GAME #3, MARCH 30, 2019, BOSTON RED SOX AT MARINERS

[Bear]

BOSTON RED SOX V SEATTLE MARINERS

MARCH 30, 2019, 9:10 PM, EDT

T-MOBILE PARK, WASHINGTON, WA.

TV:  NESN, ROOTNW

BOSTON, (1-0).......................................................................................SEATTLE, (3-1)

BOSTON:

EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ, LHP, 0-0, -,-ERA

Rodriguez will start the third game to split him from other left-handers in Boston's rotation,
Chris Sale and David Price after going 13 -5 with a 3.82 ERA in 27 games (23 starts). last year
he posted a 4.5 ERA in four Spring Training starts.

SEATTLE:

MIKE LEAKE, LHP, 0-0, -,-ERA

Leake has been one of MLB's most durable right-handers with seven straight seasons with
30-plus- starts.  He's 1-3 with a 5:30 ERA in six career starts vs Boston, but threw eight
shutout innings in his most recent meeting in a win last June in Fenway.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/red-sox-vs-mariners/2019/03/30/566374#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=566374

[Bear]

Game 3: Red Sox at Mariners lineups and notes

Here are the lineups:

RED SOX (1-1)   

1. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
2. Mookie Betts (R) RF
3. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
5. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
6. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
7. Blake Swihart (S) C
8. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
9. Brock Holt (L) 2B

Pitching: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (13-5, 3.82 in 2018)   

MARINERS (3-1)

1. Mitch Haniger (R) CF
2. Domingo Santana (R) LF
3. Edwin Encarnacion (R) DH
4. Jay Bruce (L) RF
5. Tim Beckham (R) SS
6. Ryon Healy (R) 1B
7. Tom Murphy (R) C
8. Dylan Moore (R) 3B
9. Dee Gordon (L) 2B

Pitching: RHP Mike Leake (10-10, 4.36 in 2018)

Game time: 9:10 p.m. ET

TV/radio: NESN / WEEI-FM 93.7

Red Sox vs. Leake: Moreland 6-20, Martinez 5-14, Bradley 3-14, Benintendi 4-12, Holt 4-11, Bogaerts 5-12, Nunez 2-11, Betts 3-9, Devers 8-3, Vazquez 0-6, Lin 0-4.

Mariners vs. Rodriguez: Encarnacion 4-15, Healy 1-15, Seager 3-12, Beckham 2-10, Gordon, 5-8, Haniger 2-9, Bruce 1-3, Freitas 1-2, Narvaez 0-2, Santana 0-2.

Stat of the Day: Mitch Moreland’s pinch-hit home run on Friday was the fourth of his career and second with the Red Sox.

Notes: Rodriguez has started against the Mariners five times in his career, going 2-2 with a 3.58 ERA. Three of those starts were in Seattle, where he is 1-1 with a 3.57 ERA over 17⅔ innings . . . Leake is making his seventh career start against the Sox. He went 1-3 with a 5.30 in his previous six starts against Boston, including 1-1 with a 3.21 ERA in two nods last season.

Song of the Day: “Pretty Ugly,” by Tierra Whack

BG

[Murph]

 Can Erod be the guy to get the Sox their 1st QSof 2019?

[elktonnick]

E Rod continues the trend of Red Sox starters looking like bad early.  Again this is not surprising to me, considering how Cora babied his starters in ST.

[markj]

Erod with a 31 pitch, 2-run 1st inning.

[markj]

Beni with a nasty foul ball hit off the knee. Looks like he's ok.

[Sea Dog 23]

I heard that Eovaldi got just one swing and miss on his favorite 4seam fast ball.  Sale was equally ineffective with his out pitch.

[markj]

Sox get one back. Now 2-1 Mariners.

[markj]

Much better inning for Erod. Only 13 pitches.

[markj]

JD drives in Devers. Tied at 2 now.

[markj]

Oops. Well it *was* a close game. Erod just gave up a 3-run dinger to Bruce. Now 6-2 Mariners.

[markj]

Erod is all done. Just gave up a 3-run dinger and then walks the next batter. No outs and he's over 100 pitches. Not a good outing at all.

[markj]

Same old E-rod. 105 pitches in 4.1 innings. Not even half a game. Captain Inefficiency.

[markj]

Hembree done good. Got through the inning with no further damage.

[Sea Dog 23]

Man, I don't know what to say.   sigh