Red Sox 7, Palms 4

One swing of the bat dictated how this game was going to go. The Red Sox would ultimately win by 3 runs, so Sandy Leon's 4th inning Grand Slam was as big a swing as you could hope for. The Palms would snag a couple of solo homers in the 8th inning in an attempt to make the game more competitive, but it wouldn't be enough, and Miami dropped the first game of their series in Boston.
 Boston Red Sox 7, Miami Palms 4
 Friday, August 25, 2017


 Miami Palms (78-51)                                      Boston Red Sox (6-8)                                   
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 P Grant 1b      5  1  2  0  0  0  12 0  0  1   .345      E Nunez 2b      5  0  1  0  0  1  0  2  0  0   .214
 G Garcia dh     4  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   .268      A Benintendi lf 5  1  2  1  0  1  1  0  0  1   .400
 J Gonzalez 2b   3  1  1  2  0  0  1  3  0  1   .297      M Betts rf      5  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  3   .172
 C Korb 3b       4  0  1  1  0  3  0  1  0  0   .258      M Moreland 1b   4  2  4  0  1  0  7  0  0  0   .317
 F Sohn lf       4  1  2  1  0  0  1  0  0  0   .268      X Bogaerts ss   5  0  2  0  0  0  1  5  0  0   .322
 C Ruiz c        4  0  0  0  0  2  3  0  0  1   .261      R Devers 3b     5  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   .417
 J Giavotella ss 4  0  1  0  0  1  2  6  0  1   .292      C Young dh      3  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  4   .130
 T Jankowski rf  4  0  1  0  0  2  2  0  0  1   .244      R Davis cf      4  1  2  1  0  1  4  0  0  0   .500
 C Crisp cf      4  0  0  0  0  3  3  0  0  0   .213      S Leon c        4  1  2  4  0  0  12 0  0  2   .320

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          36 4  10 4  0  11 24 12 0  6             Totals          40 7  17 7  2  3  27 7  0  11


                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E
                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Miami Palms            2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0      4  10 0 
 Boston Red Sox         0  0  0  5  1  1  0  0         7  17 0 



 LOB- Miami Palms 6, Boston Red Sox 11; 2B- J Giavotella(7), C Korb(24), M Moreland(4),
 R Davis(1); HR- J Gonzalez(18), F Sohn(15), S Leon(1), A Benintendi(1); RBI- J Gonzalez 2(70),
 F Sohn(60), C Korb(67), S Leon 4(5), C Young(2), A Benintendi(6), R Davis(1); SF- J Gonzalez(3);
 GIDP- C Young(1); RLSP- J Giavotella, C Ruiz, T Jankowski, M Betts, S Leon 2, C Young 3,
 A Benintendi, R Devers; 

 DP- Miami Palms 1; 
 


 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 B Johnston(L 7-8)         4.0  8  5  5  2  3    6.63 
 M Morin                   2.0  7  2  2  0  0    3.22 
 K Harding                 2.0  2  0  0  0  0    2.25 

 Boston Red Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 R Porcello(W 2-2)         7.0  8  2  2  0  7    7.92 
 J Kelly                   1.0  2  2  2  0  2    3.00 
 C Kimbrel(S,2)            1.0  0  0  0  0  2    0.00 

 Pitches-strikes- B Johnston 58-33, M Morin 38-27, K Harding 24-16, R Porcello 106-67,
 J Kelly 14-10, C Kimbrel 11-8; Batters faced- B Johnston 21, M Morin 13, K Harding 8,
 R Porcello 29, J Kelly 5, C Kimbrel 3;

Player of the Game: Sandy Leon

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