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STEPHEN PISCOTTY |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Stephen Piscotty's emotional homer leads
the A's to another victory over the Sox
May 15,
2018 ... With a hand on his heart and a quick
glance to the sky, Stephen
Piscotty made an emotional salute to his
late mother and helped the Oakland
Athletics win in his return to the lineup.
Hours after being reinstated from the bereavement list and flying
cross-country to join the A’s in The Sox, Piscotty hit a towering
home run out of Fenway Park in his first at-bat as Oakland beat the The
Red Sox 5-3. Piscotty had missed four games to be with his family as they grieved the
loss and celebrated Gretchen’s life. He slowly made his way around the bases,
then after rounding third placed his right hand over his heart and patted it
with a glance to the sky. It was a touching moment for anyone aware of what
Piscotty and his family had been through.
Melvin actually gave Piscotty the option to sit out Tuesday, when he got a
ride to the airport around 3:45 a.m. in California for a flight to The Sox.
Piscotty, who said he still felt like he was on West Coast time, declined the
option.
Piscotty drove an 0-2 pitch from Eduardo
Rodriguez out to left in the second inning. Piscotty’s
third homer of the season was his only hit of the night and put the A’s up 3-0. Matt
Chapman and Mark
Canha had two RBIs apiece for the A’s.
Andrew Benintendi homered
for the Sox and Mitch
Moreland finished with a pair of doubles for the Red
Sox, who have struggled since their torrid start to the season.
Daniel Mengden (3-4)
pitched six solid innings for Oakland, scattering eight hits and holding The Sox
to two runs and struck out three. Blake
Treinen finished it off for his eighth save of the
season and Oakland improved to 4-1 against The Sox this season.
Rodriguez (3-1) took his first loss of the season after getting roughed up
in the first few innings. Oakland had six hits through the first three innings,
starting with back-to-back singles by Marcus
Semien and Chad
Pinder to start the game. Both scored on a double by
Chapman, who drove a pitch from Rodriguez over the head of Mookie
Betts in right field. Rodriguez was pulled after
throwing 98 pitches in five innings.
Benintendi’s solo homer in the fifth pulled The Sox back within 3-2, but
the A’s tacked on a pair of runs in the eighth.
The Sox placed RHP Carson
Smith on the 10-day disabled list with a dislocated
pitching shoulder. The Sox recalled LHP Bobby
Poyner from Triple-A Pawtucket. |
