Collin McHugh entered the game in relief and got the second out on a Story fielder’s choice before walking Franchy Cordero on four pitches to load the bases for Kevin Plawecki. Martinez’s second single of the game led off the inning and, after a Bogaerts pop out, Verdugo walked to knock Anderson out of the game. The fireworks returned in the top of the sixth, leaving the Red Sox with a lighter roster than they arrived to the game with. Three straight non-productive outs stranded Plawecki at second. Each team mustered only a baserunner in the fourth and fifth innings combined, an Adam Duvall infield single in the fourth for Atlanta, and a Kevin Plawecki leadoff double in the fifth for Boston. Things calmed down at that point for the foreseeable future. To his credit, Eovaldi limited the damage in the inning, and for the remainder of the night, by retiring the next two batters and stranding Olson. After a Dansby Swanson walk and stolen base, Matt Olson tied the game with an RBI double that nearly left the yard, as well, knotting the game at 3-3. After an Orlando Arcia single (remember that name), nine-hitter Travis Demeritte crushed a 415-foot bomb to quickly cut the lead to 3-2. Taking a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the inning, a string of seven straight batters retired to start the game for Eovaldi went south fast. The throw home was close, but Devers slid in safely. Martinez who continues to contribute on a nightly basis. With two outs, Rafael Devers doubled to deep right field before being knocked in by a lined single to center field by J.D. ripped a curve ball into right field but was then caught stealing easily for the first out. The Red Sox extended the lead in the third inning, despite having the potential for more. Take a look at the entire shirt collection from our friends over at BreakingT, including the one pictured above. Eovaldi once again rolled through the bottom of the inning, inducing a couple of weak outs followed by a line out by Ozzie Albies. A 408-foot shot to dead center field with a 105.8 mph exit velocity to give the Sox a 2-0 lead. He was followed by Trevor Story who hit his first home run in a Red Sox uniform, and it was a no doubter.
The action started in the second when Alex Verdugo roped a one-out double down the right field line. In fact, the Braves swung at 12 splitters over the course of the game, missing seven of them, a 58 percent whiff rate. Eovaldi’s splitter was filthy in the early going, getting a few swings and misses on the pitch leading to strikeouts of Matt Olson and Travis d’Arnaud.
Verdugo broke in on the ball and made a diving catch. After a quick top of the inning from Braves starter Ian Anderson, the bottom half opened with an outstanding catch by Alex Verdugo on a line drive off the bat of Dansby Swanson.
Ultimately, after a lot of punchless and scoreless innings, a horrendous call from the home plate umpire which may have sent the game an entirely different direction, and one bad pitch from Ryan Brasier, our final score was Braves 5, Red Sox 3.īoth teams went 1-2-3 in the first inning. The Sox got some key hits early, including the first home run of Trevor Story’s Boston career, and built up a 3-0 lead. Nathan Eovaldi had to battle through one tough inning but had his good stuff overall and found his way to a quality start against the defending champions.
The starting pitcher kept the team in the game, the bats went cold in the late innings, the opponent walked it off, and, for the eighth consecutive time, the Red Sox did not win a series. We could have gone back into the archives and copied and pasted much of this recap but, at the end of the day, chose to write it up from scratch.
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