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EDUARDO ESCOBAR |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Escobar's clutch hit sparks a Twins
late inning rally past the Red Sox
June 19, 2018 ...
Eduardo
Escobar gave the Minnesota
Twins the go-ahead hit. With a two-base hit
that drove in two runs off Chris
Sale in the sixth inning and another that
launched a four-run eighth, Escobar led for the Twins to a 6-2
victory over the the
Red Sox.
Robby Scott (0-1),
just recalled from Triple-A, relieved Sale to start the eighth and walked the
first two batters. Joe
Kelly entered, and Escobar’s one-out line drive bounced
in front of Jackie
Bradley Jr. and skipped past the center fielder as two
runs scored. The official scorer later changed his ruling from a single to a
double. Robbie
Grossman broke the game open with a two-run triple.
The Red Sox went 2 for 13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 men
on base.
Sale retired the first 14 batters he faced before Ehire
Adrianza’s soft roller to Rafael
Devers at third base went for an infield single.
With a two-out home run by Devers in the sixth off Berrios, the Red Sox
were in control. All it took was a single by Ryan
LaMarre and a hit by pitch for Joe
Mauer, though, to start a rally in the bottom of the
inning. With one out, Escobar drove a 1-1 slider near the dirt from Sale down
the left-field line for a 2-1 lead. Escobar pumped his arms back and forth
before clapping and pointing at his teammates in the dugout.
Sale finished seven innings, the 12th time in 16 starts this season he has
logged at least six. This was the 11th turn in which he’s yielded two runs or
fewer and his fifth double-digit strikeout performance. In his last three
starts, he has allowed only 11 hits in 21 innings. Yet the Red Sox are only 8-8
with him on the mound. |
