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BLAKE SNELL |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
Blake Snell pitches another
impressive game in beating the Sox
August 26, 2018 ...
Blake Snell had his best fastball and that was more than enough. The
All-Star lefty pitched two-hit ball over six innings and the Tampa
Bay Rays won their eighth straight game, beating the Sox 9-1,
to hand the major league-leading Red
Sox their first sweep of the season.
Snell (16-5) allowed one run and struck out eight. He has
given up no more than one earned run in 14 consecutive starts at home, and he
has a 1.08 ERA in four outings against the Red Sox this year. The Sox (90-42)
have lost six of eight and were outscored 24-5 in the three-game set.
Duffy had three hits and drove in two runs for the
surprising Rays, who completed their first undefeated homestand of more than one
series.
Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi, acquired from the Rays in a
July 25th trade, gave up hits to the first three batters he faced and fell
behind 2-0. Kevin Kiermaier's two-run triple was the fourth hit off Eovaldi in a
three-run third that left Tampa Bay with a 5-0 lead.
Eovaldi (5-6) dropped to 2-2 with The Sox. He gave up six
runs (five earned) and eight hits in four innings while striking out five. In
his last four starts, the right-hander has allowed 35 hits in 17 innings.
Steven Wright (left knee inflammation) will throw to
catcher Christian Vazquez (broken finger) at Triple-A Pawtucket. |
