Palms Break Out Late, Top Red Sox 7–2

by Vin Castillo, Palms Beat

Miami — The Miami Palms bounced back from Tuesday’s defeat with a sharp all-around effort Wednesday night, using a seventh-inning outburst to put away the Boston Red Sox, 7–2, at Coca-Cola Palms Park.

The Palms struck quickly in the first when Chris Korb walked in a run, then added another on Edwin Encarnación’s sacrifice fly. Boston chipped away with single runs in the third and fifth, including a two-run swing on Juan Peraza’s sacrifice fly and solo homer, but Miami’s bullpen locked things down from there.

The decisive blow came in the sixth and  seventh. Wellington Castillo came through again with an RBI double to break a 2–2 tie, and the Palms poured it on in the seventh with four runs against Matt Barnes. Yairo Muñoz tripled home a pair of runs to put the game out of reach.

On the mound, spot starter Adam Conley gave Miami five steady innings, allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out seven. Brian Matusz (1–0) earned the win in relief, and Jeremy Jeffress finished things off with three perfect innings for his second save of the year.

“We stayed patient, worked counts, and cashed in late,” manager Scott Hatteberg said. “That’s the kind of balanced game we’ll need on the road.”

With the win, Miami improves to 17–15. After splitting the two-game set with Boston, the Palms now head out for a tough road trip: four games in New York against the Yankees, followed by three in Seattle.

Miami Palms 7, Boston Red Sox 2

 Wednesday, April 29, 2020

 

 Boston Red Sox (4-2)                                     Miami Palms (17-15)                                     

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

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

 Peraza ss       3  1  1  2  0  1  1  1  0  0   .190      Sohn cf         5  1  2  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .297

 Martinez dh     3  0  0  0  1  2  0  0  0  0   .400      Grant rf        5  2  2  0  0  1  1  0  0  0   .263

 Verdugo cf      3  0  0  0  1  3  4  0  0  0   .455      Gonzalez 1b     4  0  1  0  1  0  4  2  0  0   .294

 Benintendi lf   4  0  1  0  0  1  3  0  0  4   .364      Korb 3b         3  0  1  1  1  0  0  1  0  3   .289

 Moreland 1b     4  0  0  0  0  1  5  1  0  0   .188      Encarnacion dh  2  1  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0   .270

 Chavis 2b       4  0  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  1   .133      Markakis lf     3  1  1  0  1  0  4  0  0  0   .278

 Vazquez c       4  1  1  0  0  1  2  0  0  0   .050      Munoz ss        4  2  2  2  0  0  2  1  0  2   .277

 Puello rf       3  0  1  0  0  1  2  0  0  0   .333      Castillo c      3  0  2  2  1  1  10 0  0  0   .244

 Lin 3b          2  0  0  0  1  0  2  4  0  0   .000      Holt 2b         4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3   .262

 

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

 Totals          30 2  4  2  3  10 24 7  0  5             Totals          33 7  11 7  5  2  27 6  0  8  

 

 

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

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

 Boston Red Sox         0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0      2  4  0  

 Miami Palms            2  0  0  0  0  1  4  0         7  11 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Boston Red Sox 5, Miami Palms 8; 2B- Vazquez(1), Castillo(4), Sohn(12), Markakis(6),

 Grant(5); 3B- Munoz(2); HR- Peraza(1); RBI- Peraza 2(3), Encarnacion 2(20), Castillo 2(4),

 Korb(20), Munoz 2(10); SF- Peraza(1), Encarnacion(3); RLSP- Benintendi 2, Holt 2,

 Korb 2, Munoz;  

 

 DP- Boston Red Sox 1;  


 Boston Red Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Eovaldi                   3.0  4  2  2  5  2    6.00  

 Hembree(L 0-1)            2.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 Hernandez                 1.0  2  1  1  0  0    3.00  

 Barnes                    1.0  5  4  4  0  0   27.00 

 Workman                   1.0  0  0  0  0  0    0.00  

 

 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Conley                    5.0  4  2  2  3  7    3.55  

 Matusz(W 1-0)             1.0  0  0  0  0  2    7.24  

 Jeffress(S,2)             3.0  0  0  0  0  1    2.65  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Eovaldi 72-38, Hembree 22-15, Hernandez 8-6, Barnes 21-14, Workman 5-5,

 Conley 82-43, Matusz 12-8, Jeffress 27-17; Batters faced- Eovaldi 18, Hembree 6,

 Hernandez 4, Barnes 8, Workman 3, Conley 22, Matusz 3, Jeffress 9; 


 Temp - 85, Sky - Mostly cloudy, Wind - ESE 14mph 

 

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