TNK - RED SOX FRANCHISE
Game #2 of the season
Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0) @ Boston Red Sox (0-1)
Pitching Matchup - Jameson Taillon vs Chris Sale
The Red Sox were looking to get back on track after getting shut down by Gerrit Cole on Opening Day and will have Chris Sale on the mound making his much anticipated debut in a Red Sox uniform. Boston got on the board first in the bottom of the 2nd when Mitch Moreland drove a fastball from Jameson Taillon over the Red Sox bullpen in RF for a solo HR to give the Sox a 1-0 lead. Chris Sale was off to a strong start as he kept the Pirates off the board with 4 strikeouts through his first 4 innings of work on the mound. Mookie Betts singled to lead off the bottom of the 4th for Boston but was gunned down by Cervelli trying to steal second base and Taillon would get through the inning as the game would move to the 5th inning with Boston leading 1-0. The Pirates had a man in scoring position with two outs in the top of the 5th but Sale would freeze Starling Marte with a 95 mph fastball at the letters to end the threat and keep it a 1-0 game. The Red Sox were threatening in the bottom of the 5th after Pablo Sandoval doubled with one out to bring up Sandy Leon in a big spot with runners on 2nd & 3rd base. Taillon would get a huge out as Leon popped up and the runners had to stay put bringing up Dustin Pedroia with two outs. Taillon fell behind in the count and Pedroia would square up a fastball and drive it high off the green monster for a RBI double that scored two runs to put the Red Sox up 3-0. The Pirates would get to Sale in the top of the 6th when David Freese came up with Josh Bell on 2nd base and delivered a RBI single to CF to get Pittsburgh on the board and cut the Sox lead to 3-1. Sale would get Cervelli to ground out to end the inning without any further damage. Trevor Williams took over on the mound for Pittsburgh in the bottom of the 6th and worked around a lead off single from Mookie Betts to keep it a 3-1 game heading to the 7th inning. Sale continued to carve up the the Pirates and retired the side in order in the top of the 7th. Antonio Bastardo came on to pitch the bottom of the 7th and issued a walk to Sandoval with one out but bounced back to get Sandy Leon to hit into an inning endgin 5-4-3 double play and the game would go to the 8th with the Red Sox holding on to a 3-1 lead. Sale remained in the game to begin the top of the 8th and would get Marte for the 1st out as Sandoval made a nice play going to his knees to stop a ground ball down the line and fired a nice throw across the diamond for the out. Josh Bell went down looking at a fastball on the corner for the 2nd out. Andrew McCutchen looked like he had grounded out for the 3rd out but the ball hit off the 3rd base bag and bounced over Sandoval and into LF as McCutchen would wind up at 2nd base with a double to keep the inning alive. Gregory Polanco came up to the plate representing the tying run and Sale remained in the game for the lefty on lefty matchup after a mound visit as the Sox will try to get one more out from Sale who was at 97 pitches. Sale had two strikes on Polanco and tried to get him to chase a slider off the plate but Polanco did a great job to go down and get it and drove it off the green monster for a RBI double to make it a 3-2 game. Sale would depart as Matt Barnes would come on to face David Freese with the tying run on 2nd base and Barnes would get Freese to ground out to end the inning and preserve the 3-2 lead. Juan Nicasio would come in to pitch the bottom of the 8th for the Pirates and set the Red Sox down in order to send the game to the 9th inning with Boston leading 3-2. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel entered the game looking to close it out in the top of the 9th and struck out Cervelli on a 97 mph heater then got Harrison to pop out as the Sox were one out away from their first victory of the season. Phil Gosselin was called on to pinch hit for Jody Meercer with the Pirates down to their final out and Kimbrel would get him to ground out to Pedroia to end it as the Red Sox win 3-2.
