![]() Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale cane out of his live batting practice throwing session well and is likely to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday as he works back from inflammation in his pitching shoulder. “Then after that it's 10, then an off day, then 14. I know we get an off day this week,” Cora said. We've got six in a row, we get an off day. The Red Sox began a grueling stretch of 32 games in 34 days - not that Cora is counting the games as a whole because it would be too daunting looking at it that way. His parents flew in from the Dominican Republic and got to see the milestone Friday. Giants prospect Marco Luciano singled leading off the sixth for his first major league hit after being called up Wednesday to face Oakland. Boston swept a quick two-game home series with the Braves and then moved a season-best nine games over. Kenley Jansen, the fourth Red Sox reliever, worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his 23rd save. Pinch-hitter Rob Refsnyder provided a key insurance run for the Red Sox on his RBI single in the eighth before Joc Pederson homered in the bottom half. It ended up being a pretty big play.”Ĭrawford (5-5) dueled with Giants ace Logan Webb (8-9), striking out seven with one walk, while allowing one run on three hits over 5 2/3 innings.Ĭrawford surrendered only Michael Conforto's RBI single in the sixth.Ĭasas, batting sixth, doubled in a run in the second and hit his 16th homer for a 2-0 lead in the fifth. I don't think I can get down there anymore. “I was joking earlier, I'm glad it wasn't too low so I didn't have to bend over too far. “It was just kind of in the moment,” Turner said. Turner played second for just the ninth time this season, and he was booed at every chance by Giants fans as an ex-Dodger. Josh Winckowski then struck out the last two batters. He backhanded a two-hopper by pinch-hitter Blake Sabol and flipped the ball while falling to the ground to shortstop Yu Chang for the force out on Patrick Bailey. ![]() ![]() ![]() Second baseman Justin Turner delivered the defensive gem of the night to save at least one run in the seventh. “That ball he hit to left-center, that's one of the best home runs I've seen here and I saw many. “I played here a lot of games and I saw one of the great ones dominating from like 2000-2004,” Cora said. Moved up in the batting order, Casas homered and hit an RBI double to back Kutter Crawford, and Boston beat the Giants 3-2 on Friday night for its fifth straight win. “Any time I can get my name mentioned with Barry Bonds, it's awesome,” Casas said. Triston Casas hit a shot to left-center that Cora considered one of the best ever seen in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As a player for the Dodgers, Red Sox manager Alex Cora witnessed more than his share of towering drives over the fences by home run king Barry Bonds. ![]()
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