This is your Red Sox Stats, News, Rumors, and Commentary Roundup for the Morning of October 11, 2021.
A Look at Red Sox Pitchers Last Week
Chris Sale
Chris Sale has a record of 0-0 this past week and a 7.71 ERA. As a starting pitcher, he has 1 starting appearance this week.
This past week, he has been ringing up hitters with 27.00 strikeouts per 9 innings. He has been a strong strikeout pitcher this week, but when hitters make contact, they are getting hits at a 1.0 rate and this is too high. Hitters are hitting .364 against him this past week.Hitters are swinging at his pitches that are out of the strike zone 27.8% of the time. He has a low strike zone swing rate, it is 53.8% and this means that hitters are looking at pitches in the strike zone, he is painting the corners well.
Now onto the News, Rumors, and Commentary…
“The Red Sox defeated the Rays 6-4 in 13 innings on Sunday night. Nathan Eovaldi’s five innings to start the game, significantly outlasted Drew Rasmussen who made it through two-plus innings, and put the Sox bullpen in a better place when all was said and done. The Rays deployed their best relievers as early as the third inning when Andrew Kittredge entered the game and kept things in check as a result. We discuss a few other opportunities that nearly ended the game down the stretch.”
““I think it would be a very easy call if somebody stepped in and said it was stating the obvious, that he was going to score. “I was going for the catch and happened to look up, and the wall was right there,” Renfroe said. “It was obstruction, but they also didn’t feel that he was going to get to third base,” Cash said. It’s a heartbreaker, plain and simple.” “By rule, it’s just a ground-rule double,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.”
“Hernández is the first player to collect eight hits across a two-game span in a single postseason. The offensive resurgence since Game 1 more closely resembles Hernández’s postseason career, in which he has 10 homers, 23 RBIs and an .849 OPS across 62 games (162 plate appearances) with the Dodgers and Red Sox. Let him keep enjoying the moment. ET on FS1 Following his five-hit performance in Boston’s Game 2 American League Division Series victory at Tropicana Field on Friday, Hernández settled for three hits, one run and two RBIs in the Red Sox’s pivotal 6-4 Game 3 win on Sunday at Fenway Park.”
“Cash said every reliever who pitched one inning or “one-plus” in Game 3 should be good to go in Game 4. Will Cora use his top bullpen weapon in 25-year-old rookie Tanner Houck, or will he hold him out for a start in a potential Game 5? Chris Sale went only one inning in Game 2 and didn’t pitch in Game 3, and you can bet he’ll have his spikes on in case Cora needs him in this one. Right-handers Collin McHugh and Michael Wacha, the only Rays relievers who didn’t pitch in Game 3, are both candidates to open the game or pitch a bulk of the innings. • The Red Sox would love to avoid going to Tropicana Field for a winner-take-all game.”
“Cora used six relievers, but that didn’t include Chris Sale, who could face a pocket of lefties in Game 4 after his disappointing start in Game 2 on Friday lasted just one inning and 30 pitches. [I feel] great.” Aside from Pivetta, Cora didn’t tax anyone in the bullpen in Game 3, leaving Boston in good shape for Monday’s potential close-out game. In order to reach Monday up two games to one with a chance to clinch at home, the Red Sox got a huge outing from Pivetta, who threw 67 pitches on two days’ rest after tossing 73 pitches in relief in Game 1. So what’s the plan now for Game 4, in which the Red Sox have a chance to close out the Rays and move on to the AL Championship Series? “Not yet,” said Cora, when asked if he had a starter.”
“We’re having fun, and here we are.” “You’ve got to be able to make fun of yourself every once in a while and loosen the situation up,” Schwarber said. This time, Schwarber toned it down with a soft toss to Eovaldi for the out. Though the 28-year-old Schwarber has been with Boston for just 45 games, Cora said “he feels like he’s been here for 10 years.” Schwarber, batting from the leadoff spot, opened the scoring for Boston with a solo shot off Rays starter Drew Rasmussen in the first inning. But we love the group,” manager Alex Cora said.”
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| Sportsbook | Moneyline Odds | Under | Over |
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| BetAnySports | Boston Red Sox +102 | 9.5 -115 | 9.5 -105 |