Red Sox score five unanswered runs to sweep Braves
BOSTON — Three runs within the gap is often nothing on a heat, summer time night time at Fenway Park. But on Wednesday, with the Red Sox dealing with the nasty choices of Spencer Strider, it felt like one thing.
The surging Sox turned the tables on Strider, after which the Braves’ bullpen, pulling out a 5-3 victory over the Braves in one of the vital thrilling video games of the season at Fenway Park.
It was additionally the biggest crowd (37,457) at Fenway since Aug. 20, 2019. It was the fourth win in a row for the Red Sox, pushing their report to 15-5 since June 30 — the very best in MLB over that span.
Emerging Red Sox righty Brayan Bello matched zeros with All-Star Strider for the primary 5 innings.
When Bello made one very unlucky mistake within the high of the sixth, a 95.4 mph sinker proper down the center, Ozzie Albies crushed it into the visiting bullpen for a three-run homer.
With the Sox down, Rafael Devers went {golfing} in opposition to Strider within the backside of the sixth. He lifted an 86.6 mph slider virtually out of the filth and mauled it into the seats in proper at an exit velocity of 105 mph and a projected distance of 404 ft. According to Statcast, the pitch was 1.06 ft off the bottom, the third-lowest pitch hit for a homer in MLB this yr.
It was only one run, however psychologically, it gave the Red Sox some life in opposition to a pitcher who had totally shut them down.
The second shot of life got here off the bat of red-hot rookie Triston Casas, who unloaded for a solo shot to middle off Strider with one out within the backside of the seventh that sparked the completion of the comeback.
With two outs and Strider out of the sport, Justin Turner lofted a two-run double off the Green Monster, giving the Red Sox the lead.
When it regarded just like the Braves had an opportunity to tie the sport or take the lead again within the high of the eighth, Alex Verdugo raced into deep proper area and crashed into the fence to make an incredible catch in opposition to Austin Riley.
Adam Duvall gave the Sox some insurance coverage when he hammered a solo shot into Boston’s bullpen in right-center to make it 5-3 within the backside of the eighth.
