Kiké comes through as Red Sox take series in Bronx

NEW YORK — The Red Sox did one thing they haven’t executed since May 27 towards the D-backs. Boston gained a collection, and it was towards the Yankees in a 3-2 victory in 10 innings Sunday night time at Yankee Stadium.

The sport was tied at 2 when Kiké Hernández singled to left subject off Ron Marinaccio, driving in automated runner Adam Duvall. It was Boston’s first hit with runners in scoring place in the course of the sport.

“I felt really good to come through for the team,” Hernández mentioned. “It was a big series for us. … We were in all three games. We pitched well, we played good defense. We ran the bases well. We did the little things. We did it all tonight.”              

Red Sox right-hander Brayan Bello acquired a no-decision in Sunday’s sport, however he was the spotlight of the sport for Boston. He pitched a season-high seven innings, permitting two runs on three hits and placing out three.

“He was amazing,” supervisor Alex Cora mentioned about Bello. “… He was throwing strikes, using his changeup against righties. That was good to see.” 

What was spectacular was that Bello was dealing in entrance of a sellout crowd of 46,138.  

“It was an exciting opportunity to be out there and pitch on a Sunday night,” Bello mentioned via interpreter Carlos Villoria-Benitez. “I had that opportunity last year as well. I was very excited to be out there today.”

If it weren’t for the second inning, Bello would have had seven shutout innings. The ball didn’t bounce his approach that inning. 

The Yankees had runners on second and third with two outs. Jose Trevino hit what appeared to be a routine floor ball, however the ball hit the second-base bag and bounced previous Hernández for successful, scoring two runs to present the Yankees a 2-1 lead. 

“I felt like saying, ‘Let’s go home,’” Cora admitted.

But Bello didn’t panic. He held New York scoreless for the following 5 innings.

“I thank God I kept my focus,” Bello mentioned. “It could have been a groundout to get out of the inning. I did my work and I executed my pitch. I was glad I was able to keep my focus through that situation.”

Hernández was not shocked that Bello saved his focus and had a high quality outing.

“This is who we believe [Bello] is,” Hernández mentioned. “This is a child who got here into the league with all of the hype on the planet and struggled a bit of bit. It appeared like he acquired higher with every begin.

“This year, he really didn’t get a Spring Training. He had to basically go through Spring Training during the regular season, The first couple of outings were not what he wanted. He was sent down for a little bit. He came back up with a great attitude. Same story as last year; he takes the mound. He seems like he gets better. I think he is mature beyond his years.”

During the three-game collection, Bello, Tanner Houck and Garrett Whitlock gave Boston a mixed 19 1/3 innings, permitting six runs (5 earned) and placing out 15. Cora likes the way in which his rotation is shaping up for the remainder of the season with the younger youngsters. 

“From my end, to come here with those three kids and pitch the way they did, hopefully we could build off of this. That was really good from Whit, Tanner and Bello. That was impressive,” Cora mentioned. “Obviously, we need to pitch. The offense is going to be OK. It’s just a matter of time. … I’m impressed with the way [the team] went about it during the three days. That was fun to watch in this scenario against a good team. They grew up the last three days.”                  

With the victory, the Red Sox discovered themselves again at .500 with a 33-33 document.

“We won the series,” Cora mentioned. “We came to Yankee Stadium and we took two out of three. Now we just have to go home and keep going.”