* The Red Sox win 3-2 to pick up their first victory of the season and even their record at 1-1
* Chris Sale was impressive in his Red Sox debut pitching 7.2 innings allowing 2 runs on 8 hits with 7 Ks and 1 walk to earn the win
* Jameson Taillon allowed 3 runs (1 earned) in 5 innings for Pittsburgh with 6 Ks and 1 walk as he took the loss
* Mitch Moreland was 1 for 3 and hit his first HR in a Red Sox uniform
* Dustin Pedroia was 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI
* Craig Kimbrel retired the side in order in the 9th for the save
* The Red Sox and Pirates will wrap up this 3 game series to open the season tomorrow with Drew Pomeranz getting the start for Boston against Ivan Nova for Pittsburgh
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link href="http://dynasties.operationsports.com/css/osdyn.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"></head><body><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td align="center" colspan="13">Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="40%">Apr 5, 2017</td><td align="right" width="5%">1</td><td align="right" width="5%">2</td><td align="right" width="5%">3</td><td align="right" width="5%">4</td><td align="right" width="5%">5</td><td align="right" width="5%">6</td><td align="right" width="5%">7</td><td align="right" width="5%">8</td><td align="right" width="5%">9</td><td align="right" width="5%">R</td><td align="right" width="5%">H</td><td align="right" width="5%">E</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pittsburgh (1-0)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Boston (0-1)</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">X</td><td align="right" class="active">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" colspan="13"><b>W:</b> Chris Sale (1-0) <b>L:</b> Jameson Taillon (0-1) <b>S:</b> Craig Kimbrel (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead"><td colspan="5">Scoring Summary</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td colspan="3" width="84%">SCORING DETAILS</td><td align="right" width="8%">PIT</td><td align="right" width="8%">BOS</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">2</td><td width="70%">Mitch Moreland solo HR to RF (405 feet)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td align="center" width="7%">BOS</td><td align="center" width="7%">5</td><td width="70%">Dustin Pedroia doubled to LF (Bradley & Sandoval score)</td><td align="right" width="8%">0</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">PIT</td><td align="center" width="7%">6</td><td width="70%">David Freese singled to CF (Bell scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">1</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td align="center" width="7%">PIT</td><td align="center" width="7%">8</td><td width="70%">Gregory Polanco doubled to LF (McCutchen scores)</td><td align="right" width="8%">2</td><td align="right" width="8%">3</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#FFB00D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#231f20">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Marte, CF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.111</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bell, 1B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>McCutchen, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Polanco, LF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.125</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Freese, 3B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.500</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Cervelli, C</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.375</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Harrison, 2B</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Mercer, SS</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.429</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td style="text-indent:20px;">Gosselin (PH)</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Frazier, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">34</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> McCutchen (1), Polanco (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Freese (1), Polanco (1)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>SB:</b> Marte (1), Frazier (1)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">HITTERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">AB</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">RBI</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">AVG</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Pedroia, 2B</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.375</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Benintendi, LF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Betts, RF</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.375</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Ramirez, DH</td><td align="right">4</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Moreland, DH</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">.143</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Bogaerts, SS</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.167</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Bradley, CF</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.167</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Sandoval, 3B</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.250</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Leon, C</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">.000</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">29</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BATTING:</u></b><br /><b>2B:</b> Pedroia (1), Sandoval (1)<br /><b>HR:</b> Moreland (1)<br /><b>RBI:</b> Pedroia 2 (2), Moreland (1)<br /><b>GIDP:</b> Leon</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>BASERUNNING:</u></b><br /><b>CS:</b> Betts (1)</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>FIELDING:</u></b><br /><b>E:</b> Bradley (Throw)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#FFB00D" colspan="9"><span style="color:#231f20">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Jameson Taillon (L, 0-1)</td><td align="right">5.0</td><td align="right">5</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right" class="active">1.80</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Trevor Williams</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Antonio Bastardo</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Juan Nicasio</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">8.0</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">3</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">6</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Taillon - 69 Pitches (70% Strikes)</td></tr></table><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" class="osdyn spacer" width="575"><tr class="masthead_alt"><td bgcolor="#ee1422" colspan="9"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston Red Sox</span></td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td width="41%">PITCHERS</td><td align="right" width="7%">IP</td><td align="right" width="7%">H</td><td align="right" width="7%">R</td><td align="right" width="7%">ER</td><td align="right" width="7%">BB</td><td align="right" width="7%">SO</td><td align="right" width="7%">HR</td><td align="right" width="10%">ERA</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Chris Sale (W, 1-0)</td><td align="right">7.2</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">2.35</td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td>Matt Barnes (H, 1)</td><td align="right">0.1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>Craig Kimbrel (S, 1)</td><td align="right">1.0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right" class="active">0.00</td></tr><tr class="stathead"><td>TEAM TOTALS</td><td align="right">9.0</td><td align="right">8</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">2</td><td align="right">1</td><td align="right">7</td><td align="right">0</td><td align="right"></td></tr><tr class="evenrow"><td colspan="9"><b><u>PITCHING:</u></b><br /><b>Pitches-Strikes:</b> Sale - 101 Pitches (76% Strikes)</td></tr></table></body></html>
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