As for the game, looks like Trevor Story is sick of hearing people complain about bringing up Marcelo Mayer. It was the Trevor Story show tonight as he belted not one, but two 3 run home runs to outscore the Chicago White Sox all by himself. Ceddanne Rafaela and Carlos Narvaez also belted their first home runs of the season and Rob Refsnyder drove in a run as well. Hunter Dobbins (2-0, 2.45 ERA) once again came up from Worcester to toss six solid innings, allowing just two runs to keep Chicago down. The Red Sox bullpen locked down the rest of the game and the BoSox defeated the ChiSox 10-2 at Fenway Park.
Dobbins got the ball in the top of the first inning and former Sox prospect Chase Meidroth popped up to first to start. Old friend Andrew Benintendi popped up to second and Lenyn Sosa hit a routine grounder to Trevor Story. Story threw himself on the ball like a grenade for an error to allow the inning to continue. Joshua Palacios struck out swinging to end the inning. Perez got the ball in the bottom of the first and Jarren Duran lined out to left to start. Rafael Devers hit a ground rule double into the bullpen and new dad Alex Bregman drew a walk. Trevor Story crushed his fourth home run of the year to put the Sox on top early. Romy Gonzalez lined out to center and Rob Refsnyder dumped a base hit to right....booted by Palacios for an error to move Rob to second. Kristian Campbell walked but Carlos Narvaez grounded out to second to end the inning with the BoSox ahead 3-0.
Andrew Vaughn struck out swinging to start the top of the second before Nick Maton popped up to short. Matt Thaiss also popped up to short to end the inning. Ceddanne Rafaela flied out to right to start the bottom of the second before Duran grounded out to short. Devers flied out to center to end the inning.
Brooks Baldwin grounded out to second to start the top of the third before Michael Taylor flied out to right. Meidroth struck out swinging to end the inning. Bregman grounded out to short to start the bottom of the third but Story singled off the glove of Baldwin. Gonzalez flied out to center but Refsnyder doubled to left to score Story with another run. Campbell flied out to center to end the inning with the BoSox ahead 4-0.
The White Sox got a run back in the top of the fourth when Benintendi hit a home run all the way to Morocco to cut the lead. Sosa grounded out to Narvaez, Palacios lined out to left and Vaughn struck out swinging to end the inning with Chicago down 4-1.
Perez had to leave the game and was replaced by Penn Murfee to start the bottom of the fourth. Narvaez got a double to right and Rafaela crushed his first home run of the season to increase the lead. Duran grounded out to first, Devers took strike three and Bregman grounded out to second to end the inning with the BoSox ahead 6-1.
Maton looked to have hit a home run off the top of the right field wall but it was ruled a double to start the top of the fifth. Thaiss was frozen for strike three but Maton moved to third on a grounder to second by Baldwin. Taylor took strike three to end the inning. Story popped up to second to start the bottom of the fifth before Gonzalez struck out swinging. Refsnyder doubled to right but Campbell flied out to right to end the inning.
Meidroth grounded out to short to start the top of the sixth but Benintendi singled in the hole at short....make that a fielding error by Story (the score was changed later from hit to error). Sosa singled to right to move Benintendi to third and Andrew scored on the grounder back to the mound by Palacios. Vaughn flied out to center to end the inning with the White Sox down 6-2. That was it for Dobbins who allowed just two runs on 4 hits in 6 innings of work.
Tyler Gilbert came in to pitch the bottom of the sixth and Narvaez struck out swinging to start. Rafaela grounded out to third and Duran lined out to third to end the inning.
Brennan Bernardino came in to pitch the top of the seventh and Miguel Vargas pinch hit for Maton to start. Vargas popped up to second and Edgar Quero pinch hit for Thaiss. Quero lined out to right and Baldwin grounded out to third to end the inning. The Sox iced it in the bottom of the seventh as Devers walked to start. Bregman walked and Story clobbered his second three run homer of the game to put it away. Gonzalez struck out swinging and Jordan Leasure came in to face Refsnyder. Rob struck out swinging and Campbell took strike three to end the inning with the Sox ahead 9-2.
Josh Winckowski came in to pitch the top of the eighth inning and Taylor lined out to right to start. Meidroth lined out to second but Benintendi walked. Sosa was retired on a nubber in front of the plate to end the inning. The Sox poured it on in the bottom of the eighth with Bryse Wilson now on the mound. Narvaez launched his first home run of the season but Rafaela grounded out to second. Duran got a base hit to right but was forced at second by Devers. Bregman flied out to right to end the inning with the Sox ahead 10-2.
Winckowski returned to close out the top of the ninth and Palacios was retired on a nubber in front of the plate to start. Vaughn got a base hit to center but Vargas lined out to a running Rafaela. Naturally Quero doubled to left and Baldwin got a base hit to left to score Vaughn, moving Quero to third. Taylor popped up to first to end the game. The Red Sox had won it 10-3.
Hero of The Night is Trevor Story. He hit not one but two three run home runs to guide the Sox to victory.
The Good:
Rob Refsnyder was 3 for 4 with an rbi.
Carlos Narvaez was 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 total runs scored.
Hunter Dobbins got the win with 6 innings of 2 run ball. Only 1 run was earned on 3 hits while striking out six.
Brennan Bernardino pitched a scoreless seventh inning.
The Bad:
Romy Gonzalez was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts.
The Ugly:
Jarren Duran was just 1 for 5.
Rafael Devers was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but walked and scored two runs.
Alex Bregman was 0 for 3 but walked twice and scored two runs.
Kristian Campbell was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but walked.
Ceddanne Rafaela was just 1 for 4 but the one hit was a 2 run home run.
Josh Winckowski allowed a run in 2 innings of work.
Final Thoughts:
Its only a small sample size but if Hunter Dobbins can pitch as well as he has, this might be the depth they need to compete with the AL East once the other injured starters come back. Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler are locked in at 1 and 2 but the rest is a crapshot right now. Dobbins stepping up with four guys injured and Tanner Houck ineffective is just what the doctor ordered. Trevor Story continues to hit the ball out of sight and someone needs to step up to carry the team if Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran and Triston Casas continue to struggle. Kristian Campbell appears to be crashing but the good news is fresh troops are available. The Worcester Red Sox killed Rochester tonight 20-7 with 26 hits with Roman Anthony batting .293, Mayer hitting a grand slam and Vaughn Grissom going 5 for 6. This is going to create the good kind of competition where everyone down to the backup catcher in Boston is playing for a job. You never wish injury on someone but unless there's one, a trade might have to be made because you can't keep Grissom, Mayer and Anthony rotting away in Worcester. Still, its better to have too much depth than not enough, especially on the pitching end. Brayan Bello is coming back this week so someone has to go, only question is who. The BoSox look to make it two in a row over Chicago tomorrow afternoon when Garrett Crochet (2-1, 1.38 ERA) goes for Boston against Shane Smith of Chicago. The game begins at 4:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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