Before the game the Boston Red Sox got some news. Jedixson Paez, the former Sox prospect that made his ML debut with the Chicago White Sox has been returned to Boston. Why Chicago decided to have Paez pitch despite never reaching Double A is anyone's guess, but he's back.
As for the game, the natives are getting restless. Boston Red Sox fans began chanting "sell the team" in the ninth inning of today's game against the San Diego Padres. After what transpired the last few years, who can blame them? The 130 million dollar man Ranger Suarez failed to hold a 4-0 lead that the Sox put up. In the bottom of the fifth, the Padres knocked out Suarez and Manny Machado hit a 3 run blast off of Greg Weissert to put SD up 6-4. The Sox tied the game in the bottom of the seventh but Jackson Merill hit a home run off Tyler Uberstine to put SD up for good. The Sox failed to rally in the ninth and the Padres had won 8-6 at Fenway Park.
Suarez got the ball in the top of the first inning and Ramon Laureano grounded out to third to start. Fernando Tatis Jr walked but Jackson Merrill grounded into a double play to end the inning. Buehler got the ball in the bottom of the first and Roman Anthony flied out to left to start. Trevor Story and Jarren Duran both struck out swinging to end the inning.
Manny Machado grounded out to third to start the top of the second but Trevor Story threw a ball hit by Miguel Andujar away for an error.....only for Andujar to be thrown out at second anyway. Xander Bogaerts got a base hit to right but was thrown out at second by Abreu to end the inning. Bad baserunning by San Diego. Willson Contreras struck out swinging to start the bottom of the second before Abreu singled to right. Masataka Yoshida forced Abreu at second then promptly tole second. Caleb Durbin walked but Marcelo Mayer struck out swinging to end the inning.
Nick Castellanos grounded back to the mound to open the top of the third and Jake Cronenworth did the same. Luis Campusano was called out on strikes for taking too long to get in the batters box to end the inning. The Sox struck first in the bottom of the third as Carlos Navaez walked to start. Anthony walked and both runners moved over on the Story grounded to first. Duran doubled down the right field line to score both runners then moved to third on the Contreras grounder to short. Abreu tripled into the right field corner to score Duran and chase Buehler from the game. Old friend Kyle Hart came in to pitch and Yoshida doubled to right to score Abreu. Durbin grounded out to second to end the inning with the Sox ahead 4-0.
Suarez immediately fell apart in the top of the fourth as Laureano grounded out to second to start. Tatis Jr doubled to center and Merrill got a base hit to center to score him. Machado singled to left but Andujar struck out swinging. Bogaerts walked but Castellanos got a base hit to left to score both Merrilll and Machado. Cronenworth lined out to left to end the inning but the Padres trimmed the lead to 4-3.
Mayer lined out to center to start the bottom of the fourth and Narvaez grounded out to third. Anthony grounded out to first to end the inning.
Campusano singled to center to start the top of the fifth and that was it for the incompetent Suarez. Guy was handed a 4-0 lead and lasted just 4 1/3 giving the four runs back. Greg Weissert came in and Laureano struck out swinging before Tatis Jr did the same. All of a sudden Merrill singled to center and Machado hit a home run all the way to the Klingon Homeworld to put the Padres up for good. Andujar struck out swinging to end the inning but it was 6-4 San Diego.
Story grounded out to third to start the bottom of the fifth before Duran flied out to left. Contreras walked but Abreu grounded out to second to end the inning.
Tyler Uberstine made his ML debut in the top of the sixth as Bogaerts singled to left to start. Castellanos lined out to third and Cronenworth grounded into a double play to end the inning. Bradgley Rodriguez came in to pitch the bottom of the sixth with Tu France at first. Yoshida singled to center but Durbin lined out to left. Mayer grounded out to first but Narvaez singled in the hole at second. Anthony struck out swinging to end the inning.
Campusano struck out swinging to start the top of the seventh and Laureano flied out to center. Tatis Jr lined out to right to end the inning. Somehow the Sox rallied in the bottom of the seventh as Story singled off the glove of Machado to start. Duran struck out swinging and Contreras forced Story at second. Wandy Peralta was brought in to face Abreu and Wilyer doubled to left. Yoshida doubled past the diving Cronenworth to score both runners to tie the game. Ceddanne Rafaela ran for Yoshida and was tagged out on the Durbin grounder to third to end the inning with the game tied 6-6.
Naturally the Sox coughed it up in the top of the eighth as Merill hit a home run all the way to Budapest to put the Padres up for good. Machado struck out swinging but Andujar walked. Bogaerts doubled to center but France flied out to right. That was it for Uberstine as Danny Coulombe got Cronenworth to pop up to second to end the inning with the Sox down 7-6.
Jeremiah Estrada came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth and Mayer took strike three to start. Narvaez lined out to right and Anthony grounded out to third to end the inning.
Zack Kelly came in to crap his pants in the top of the ninth with Gavin Sheets pinch hitting for Campusano to start. Sheets doubled to center then moved to third on the Laureano grounder to the mound. Tatis Jr hit a sac fly to right to score Sheets to increase the lead, but Merill lined out to left to end the inning with the Padres up 8-6.
Freddy Fermin came in for Sheets with Mason Miller on the mound to close out the bottom of the ninth. Story, Duran and Conteras all struck out swinging in short order to end the game. The Padres had won 8-6.
Jackass of the Night is Ranger Suarez. He was given a 4-0 lead and coughed it up, allowing the bullpen to falter.
The Good:
Wilyer Abreu was 3 for 4 with an rbi and 2 runs scored.
Masataka Yoshida was 3 for 4 with 3 rbis and a stolen base.
Carlos Narvaez was 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored.
Danny Coulombe retired the only man he faced.
The Bad:
Marcelo Mayer was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeout.
Greg Weissert allowed the back breaking 3 run home run to Machado.
Zack Kelly allowed a run in the ninth inning.
The Ugly:
Roman Anthony was 0 for 4 with a strikeout but walked and scored.
Trevor Story was just 1 for 5 with 2 strikeouts and an error.
Jarren Duran was just 1 for 5 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts but drove in 2 runs while scoring another.
Willson Contreras was 0 for 4 with 2 strikeouts but walked and scored a run.
Chad Durbin was 0 for 3 but walked.
Tyler Uberstine took the loss by allowing a run in 2 2/3 innings.
Honorable Mention:
Ceddanne Rafaela played center in the top of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Things are going down hill fast and the season has just started. Not a single off-season addition worked out as Johan Oviedo has gotten hurt, Ranger Suarez has been horrible, Sonny Gray has been mediocre and Chad Durbin has been an unmitigated disaster. The fans are getting restless and they have every reason to be. A lot of them deserved this for supporting the front office after the Rafael Devers trade but those that knew it was a bad trade, also knew this was going to happen. You don't lose two power bats and expect to put up the same or better numbers. They're going to have to out pitch teams and so far they haven't. There's still plenty of times to turn things around but it doesn't look good. The Sox now welcome in the Milwaukee Brewers for a three game set beginning tomorrow night. Brayan Bello takes on Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers at 6:45 PM at Fenway Park.
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