Red Sox wild card bid stalls with 4-2 loss to Orioles

Wednesday, September 29, 2021
DAVID GINSBURG, Linked Press

There is no guaranteed matter these days for the Boston Purple Sox, who are faltering at the worst doable time in their bid to receive a playoff berth.

Rookie Ryan Mountcastle hit his thirty second home run to assistance the Baltimore Orioles rally previous nemesis Chris Sale and the Purple Sox 4-2 Tuesday night, extending Boston’s dropping streak to four online games.

Boston maintained a just one-video game gain above Toronto for the 2nd and closing AL wild-card slot with 5 online games left and dropped two online games powering the Yankees for the No. 1 place. New York swept a 3-video game weekend series at Fenway Park.

Following a working day off to regroup, Boston introduced its closing journey of the year with a matchup in opposition to the last-spot Orioles. The Purple Sox experienced received twelve of their last thirteen online games in opposition to Baltimore, and Sale’s domination of the Orioles — 10- in his previous last thirteen commences — made the matchup show up even much more lopsided.

Not a question in the planet from the @MLB rookie home run chief. pic.twitter.com/qCZAI3N6LG

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 29, 2021

And nonetheless, the Purple Sox managed only 3 hits and made two faults in a humbling defeat.

“There’s no question we have been obtaining (dragged) through the mud the previous four days,” Sale claimed. “We know where by we’re at, we know what we’re up in opposition to.”

Kyle Schwarber put the Purple Sox up with his thirty second home run in the 2nd inning, and Hunter Renfroe included a solo shot in the sixth. But Boston’s only other hit was an infield one by Renfroe in the 3rd.

“There have been a good deal of vacant at-bats and we did not put tension on them. A good deal of quick outs,” supervisor Alex Cora lamented. “We will need to be far better offensively.”

Sale (five-1) coasted through 5 innings, but in the sixth Kelvin Gutiérrez conquer out an infield hit and Mountcastle went deep to tie it.

Good day, scoreboard watchers. pic.twitter.com/WFtCEnLzuS

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 29, 2021

“He was throwing me a good deal of those people changeups, and that just one he left above the plate,” claimed Mountcastle, who struck out his initially two at-bats.

Austin Hays adopted with a one to stop Sale’s night before Pedro Severino delivered an RBI one off Hansel Robles.

Sale gave up 3 runs and four hits, struck out 6 and walked two in his eighth commence next elbow ligament replacement surgical procedures. The lefty returned in August with a acquire above Baltimore and backed that up by beating the Orioles all over again on Sept. seventeen.

Activated from the hurt list before the video game, Baltimore starter Bruce Zimmermann permitted just one run, two hits and two walks above four innings in his initially look given that June thirteen. The rookie initially was sidelined with left biceps tendinitis before spraining his ideal ankle in the course of the rehabilitation process.

Marcos Diplán (2-) pitched two innings, Joey Krehbiel retired all 6 batters he confronted and Cole Sulser labored the ninth for his eighth conserve. Baltimore has misplaced 6 online games this year when keeping a ninth-inning lead.

TRAINER’S Space

Purple Sox: RHP Garrett Whitlock (pectoral pressure) threw around 60 pitches on the side Tuesday. “He felt superior. Now we’ll see how he reacts these days and tomorrow,” Cora claimed. Whitlock (8-4, 1.99 Era) can arrive off the IL on Thursday, but Cora claimed which is very likely not heading to come about. … Cora experienced no update on LHP Josh Taylor (decrease back again pressure).

Orioles: OF Anthony Santander’s injuries-plagued year finished Tuesday when he was placed on the 10-working day IL with a ideal knee sprain. “He’s been banged up for a though now,” supervisor Brandon Hyde claimed. “It was a odd yr for him in that he was never ever totally balanced. I give him a good deal of credit rating for hanging in there.” Santander experienced 18 homers and fifty RBIs in a hundred and ten online games. … RHP Chris Ellis (ideal shoulder inflammation) was put on the 10-working day IL.

.@Ry_mac35 has a several new admirers soon after this just one. pic.twitter.com/vzEGZ5vDF7

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) September 29, 2021

UP Upcoming

Purple Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (10-nine, 3.88 Era) commences Wednesday night, looking to rebound from a rocky commence in opposition to the Yankees in which he permitted 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings. Boston was 6- in his previous 6 commences.

Orioles: Rookie LHP Zac Lowther (1-2, seven.66) earned his initially significant league victory last week in opposition to Texas, but in two appearances in opposition to Boston he’s surrendered a merged 10 runs in five 2/3 innings.