After ‘Heavy’ COVID-Hit Day, Red Sox Salvage Win With Just 3 Hits; ‘I Managed It Like a Playoff Game,’ Alex Cora Says
The Boston Red Sox just barely edged out the Toronto Blue Jays Tuesday night, 2-1, in the series opener. The team has dealt with positive COVID tests the past two days and manager Alex Cora had no interest in dropping their second straight game. After Nathan Eovaldi, the team used a combination of top relievers […]
Boston Red Sox 2, Toronto Blue Jays 1: Connor Wong The Unexpected Hero in 3-Hit Series Opener
Connor Wong, who was recalled from Triple-A Worcester yesterday following Kevin Plawecki’s positive COVID test, ended up being the hero Tuesday night as the Boston Red Sox used just three hits to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, in the series opener. Wong’s seventh-inning, one-out 298-foot sac fly was all that was needed as it […]
Red Sox Place Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Arauz on COVID-19 Injured List; Tyler Danish, Rob Refsnyder Promoted From Triple-A Worcester
The Boston Red Sox have ran into more COVID trouble, as after Kevin Plawecki was placed on the COVID-19 related injured list yesterday the Sox have placed Christian Vazquez and Jonathan Arauz on it. The team also recalled right-handed reliever Tyler Danish and selected outfielder/first baseman Rob Refsnyder from Triple-A Worcester. Along with Plawecki, two […]
Red Sox Lefty Rich Hill Pitches With ‘Mixed Emotions’ After Father Died Just 3 Days Ago Rather Than Heading to Bereavement List: ‘You Show Up And You’re a Pro. That’s Something That I Learned From My Dad’
Instead of heading to the bereavement list like most players do following the death of a close one, the oldest pitcher in major-league baseball, Rich Hill, stood tall and proud on the mound as the starting pitcher Monday though the Boston Red Sox fell, 8-3, to the Minnesota Twins. Rich Hill’s father, Lloyd Hill Sr., […]
Celtics’ Marcus Smart Crowned NBA Defensive Player of The Year
The NBA announced on Monday that Boston Celtics guard, Marcus Smart, was named the defensive player of the year for the 2021-22 season. He is the seventh guard in NBA history and the first since Gary Payton won the award in 1996. Smart, who called the award a “popularity contest” earlier in the year, joins […]
Minnesota Twins 8, Boston Red Sox 3: A Disastrous Eighth, 19 Runners LOB on Marathon Monday
Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet were the two Boston Marathon winners, but the Boston Red Sox weren’t winners on Marathon Monday as they fell to the Minnesota Twins, 8-2, after a disastrous eighth inning from Kutter Crawford. 19 runners were left stranded. Christian Vazquez hit an RBI groundout in the fifth before launching a solo […]
Red Sox’s Kevin Plawecki, 2 Staff Members Test Positive For COVID-19; Connor Wong Recalled From Triple-A Worcester
Boston Red Sox right-handed bat Kevin Plawecki has tested positive for COVID-19, as the backup catcher left the park in street clothes before Boston’s Marathon Monday game against the Twins. Connor Wong will be recalled from Triple-A Worcester. Two additional staff members that are unidentified tested positive as well for the Sox. Manager Alex Cora […]
Red Sox Notebook: Tanner Houck Reveals He’s Unvaccinated, Rich Hill Pitching For Late Father Monday
Boston Red Sox right-handed starter Tanner Houck won’t be able to make his start on April 26 in Toronto against the Blue Jays, as the right-hander revealed to Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe today that he has not been vaccinated. Manager Alex Cora also revealed that several other players are not vaccinated and will […]
Boston Celtics 115, Brooklyn Nets 114: Jayson Tatum’s Buzzer-Beater Wins It
The Boston Celtics opened up their playoff campaign with a wild win in Game 1 over the Brooklyn Nets. Each team threw haymakers at each other but Boston was able to land the final blow with a buzzer-beating layup by Jayson Tatum. There was much anticipation for this series and rightfully so. Both of these […]
Boston Red Sox 8, Minnesota Twins 1: Michael Wacha Hurls Flawless Five Innings, Xander Bogaerts Breaks Out of Slump
Xander Bogaerts waved goodbye to his slump Sunday while Michael Wacha hurled a nearly perfect five innings. The Boston Red Sox broke it open in the eighth and clobbered the Minnesota Twins, 8-1. It was scoreless for the first five and a half innings until the Sox were able to get on the board on […]