🌴 Palms Walk It Off in 11, Outlast Red Sox 2–1

 By Vin Castillo, Coca-Cola Palms Park

It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t quick. But for a Miami Palms club trying to claw its way above .500, it might have been exactly what they needed.

On a humid Monday night in Miami, the Palms leaned on timely power and airtight relief pitching to edge the Boston Red Sox, 2–1 in 11 innings, opening the four-game set with a gritty win.

⚾ A Game of Missed Chances… Until It Wasn’t

Boston piled up 11 hits, but could only push across one run—and that came in the sixth on a Christian Vázquez RBI. Time and again, they threatened. Time and again, the Palms escaped.

Jarod Lantz bent but didn’t break over seven innings.

“That’s kind of been the story with Jarod,” manager Scott Hatteberg said. “He competes. He doesn’t give you perfect, but he gives you a chance.”

Miami, meanwhile, barely cracked the hit column—but made every swing count.

💥 Power Keeps Miami Alive

The Palms struck first in the fourth when Chris Korb launched his 13th homer of the season, a solo shot that briefly put Miami ahead.

Boston answered in the sixth, and from there, the game settled into a tense, bullpen-driven stalemate.

Then came the breakthrough.

🌙 Encarnación Ends It in Extras

Leading off the 11th, Edwin Encarnación stepped in and didn’t waste time. One swing. One mistake from Martín Pérez. Game over.

A walk-off home run—his 13th of the year—sent the Palms pouring out of the dugout and lifted Miami back to .500 at 43–43.

“I was just trying to get something I could handle,” Encarnación said. “Didn’t think it’d end it, but I’ll take it.”

🔒 Bullpen Slams the Door

After Lantz’s seven innings, the Palms’ bullpen took over—and was dominant.

  • Cody Allen: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R
  • Jeremy Jeffress (W, 4–2): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R

Together, they shut down Boston across the final four frames, stranding runners and preserving the tie until Korb’s heroics.

📉 Red Sox Leave Them Loaded

Boston will rue this one.

  • 11 hits
  • 10 runners left on base
  • Just 1 run to show for it

They had traffic all night, but couldn’t find the big hit when it mattered.

🌴 The Big Picture

This was a very Miami Palms kind of win:

  • Out-hit? ✔️
  • Out-chanced? ✔️
  • Still won? ✔️

They didn’t dominate—but they executed when it counted.

And in a season defined by hovering around the line, this one nudges them right back to even.

📊 Final

Miami Palms 2, Boston Red Sox 1 (11 innings)
WP: Jeremy Jeffress (4–2)
LP: Martín Pérez (1–1)
HR: Encarnación (15), Korb (13)

If this series opener is any indication, buckle up—this one might get weird before it’s over.

 Miami Palms 2, Boston Red Sox 1

 Monday, June 29, 2020

 

 

 Boston Red Sox (4-3)                                     Miami Palms (43-43)                                     

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

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

 Downs 2b        4  0  0  0  1  2  2  2  0  1   .000      Gardner cf      3  0  0  0  2  1  3  0  0  0   .310

 Bogaerts ss     5  0  2  0  0  0  0  2  0  0   .423      Koch 2b         5  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  0  0   .265

 Devers 3b       5  1  2  0  0  1  1  0  0  3   .370      Grant 1b        5  0  0  0  0  0  7  2  0  2   .289

 Martinez dh     5  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1   .367      Encarnacion dh  5  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  1   .265

 Benintendi lf   5  0  1  0  0  1  2  0  0  0   .333      Korb 3b         4  1  1  1  0  3  0  1  0  0   .276

 Vazquez c       5  0  0  1  0  1  8  0  0  0   .040      Sohn rf         3  0  2  0  1  0  5  0  0  0   .273

 Puello rf       5  0  3  0  0  0  3  0  0  1   .412      Holt lf         4  0  1  0  0  0  4  0  0  1   .264

 Moreland 1b     5  0  2  0  0  0  9  1  0  4   .238      Castillo c      4  0  0  0  0  0  7  1  0  2   .208

 Bradley Jr. cf  4  0  0  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .250      Munoz ss        3  0  0  0  1  1  3  2  0  1   .279

 

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

 Totals          43 1  11 1  1  6  31 7  0  10            Totals          36 2  5  2  4  6  33 8  0  7  

 

 

                        1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11     R  H  E

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

 Boston Red Sox         0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0      1  11 0  

 Miami Palms            0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1      2  5  0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Boston Red Sox 10, Miami Palms 7; 2B- Bogaerts(4), Devers(3), Puello(2); HR- Encarnacion(15),

 Korb(13); RBI- Vazquez(2), Encarnacion(54), Korb(42); GIDP- Martinez(1); RLSP- Devers 2,

 Moreland 2, Downs, Encarnacion, Castillo, Munoz, Grant;  

 

 DP- Miami Palms 1; 

  

 

 

 Boston Red Sox            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Rodriguez                 7.0  3  1  1  3  3    1.69  

 Barnes                    2.0  1  0  0  1  2   16.20 

 Perez(L 1-1)              1.1  1  1  1  0  1    1.93  

 

 Miami Palms               IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Lantz                     7.0  8  1  1  1  5    4.13  

 Allen                     2.0  1  0  0  0  1    3.97  

 Jeffress(W 4-2)           2.0  2  0  0  0  0    2.52  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Rodriguez 100-52, Barnes 27-11, Perez 16-9, Lantz 97-57, Allen 25-13,

 Jeffress 15-10; Batters faced- Rodriguez 27, Barnes 8, Perez 5, Lantz 30, Allen 7,

 Jeffress 7; 


  

 

  

 Temp - 89, Sky - Mostly Cloudy, Wind - SE 7MPH 

 

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