Miami Palms Blog

 Despite the low score, and narrow margin of victory, the game wasn't particularly close in reality. The Yankees clubbed 16 hits off of Miami pitching, despite only being able to collect the 4 runs. Three of the runs came off of the bullpen, which struggled in relief of Jarod Lantz. For Miami's part, they only had 6 hits, and three of them were off the bat of Chris Korb. Korb provided the only run, with a solo home run in the late innings. The rubber match is tomorrow, and Miami will hope to get solid, durable pitching when Manny Parra takes to the mound.   New York Yankees 4, Miami Palms 1  Tuesday, April 2, 2019      New York Yankees (1-1)                                   Miami Palms (2-4)                                         Player      ...

 The Palms feasted on Domingo German's rough 2nd inning, when they sent 12 to plate, and brought every one of their 7 runs across the plate. The Yankees made it a ball game by chipping away at the Palms and their bullpen. They scored twice off Blake Johnston in the third, but then also single runs off Braden Shipley and Chris Martin in his Palms debut, and twice off Brian Matusz, but Matusz was able to lock it in after the Yankees scored twice with one out in the 9th, and gave Miami the win to start the series.    Miami Palms 7, New York Yankees 6  Monday, April 1, 2019      New York Yankees (0-1)                                   Miami Palms (2-3)                       ...

 Erick Fedde had an inauspicious debut for the Miami Palms, thanks to a disastrous 4th inning. Already down 2-1, Fedde allowed the first 6 batters of the inning to score, thanks to a 2 run homer from Jackie Bradley Jr. and a grand slam from Xander Bogaerts. Edwin Encarnacion tried, almost singlehandedly to turn it around, collecting 2 home runs and 4 RBI in a wasted effort. Miami welcomes the Yankees on Monday.  Boston Red Sox 8, Miami Palms 5  Sunday, March 31, 2019      Boston Red Sox (3-1)                                     Miami Palms (1-3)                                         Play...

 Miami's bats fell flat a night after smashing Boston pitching. The Red Sox scored 2 runs on a J.D. Martinez single in the first, but it looked like Miami was back to it's slugging ways when Yasmani Grandal launched a towering home run off the foul pole. Martinez would strike again in the 3rd, and the pitchers would then take over. Starters and relievers alike were able to work 6 more innings without a run crossing the plate, though threats were certainly there. The final game of the first series comes tomorrow, when Erick Fedde makes his debut.  Boston Red Sox 3, Miami Palms 1  Saturday, March 30, 2019      Boston Red Sox (2-1)                                     Miami Palms (1-2)                ...

 Miami and Boston were locked in a pitchers dual until the 6th, when Jaspero Gonzalez doubled the Palms' lead with a solo home run. Chris Korb would follow with a solo shot of his own, and in the 7th, Edwin Encarnacion smacked a three run blast. Miami would add two more after loading the bases in the 8th. Manny Parra worked 8 scoreless innings, and the Palms nearly had a shut out until Christian Vazquez launched a 2 run shot in the top of the 9th.   Miami Palms 9, Boston Red Sox 2  Friday, March 29, 2019      Boston Red Sox (1-1)                                     Miami Palms (1-1)                                ...

 The Palms got some bad news before the game, in that Jaspero Gonzalez, the likely clean up hitter for the coming season, was under the weather and would not play in the opener, giving Matt Koch the opportunity to open the season in the lineup. He scored a run on newcomer Yairo Munoz's two run single in the 4th, which helped in knocking Chris Sale out of the game early. Unfortunately for the home side, the Red Sox bullpen pitched 5 scoreless innings, and the Red Sox drew level on a 3 run Eduardo Nunez home run in the 6th, and took the lead in the 7th when Rafael Devers capped his excellent opener with the go ahead sacrifice fly.  Boston Red Sox 5, Miami Palms 4  Thursday, March 28, 2019      Boston Red Sox (1-0)                                     Miami Palms (0-1)  ...