Red Sox Ride Devers Blast, Rodriguez Gem Past Palms

 by Vin Castillo, Palms Beat

Miami — The Boston Red Sox broke a 1–1 tie with a five-run seventh inning, pulling away from the Miami Palms in a 6–2 victory Tuesday night at Coca-Cola Palms Park.

Boston third baseman Rafael Devers was the difference-maker, belting a towering grand slam to expand the lead from 1 to 5 in the 7th. He finished 2-for-5 and was in the middle of nearly every big inning for the visitors.

Miami starter Brian Kragh was effective early, limiting damage through six innings, but the Boston bats caught up in the seventh. Xander Bogaerts added an RBI single, and Devers' slam broke things open.

The Palms struck first in the second inning, when Yairo Muñoz doubled home Edwin Encarnacion to give Miami a brief 1–0 lead. Jaspero Gonzalez added a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth—his eighth of the season—but the late offense wasn’t enough to climb out of the hole.

Palms manager Scott Hatteberg tipped his cap to Boston’s lefty Eduardo Rodriguez, who went the distance in a complete-game win. Rodriguez scattered seven hits, walked two, and struck out six while keeping the Miami lineup off balance all night.

“Rodriguez just didn’t give us much to work with,” Hatteberg said. “We had a few chances, but he made big pitches when he needed them.”

The Palms fall to 16–15 with the loss. Kragh (1–1) took the loss, allowing six runs over seven innings. Mike Morin closed the final two frames with a scoreless line.

 Boston Red Sox 6, Miami Palms 2

 Tuesday, April 28, 2020

 

 

 Boston Red Sox (4-1)                                     Miami Palms (16-15)                                     

 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 2b       4  1  0  0  1  1  0  2  0  0   .167      Sohn cf         2  0  1  0  2  0  2  0  0  0   .293

 Bogaerts ss     4  1  2  1  1  0  3  0  0  0   .429      Grant rf        4  0  0  0  0  0  4  0  0  1   .257

 Martinez dh     5  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  2   .455      Gonzalez 1b     4  1  1  1  0  0  6  2  0  0   .296

 Devers 3b       5  2  2  4  0  0  0  0  0  1   .364      Korb 3b         4  0  0  0  0  0  3  1  0  2   .288

 Chavis 1b       5  0  2  0  0  1  4  0  0  2   .182      Encarnacion dh  4  1  2  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .275

 Verdugo rf      4  0  1  1  0  2  4  0  0  1   .625      Wieters c       4  0  0  0  0  1  7  0  0  0   .304

 Vazquez c       4  0  0  0  0  1  7  0  0  0   .000      Holt 2b         4  0  1  0  0  2  0  3  0  0   .289

 Benintendi lf   4  1  2  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .389      Munoz ss        4  0  2  1  0  1  1  2  0  0   .268

 Bradley Jr. cf  4  1  2  0  0  1  4  0  0  2   .300      Markakis lf     4  0  0  0  0  1  3  0  0  4   .277

 

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

 Totals          39 6  12 6  2  7  27 4  0  8             Totals          34 2  7  2  2  6  27 8  0  7  

 

 

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

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

 Boston Red Sox         0  0  0  1  0  0  5  0  0         6  12 0  

 Miami Palms            0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1         2  7  0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Boston Red Sox 8, Miami Palms 7; 2B- Bogaerts(3), Chavis(1), Munoz(6); HR- Devers(1),

 Gonzalez(8); RBI- Bogaerts(8), Devers 4(6), Verdugo(4), Gonzalez(16), Munoz(8);

 RLSP- Martinez, Devers, Chavis, Bradley Jr., Verdugo, Korb, Markakis 3;  


 

 Boston Red Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Rodriguez(W 1-0)          9.0  7  2  2  2  6    2.00  

 

 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Kragh(L 1-1)              7.0  11 6  6  1  5    2.89  

 Morin                     2.0  1  0  0  1  2    4.50  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Rodriguez 104-74, Kragh 88-61, Morin 28-17; Batters faced- Rodriguez 36,

 Kragh 33, Morin 8; 


 Temp - 79, Sky - Partly Cloudy, Wind - E 10MPH 

 

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