts against San Diego all came while with the NL West-rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Buehler, who earned the save in the Dodgers' World Series-ending Game 5 victory over the Yankees, signed with the Red Sox as a free agent Dec. 28. Pivetta (11-4) loaded the bases opening the fourth by allowing a single to Alex Bregman and walking Jarren Duran and Trevor Story. Yoshida hit a sacrifice fly and Pivetta's errant throw trying to pick off Story brought in another run. With two outs, Abreu hit a 423-foot homer to right-center, his 21st, to make it 4-0. Bregman hit a sac fly in the fifth. Wong's three-run double off Sean Reynolds made it 8-0 in the eighth. The Padres scored twice in the bottom of the inning. Yoshida hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Reynolds, his second. Key moment Abreu's homer to one of the deepest parts of Petco Park. Key stat The Red Sox improved to 18-10 against the Padres, 9-4 at Petco Park and 11-5 in San Diego. Up next Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.57 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday night opposite RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.59). ___
Winnipeg Free Press
2 days ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Abreu homers off Pivetta to help the Red Sox beat the Padres, 10-2
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wilyer Abreu made former teammate Nick Pivetta pay for his mistakes with a two-run home run in a four-run fourth inning and Masataka Yoshida also connected to help the Boston Red Sox beat the San Diego Padres 10-2 on Friday night. Connor Wong added a bases-loaded double and Walker Buehler (7-6) shut out the Padres on four singles through six innings as the Red Sox won for the 10th time in 12 games. Buehler struck out four and walked two, with only two Padres reaching scoring position. Buehler improved to 7-1 against the Padres and 2-1 at Petco Park. His previous 12 starts against San Diego all came while with the NL West-rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Buehler, who earned the save in the Dodgers' World Series-ending Game 5 victory over the Yankees, signed with the Red Sox as a free agent Dec. 28. Pivetta (11-4) loaded the bases opening the fourth by allowing a single to Alex Bregman and walking Jarren Duran and Trevor Story. Yoshida hit a sacrifice fly and Pivetta's errant throw trying to pick off Story brought in another run. With two outs, Abreu hit a 423-foot homer to right-center, his 21st, to make it 4-0. Bregman hit a sac fly in the fifth. Pivetta allowed five runs and five hits in six innings, struck out three and walked three. Wong's three-run double off Sean Reynolds made it 8-0 in the eighth. The Padres scored twice in the bottom of the inning. Yoshida hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Reynolds, his second. Key moment Abreu's homer to one of the deepest parts of Petco Park. Key stat Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. The Red Sox improved to 18-10 against the Padres, 9-4 at Petco Park and 11-5 in San Diego. Up next Red Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (8-2, 3.57 ERA) was scheduled to start Saturday night opposite RHP Michael King (4-2, 2.59). ___ AP MLB:
Boston Globe
24-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Red Sox' Walker Buehler, World Series hero for Dodgers, to receive ring in reunion Friday
Buehler doesn't want any hoopla, though. Instead of a public, on-field moment — which is common in these situations — Buehler communicated to the Dodgers that they should 'just hand it to me' privately. He suspects Clayton Kershaw and perhaps manager Dave Roberts will be tasked with the delivery. Advertisement 'I haven't seen any of those guys in a long time, so it'll be fun,' Buehler said. 'I told them I just want them to bring it over. I don't want a whole thing.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up After a decade in the organization, including eight seasons in the majors, Buehler's last moment in a Dodgers uniform came in the clinching Game 5 against the Yankees. On one day of rest, he appeared out of the bullpen to toss a perfect ninth inning, striking out Alex Verdugo for the final out. It was a fitting conclusion to Buehler's time as an October stalwart for a perennial contender. His lifetime postseason numbers include a 10-3 record, 3.04 ERA, and 114 strikeouts in 94⅔ innings across 19 games. That title felt different, Buehler said, than 2020, when the Dodgers won it all in the pandemic-shortened season. Advertisement 'I said it literally five minutes after the game: Nobody can say [expletive] about this one,' he said. Reminiscing and reunions aside, the Dodgers will be another tough matchup for Buehler, who owns a 5.72 ERA this season but has been better lately. They lead the majors with 5.31 runs per game. 'This team is a good litmus test for where you're at,' Buehler said. 