Palms Rally Late to Outslug Red Sox, 9–7

 By Vin Castillo, Palms Beat Writer

BOSTON — April 5, 2020

The Miami Palms stormed back with a five-run ninth inning to stun the Boston Red Sox, 9–7, salvaging the finale of their weekend set at Fenway Park.

For eight innings, it looked like the Red Sox were cruising toward a sweep. Bryan Mata turned in a solid start, limiting the Palms to four runs over eight frames. Boston’s bats backed him early, with Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr. each homering off struggling Palms starter Erick Fedde, who gave up five runs in just 4.2 innings.

But the tide turned when Boston turned to their bullpen.

Matt Barnes entered in the ninth with a 7–4 lead and promptly unraveled. Miami sent ten men to the plate, collecting six hits including RBI knocks from Chris Korb, Edwin Encarnacion, and Brock Holt. Pat Grant solo home run in the eighth, and walked and scored the final run in the big 9th inning.

“Sometimes it’s not about how you start, but how you finish,” said Grant, who went 3-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored. “We weren’t gonna let another one get away.”

Brock Holt and Nick Markakis chipped in with three-hit games of their own, while Brett Gardner added a key outfield assist to cut down a run early.

“I’m proud of the fight,” said manager Scott Hatteberg. “We’ve taken our lumps, but today was a statement. We didn’t fold.”

Adam Conley earned the win with a scoreless eighth, and Chris Martin slammed the door in the ninth for his second save.

The Palms (3–6) head back to Pittsburgh for their series against the Yankees starting Monday. They'll hope to carry some momentum after snapping Boston’s short win streak and picking up their biggest win of the season so far.

 Miami Palms 9, Boston Red Sox 7

 Sunday, April 5, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (3-6)                                        Boston Red Sox (2-1)                                    

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Gardner cf      5  1  1  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .400      Puello rf       5  1  2  0  0  1  6  0  0  0   .333

 Holt ss         5  2  2  1  0  0  0  3  0  1   .308      Martinez dh     4  2  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  1   .545

 Grant 1b        4  2  3  1  1  0  7  0  0  0   .303      Devers 3b       5  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1   .250

 Korb 3b         5  0  1  2  0  3  0  0  0  1   .258      Bogaerts ss     5  1  3  3  0  0  2  0  0  0   .385

 Encarnacion dh  5  0  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0   .222      Benintendi lf   5  1  3  2  0  0  2  0  0  0   .444

 Sohn rf         5  0  0  0  0  1  6  0  0  2   .243      Bradley Jr. cf  4  1  1  2  0  0  4  0  0  0   .250

 Castillo c      5  1  1  0  0  0  5  0  0  2   .167      Mitch 1b        4  0  1  0  0  0  3  1  0  4   .375

 Markakis lf     4  2  3  1  0  1  2  0  0  0   .182      Chavis 2b       4  0  0  0  0  1  0  1  0  1   .000

 Gonzalez 2b     4  1  2  2  0  1  2  3  0  1   .417      Vazquez c       4  0  0  0  0  2  8  0  0  0   .000

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          42 9  15 9  1  7  27 8  0  7             Totals          40 7  13 7  1  4  27 4  0  7  

 

 

                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E

                        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms            1  0  0  1  0  0  1  1  5         9  15 0  

 Boston Red Sox         2  0  2  0  3  0  0  0  0         7  13 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 7, Boston Red Sox 7; 2B- Encarnacion(1), Gonzalez 2(2), Castillo(1),

 Korb(1), Markakis 2(2), Martinez(2), Benintendi(2); HR- Grant(3), Bogaerts(1),

 Bradley Jr.(2); RBI- Encarnacion 2(3), Gonzalez 2(7), Holt(1), Korb 2(6), Markakis(3),

 Grant(3), Bogaerts 3(5), Bradley Jr. 2(3), Benintendi 2(4); RLSP- Castillo, Holt,

 Sohn 2, Mitch;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Fedde                     4.2  7  5  5  1  1   12.86 

 Matusz                    0.1  3  2  2  0  0    7.11  

 Shipley                   2.0  2  0  0  0  1   11.25 

 Conley(W 2-0)             1.0  1  0  0  0  2    6.75  

 Martin(S, 2)              1.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Boston Red Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Mata                      8.0  9  4  4  0  7    4.50  

 Barnes(L 0-1)(BS,1)       1.0  6  5  5  1  0   22.50 

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Matusz; Pitches-strikes- Fedde 62-38, Matusz 8-5, Shipley 21-15,

 Conley 17-11, Martin 5-5, Mata 86-59, Barnes 21-13; Batters faced- Fedde 22, Matusz 4,

 Shipley 8, Conley 4, Martin 3, Mata 33, Barnes 10; 

 

 Temp - 46, Sky - Mostly Cloudy, Wind - E 10MPH 

 

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