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Marcelo Mayer sent a pair of moonshots into the Fenway Park stands as the Red Sox rookie is starting to find his groove at the plate.
BOSTON — Rookie Marcelo Mayer hit two of Boston’s four solo home runs and the Red Sox outlasted the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Wednesday night. Abraham Toro added a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning, and Jarren Duran also hit one to help Boston earn its second series win over the Rays this season.
Garrett Crochet held New York scoreless over a career-high 8 1/3 innings, but Aaron Judge's solo home run in the ninth ruined his shutout and his chance at the win.
It’s the week of top prospects in Boston. Roman Anthony, the No. 1 prospect in baseball, per MLB Pipeline, was called up and made his big league debut at Fenway Park on Monday in the series opener against the Rays.
Cora has long held a philosophy of pinch hitting for rookies against left-handed relievers or sitting them against lefty starters.
Boston Red Sox rookie pitcher Hunter Dobbins had some tough words to say about the New York Yankees during the rival teams' matchup last weekend at Yankee Stadi
Catcher Carlos Narváez‘s walkoff RBI single off the Green Monster in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted the Red Sox 2-1 over the Yankees here at Fenway Park on Friday. “His at-bats at the plate late in crunch time — just never gives in,