GAME #27, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2 018, TAMPA BAY RAYS AT BOSTON RED SOX

[Bear]

RAYS V RED SOX

SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018, 1:05 PM AT FENWAY PARK

TV:  NESN, FOX SPORTS SUN

TAMPA, ( 12-13).............................................................................................BOSTON, (19-7)

TAMPA:

MATT ANDRIESE, RHP, 0-0, 5.40 ERA, 15K

The Rays will turn to Matt Andriese in search of a sweep of the Red Sox.
This will be the righty's 1st start of the season after making a combined
44 starts at Tampa Bay from 2015-17.   Andriese has made two relief
appearances vs Boston this season.

BOSTON:

RICK PORCELLO, RHP, 4-0, 1.93 ERA, 32,

The case can be made that Porcello has been Boston's best starter early
in the season, as the righty has displayed his Cy Young form of two seasons
ago.  Porcello has four walks and 32 strikeouts while holding opponents to a
.189 batting average.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-red-sox/2018/04/29/529828#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=529828

[Bear]

REDSOX LINEUP:

Núñez 2B,

Benintendi CF,

Ramirez DH,

Martinez LF,

Moreland 1B,

Devers 3B,

Bradley RF,

León C,

Lin SS, and

Porcello RHP.

TWITTER

[Rob from Mass]

Very strange!!!

[Rob from Mass]

Porcello needs to be on his game 100 %.A 1 hitter would be nice as long as it's not a HR.

[BoSoxFanNY]

How are you supposed to win a game with no Mookie and no Xander.
Mookie, I understand from yesterday's injury.

Porcello has to pitch a gem
and the Sox need to give him run support.

C'mon Sox!
Play good solid baseball and WIN!

[ipot]

Here we go again.  ::)   No run support.  Porcello can't hold a shutout (unfair to him).   

[elktonnick]

The team is definitely in a hitting drought.  So our new young managerial genius gives the team's best hitter a scheduled day off.

[Bear]

Another no-support game for Porcello.

[markj]

Like we've been saying, a game of averages. This is maybe a.600 team. Maybe. Getting back to that average was bound to hurt.

[ipot]

Well, that's that.  3-0.   4-6 in our last 10.

[Sea Dog 23]

I am starting to feel sorry for Cora.  The writers are going to be fierce with this and another road trip coming.  But he had to know what he was walking into.

[BoSoxFanNY]

This team teased us with a 17 - 2 start to the season.

[Bear]

Can't get a break.

[BoSoxFanNY]

Frustrating . . .

WHAT happened to our bats??

The SOX were winning games with the long ball -
not happening these days.  CRAZY.
AND FRUSTRATING!

[Rob from Mass]

According to Cora Mookie was scheduled to have today off anyway.This guy is very weird.
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