FORT MYERS, Fla. — Garrett Whitlock delivered one other robust efficiency in his second begin of the spring, hanging out six over three innings within the Red Sox 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday.
Whitlock retired the primary eight batters he confronted earlier than working into some adversity with two outs within the third. The right-hander allowed three straight singles, two on unfortunate bloopers, to attain a run and put runners on the corners. He escaped the jam with out additional harm, nonetheless, hanging out Andy Ibáñez to wrap up his day.
Whitlock stated afterwards he was completely happy along with his outing, even when the road rating wound up trying a tad deceptive.
“The way I take it is it’s weak contact so that means I’m making quality pitches, so just trying to build those up and those are going to fall in, that’s baseball,” Whitlock stated of the bloop singles, earlier than including of the strikeouts, “that surprised me, I’m not a strikeout guy so I guess that means the changeup was working good.”
Rafael Devers hit his second house run of the spring, as soon as once more going reverse discipline over the JetBlue Park Monster for a solo shot, and he completed the day 2 for 3 with the homer, an RBI and two runs scored. Trevor Story additionally went 1 for two with two RBI, together with an RBI double within the backside of the primary and a bases-loaded stroll within the fourth.
Playing in his second massive league recreation of the spring, prime prospect Roman Anthony had one other robust exhibiting, going 2 for two with a run scored. Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated afterwards he continues to be impressed by the 19-year-old outfielder, and Anthony
“Any opportunity I get I try to take advantage of it,” Anthony stated. “I’m super thankful they’ve given me the opportunity being in minor league camp to come over and play and start, so I just try to take advantage of it and have fun.”
First base prospect Niko Kavadas additionally received a begin and went 1 for two with an RBI single within the fourth, and Red Sox pitchers Cooper Criswell, Lucas Luetge, Chase Shugart and Andrew Politi all pitched scoreless outings in reduction, with Criswell hanging out three over two innings whereas the others threw one inning every.
Detroit scored its final run on an RBI single by Trei Cruz within the prime of the ninth, however minor league reliever Brendan Cellucci completed the job from there to shut out the win.
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