Wednesday evening marked top-of-the-line pitcher’s duels we’ve seen at Fenway Park this season, a heavyweight battle between 24-year-old phenoms Brayan Bello and Spencer Strider.
But ultimately, it was the Red Sox offense that stole the present.
Unable to get something going in opposition to Strider for a lot of the sport, the Red Sox rallied for 5 unanswered runs late to beat the Atlanta Braves 5-3. Triston Casas led the way in which, going 2 for two with two walks and a solo dwelling run, and Justin Turner delivered the exclamation level with the go-ahead two-run double to cap off a three-run rally within the backside of the seventh.
The Red Sox flipped the script on an evening the place it appeared like one small miscue may imply the distinction between Bello and Strider.
The younger standouts, who got here into the evening as two of solely 5 pitchers age 24 or below who’ve recorded at the least 2.0 wins above substitute to date this season, greater than lived as much as the hype. Each mowed down their respective opposition, with Strider racking up strikeouts left and proper whereas Bello drew two inning-ending double performs to chop quick potential Atlanta scoring alternatives.
The sport remained scoreless into the sixth inning, however at that time Bello lastly bumped into hassle he couldn’t work his approach out of. He allowed a leadoff double, hit Ronald Acuña Jr. after which served up a middle-middle fastball that Ozzie Albies crushed for a three-run dwelling run.
Fortunately, Bello’s teammates had his again.
Rafael Devers broke up Strider’s momentum within the backside of the sixth by {golfing} a slider virtually out of the grime and into the correct subject bleachers for a solo dwelling run. Then within the seventh Casas took Strider deep and Connor Wong singled to chase the Braves’ strikeout machine from the sport.
Yu Chang greeted Braves reliever Pierce Johnson with a single and Turner delivered the hammer together with his go-ahead double. Adam Duvall tacked on a solo dwelling run within the eighth to increase the lead and Joe Jacques, John Schreiber, Brennan Bernardino and Kenley Jansen mixed for 3 scoreless innings of reduction, with Jansen locking issues down for his twenty second save of the season.
Bello completed with three runs allowed over six innings, with 4 hits, two walks, 4 strikeouts and a house run. It was his tenth high quality begin of the season and his ERA is now 3.66 for the season. Strider allowed three runs (two earned) over 6.1 innings, permitting six hits and a stroll whereas hanging out 10.
The Red Sox (55-47) at the moment are a season-high eight video games over .500 and clinch each the two-game sweep and the season collection (3-1) over a Braves membership that’s extensively considered one of the best crew in baseball. Boston now has one other off day Thursday earlier than heading again to the west coast to open a three-game collection in opposition to the San Francisco Giants on Friday.
Kutter Crawford (4-5, 4.04 ERA) is scheduled to get the beginning in opposition to Logan Webb (8-8, 3.48) on Friday evening. First pitch is scheduled for 10:15 p.m. ET.
Source: www.bostonherald.com