GAME #9 - SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2022 - MINNESOTA TWINS @ BOSTON RED SOX

[markj]

1:35PM Eastern

Red Sox

Michael Wacha (R)

1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
5. Alex Verdugo (L) LF
6. Trevor Story (R) 2B
7. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
8. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF
9. Kevin Plawecki (R) C

Twins

Bailey Ober (R)

1. Luis Arraez (L) 2B
2. Carlos Correa (R) SS
3. Jorge Polanco (S) DH
4. Max Kepler (L) RF
5. Gio Urshela (R) 3B
6. Trevor Larnach (L) LF
7. Gary Sanchez (R) C
8. Miguel Sano (R) 1B
9. Nick Gordon (L) CF


Gametime Temp: 45°F
Chance of Precip: 7%

[markj]

Chilly day for baseball.

[markj]

Five solid innings from Wacha. Not a bit of run support from the bats.

[Sea Dog 23]

Some good chances in the 1st, 2 singles, 2 on, and 1 out.  But JDM and Dugo left them stranded.  Only one hit since.

[Schloicka]

Wacha went 5 innings. 0 runs. has a .96 era this year in 9.1 innings.

[markj]

Sox finally get a couple of runs and now Brasier is going to blow it.

[markj]

Brasier got out of the inning with just one run in. Lucky.

[Sea Dog 23]

Sox get 2 runs on sac flies, Twins answer with a sac fly.  A tough day in the cold.  Yanks are scoreless in Baltimore.

[markj]

Sox bats finally come alive. Now up 6-1 in the 8th.

[markj]

6 run inning for the Sox. Now up 8-1. Need the BP to close this one out quickly.

[markj]

And indeed they did. Sox win 8-1.

[Schloicka]

Decent game. Pulled away late. Good game to watch.

[SeaBeachFred]

Five solid innings from Wacha. Not a bit of run support from the bats.

The pitching was impressive though markj. We need to get our jollies any way we can until the hitting comes around-----and hope when the hitting erupts the pitching follows suit.  Another good sign was that we have lost the first game of the recent two series----vs Detroit and Minnesota---but we have a Patriots Game tomorrow morning and the team can show they are a team to be watched.  What we don't need is the team coming out flat tomorrow and looking like a 500 team in way, shape and form.  They must not let that happen by playing a solid game on all fronts tomorrow and to WIN!!!!!

[SeaBeachFred]

Brasier got out of the inning with just one run in. Lucky.

Brasier is one pitcher I can do without.  The guy has a good fastball but it is as flat and straight as line and is very hittable. He rarely fools anyone and often burns Red Sox fans.  It is up to our new relievers to pitch well enough to reduce him to a mop up man OR WE MIGHT BE IN SOME TROUBLE IF WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON HIM.

[MongoLikeSox]

I am digging some of their recent situational hitting. Line drives up the pike with 2 strikes. What, 4 sac flies in two days? Good for them. I hope it's a trend.