'The new thing in baseball is being extremely disciplined and hitting the ball for power. Honestly, they're probably the best team in the game at doing that, taking walks and hitting homers. So, you've got to throw strikes and try to get guys who don't miss much to miss … or keep them in the ballpark when they're guys who know how to hit homers.' Related : Manager Alex Cora said: 'He grew up as a Dodger, won two [World Series] with them. He was really good with them. I bet there's going to be a lot of emotions. But talking to him, he's downplaying it. He's trying to help us get to the next level. That's why he signed with us. What we have seen the last two, three [starts], he's getting to the point where every five days, it's going to be fun.' Answering the call In the seventh inning against the Phillies on Wednesday night, when the bullpen doors opened and the closer emerged, the Red Sox' season reached a new, more urgent, perhaps more desperate stage. Advertisement Cora called on Aroldis Chapman for four outs, the first time in more than a year that the lefthander went more than an inning. Just a day prior, Cora said he didn't want to do that with Chapman yet because 'it's too early,' but he would eventually. 'It's July 22,' Cora said Tuesday. 'This guy is very important for us. He's done an amazing job so far. And we expect him to keep going that way. When the time comes, we'll do it.' The time came in an J.T. Realmuto with two outs in the eighth but said he felt strong in the outing — in which he threw just 14 pitches — and is ready to handle more than an inning more often in a playoff push. Chapman hasn't done that much lately. Including Wednesday, he has just five appearances of more than three outs in the last seven regular seasons. In the four years before that, he did it 15 times. Chapman said he has not discussed it with Cora. 'And I don't think there is a need for [a conversation],' Chapman said through an interpreter. 'The game situation will dictate when they need me. I'll be ready for that situation.' Marquee matchup Highlighting the Dodgers-Red Sox pitching probables is a duel of lefthanders Saturday night: Garrett Crochet vs. Kershaw. On Friday, it'll be Brayan Bello and Emmet Sheehan . On Sunday, Buehler vs. Dustin May … Shohei Ohtani is slated only to hit during the series … Roberts told reporters in Los Angeles that Mookie Betts might not be with the team Friday to tend to a personal matter. Advertisement Tim Healey can be reached at
USA Today
04-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Sam Presti impressed with Jalen Williams gutting out wrist injury through playoffs
During your average morning shootaround, Jalen Williams had a quote that stuck with my mind. Hiding the wrapping on his wrist, the 24-year-old was asked how it felt. He sports black tape on it throughout the playoffs. It was pretty obvious he was playing through some sorta ailment. Williams snipped back at the reporter. He asked how their wrist was. That also stuck out to Sam Presti. Given several chances to admit that he played through a torn ligament in his wrist throughout the Oklahoma City Thunder's playoff journey to an NBA championship, he kept quiet. Only after champagne was popped and confetti littered downtown OKC in the post-parade scene did Presti let the public know about Williams' wrist injury. You knew something was up. He yelled at his shooting hand after he hit a big-time 3-pointer in a critical Game 5 win over the Denver Nuggets in their Round 2 series victory. Despite having the injury card in his hand, Williams never slammed it on the table. He kept it a secret. Or as secretive as he possibly could. That impressed Presti. Usually, if somebody is playing hurt, you'd hear about it. Ask Luka Doncic's superfans. Or Nuggets fans who'll let you know they were the first injured team in NBA history that didn't have anybody miss a game in their playoff matchup against OKC. "But the part that I am most impressed with is in our modern era, when someone has a poor performance or they're not playing to their capability in a game and there's a lot of attention on it, you often see a little birdie make sure that everybody knows that the player is not 100 percent," Presti said about Williams. "Never happened with this guy. Not one time." Williams wrote himself into Thunder lore. He entered the playoffs as a questionable second-best player on a title contender to a no-doubt good-enough second-best player on a title winner. A 40-point Game 5 explosion in the NBA Finals quickly blossomed into Gen Z Scottie Pippen comparisons. "He powered through. He showed incredible mental endurance and security in himself, and I've said this many times: The best players are secure players," Presti said. "I really thought it was pretty impressive that he just kept moving along with no excuses and obviously played his best basketball down the stretch of the season." Now, Williams is in line for a Cloud 9 offseason. He'll likely get a new deal signed soon, as he's eligible for a contract extension. He completely rewrote how people talk about him. And now he can run as many online victory laps as he wants while he recovers from wrist surgery and awaits his championship ring.
