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GEORGE SPRINGER |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
George Springer leads the Astros
past the Sox
June 1, 2018 ...
George Springer dashed home from second base on a wild pitch by Chris
Sale, then homered off the Sox ace to send
the Astros over the Red
Sox 7-3. Springer finished with three hits,
and Carlos
Correa and Evan
Gattis homered late to boost the Astros.
Mitch Moreland and J.D.
Martinez hit back-to-back homers off Gerrit
Cole (6-1) to start the fourth inning and get within
4-3. Moreland’s homer was a towering shot to straightaway center field that hit
the ”H” in the Astros’ logo on the wall, while Martinez hit his major
league-leading 19th homer.
Springer’s sprint put the Astros ahead in the first inning. With runners at
first and second and one out, Sale threw a hard slider that Correa swinging for
strike three. But the ball bounced off catcher Sandy
Leon’s glove and caromed toward the first base dugout,
and Springer hustled home on the wild pitch. Springer hit his 12th home run in
the third as Houston built a 4-1 lead.
Cole won his fourth straight decision, giving up three runs and five hits
in seven innings. He struck out seven, raising his AL-leading total to 116.
Sale (5-3) lost his second in a row, allowing four runs in six innings. He
struck out six, giving him 110 this season.
Correa homered for the second straight game against the Sox when he hit a
solo drive in the eighth off Joe
Kelly. It was just the second run Kelly had allowed in
his last 24 outings and he’d retired 24 straight batters before the homer. Kelly
then walked Yuli
Gurriel, and Gattis homered to left-center.
The Red Sox, who have baseball’s best record at 39-19, lost their second
straight game on a night where they were missing major league batting leader Mookie
Betts.
Dustin Pedroia,
who has played just three games this season, sat out for the second straight
game because of soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. |