![]() In addition to Semien's record, the Blue Jays lineup made history of its own. Springer, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Santiago Espinal provided the other extra-base knocks, all of the doubles variety. Marcus Semien also homered, setting a record for second basemen with 44 dingers on the year. Bo Bichette was responsible for three of them, doubling and delivering his 27th and 28th home runs of the season. In total, Toronto recorded eight extra-base hits. George Springer led off the bottom of the first with a double and the Blue Jays were off and slugging from there. Rather, the Blue Jays' ever-threatening lineup put on a show as part of a 6-5 victory ( box score). On paper, Wednesday night's pitching matchup between Gerrit Cole and José Berríos seemed primed to be a low-scoring affair. ![]() ![]() Blue Jays - 88-70 (1 GB) Blue Jays slug their way to victory How did the night's action play out? Below you can find all you need to know, as well as relive CBS Sports' live blog coverage throughout the night. The Oakland Athletics, still theoretically alive at the start of the night, had their own reasons for trying to upend the Mariners' recent run. The Boston Red Sox, meanwhile, were attempting to fend off the Seattle Mariners (just a half-game back) and end a four-game losing streak against the Baltimore Orioles. The New York Yankees continued their series against the Toronto Blue Jays with a two-game lead for the top spot. (Technically the Yankees are ahead by percentage points.) Seattle draws to within two games of the final postseason spot while Oakland is 2.5 games back.Entering Wednesday's slate of games, the American League wild card picture remained in flux. With the loss, combined with wins from Toronto and New York, Boston falls to a tie for the second wildcard spot with New York. The Red Sox lost 5-4, dropping their record to 81-65. But that would prove to be too little too late, with the team going down in order in the ninth. The offense did fight back a bit in the eighth when Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers went back-to-back, bringing the score to 5-4. Predictably, the inning proved costly when Brasier left a slider over the plate that was crushed by Mitch Haniger. But instead, a two-out ground ball to the right side was booted by Kyle Schwarber, and the inning continued. He got a couple of quick outs, and should have had a 1-2-3 inning. Beyond that, the team was largely mystified by rookie Logan Gilbert, who struck out nine batters.īut where this game really ended up swinging was in the seventh with Ryan Brasier coming on to pitch. Iglesias came to the rescue again in the fifth inning with a game-tying single in the fifth inning, scoring Alex Verdugo. Tonight, the Red Sox first runs actually came from old and now new again friend José Iglesias, who smashed a solo home run in the third inning. The team’s heavy hitters have been either out with COVID, or back spasms, or have been mystified by the fastball. The latter, once again, just seems to shows up when it darn well pleases. Take a look at the entire shirt collection from our friends over at BreakingT, including the one pictured above. This loss would be on the defense and offense. Honestly, not much more could be asked from the number three in a rotation. It seemed like he was destined for an early exit, but the southpaw ended his start with six innings pitched, six hits, two runs (one earned), one walk, six strikeouts. Things were a little bit tenuous early on when he allowed a pair of early runs and struggled with efficiency. Rodriguez looked the part of a good midrotation starter in this game. ![]() Rodriguez owns a 3.46 FIP, and a 3.49 xFIP, which is actually better in some regard than in 2019 when it appeared a true breakout was imminent. Some fans will look at the surface and see a 5.00 ERA and 11 wins, but the peripherals are worth a look as well. Rodriguez is not an ace, but he is a solid number three starter. The biggest issue that has followed Rodriguez throughout his career has been the unwarranted “Eddie Aces” moniker. But then there have been moments like we’ve seen lately, and like we saw again on Monday.Įduardo Rodriguez, for his past was everything the Red Sox could have asked for from their starting pitcher. There have been moments of overachieving where the Red Sox appeared as if they were destined to withstand a seven-game series against the Dodgers, a team that has nearly an All-Star at every position. The 2021 season, meanwhile, has been more Jekyll and Hyde. The 2020 season was thankfully only 60 games, and those terrible 60 games gifted the Red Sox a top prospect in Marcelo Mayer. Sure, the 2020 season was downright awful, and the 2021 season, for the most part, has been a darn delight comparatively speaking. My oh my, the 2021 Red Sox season has been rather frustrating. ![]()
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