D4 Sports The Boston Globe TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019
ROCKIES 3, BRAVES 1
ATLANTA AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Acuña Jr. cfAlbies2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 .290301012.285
Freeman1b 300011.298
Donaldson 3b 400002.262
Joycerf 302010.269
Swanson ssCervellic 400003.262402000.220
Hamilton pr 010000.333
Flowers c 0 00000.225
Ortegalf 301010.233
Teheran pCulbersonph 100001.274 1 00001.122
Hechavarría ph 0 00100.214
Totals 30161512
COLORADO AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Blackmon rf 200110.317
Story ss 4 0 3 0 0 1 .296
Arenado 3bDaMurphy 1b 311011.305400001.283
McMahon 2b 411202.264
Desmondlf 200010.255
Hampson cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .209NuñezcMelville p (^211010) 100000.333.267
Daza ph 100000.180
Alonsoph 100000.294
Totals 2736346
Atlanta.......................000 000 001 — 1 6 0
Colorado....................000 000 012 — 3 6 1
E—Arenado (8).LOB—Atlanta 9, Colorado
4.3B2B—Cervelli (1).—Albies (34), Cervelli (6), Nuñez (2).HR—McMahon (18), off
Blevins.SB—Acuña Jr. (31), Freeman (6), Or-
tega (1), Story (19).CS—Story (7).S—Tehe-
ran.SF—Hechavarría, Blackmon.DP—Atlanta
2; Colorado 1.
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Teheran 6300343.39
LJackson 1000013.34
Martin 1 2 1 1 0 0 5.91
Swarzak L 1-2Blevins ‚111014.21 0 011102.90
ColoradoMelville IP H R ER BB SO ERA5500360.75
Parsons 2000133.79
Estévez 1 000013.94
Díaz BS 2;W 5-3 1 111124.75
herited runners-scoredSwarzak pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.—Blevins 1-1.NP—Te-In-
heran 97, LJackson 15, Martin 21, Swarzak 5,
Blevins 6, Melville 100, Parsons 27, Estévez
15, Díaz 23.Pat Hoberg; Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Bri-Umpires—Home, Nic Lentz; First,
an Knight.T—3:27.A—29,803 (46,897).
REDS 6, MARLINS 3
CINCINNATI AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
VanMeter lf-1bRaIglesias p 4210110 00000 .285.000
Galvis 2b 5 1 3 4 0 1 .404
Suárez3b 412101 .256
Aquinorf 501000 .321
Barnhart cJoIglesias ss 440000000000 .231.295
Dietrich1b 100000 .203
Ervinph-lf 211100 .310
Senzel cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .264
GraypLorenzen p 2000020 00000 .154.357
Farmer ph-1b 100000 .252
Totals 35610625
MIAMI AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Bertilf 410012 .270
Walker 3b 411200 .270
Cooper1bCastross 301011400001 .280.262
Ramírez rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Díaz2b 200021 .169
Alfaroc 412101 .269
Brinson cfLópez p 2 0 1 0 1 0 .187 1 00001 .192
Dean ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196
Conleyp 000000 —
Granderson phKellerp (^100001) 000000 —.190
Pradoph 100001 .239
Totals 31353510
Cincinnati..................001 030 011 — 6 10 0
Miami.........................002 000 001 — 3 5 0
LOB—Cincinnati 7, Miami 7.3B—VanMeter
(1), Brinson (1).HR—Galvis (4), off López,
Suárez (36), off Keller, Ervin (4), off Keller,
Walker (6), off Gray, Alfaro (13), off RaIgle-sias.SB—Senzel (13), Berti (8).S—Gray, Brin-
son.DP—Miami 1.
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO ERA
GrayW10-6 6222562.92
LorenzenRaIglesias 210001121103 3.044.25
MiamiLópezL5-6 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 554413 4.41
Conley 220002 6.41
Keller 232210 7.36
Gray pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.Inherit-
ed runners-scoredLópez (Dietrich), by Keller (Suárez).—Lorenzen 2-0.HBPNP—by—
Gray 102, Lorenzen 23, RaIglesias 22, López
86, Conley 29, Keller 43.Umpires—Home,
Hunter Wendelstedt; FirstSecond, Vic Carapazza; Third, Dan Iassogna., Ryan Blakney;
T—3:03.A—5,297 (37,446).
AL
EAST W L Pct. GB WCGB Last 10 Streak
New York 85 47 .644 — — 4-6 W 1
Tampa Bay 76 56 .576 9 — 5-5 L 2
Boston 70 62 .530 15 6 7-3 L 1
Toronto 53 80 .398 32½ 23½ 2-8 L 1
Baltimore 43 88 .328 41½ 32½ 4-6 W 2
CENTRAL W L Pct. GB WCGB Last 10 Streak
Minnesota 79 51 .608 — — 7-3 W 2
Cleveland 76 55 .580 3½ — 4-6 L 1
Chicago 60 70 .462 19 15 6-4 W 1
Kansas City 46 86 .348 34 30 3-7 L 1
Detroit 39 89 .305 39 35 3-7 L 2
WEST W L Pct. GB WCGB Last 10 Streak
Houston 85 47 .644 — — 7-3 W 4
Oakland 75 55 .577 9 — 7-3 W 1
Texas 64 68 .485 21 12 4-6 L 1
Los Angeles 63 70 .474 22½ 13½ 3-7 L 5
Seattle 56 75 .427 28½ 19½ 7-3 W 1
NL
EAST W L Pct. GB WCGB Last 10 Streak
Atlanta 80 53 .602 — — 8-2 L 1
Washington 73 57 .562 5½ — 8-2 W 5
Philadelphia 68 62 .523 10½ 1 6-4 W 1
New York 67 63 .515 11½ 2 6-4 L 3
Miami 47 83 .362 31½ 22 2-8 L 1
CENTRAL W L Pct. GB WCGB Last 10 Streak
St. Louis 72 58 .554 — — 8-2 W 5
Chicago 69 61 .531 3 — 5-5 L 3
Milwaukee 67 64 .511 5½ 2½ 4-6 L 2
Cincinnati 61 69 .469 11 8 4-6 W 1
Pittsburgh 55 76 .420 17½ 14½ 4-6 L 1
WEST W L Pct. GB WCGB Last 10 Streak
Los Angeles 86 46 .652 — — 5-5 L 1
San Francisco 65 65 .500 20 4 5-5 W 2
Arizona 65 66 .496 20½ 4½ 4-6 W 1
San Diego 60 69 .465 24½ 8½ 5-5 W 1
Colorado 59 73 .447 27 11 4-6 W 1
- — Not including late game
RESULTS
MONDAY
At Colorado 3 Atlanta 1 Oakland 19 at Kansas City 4
At Philadelphia 6 (11 inn.)Pittsburgh 5 Arizona at San Francisco
St. Louis 12 at Milwaukee 2 LA Dodgers at San Diego
Cincinnati 6 at Miami 3 NY Yankees at Seattle
SUNDAY
At San Diego 3 Boston 1 At Houston 11 LA Angels 2
At Baltimore 8 Tampa Bay 3 At Chi. White Sox 2 Texas 0
Atlanta 2 at NY Mets 1 At St. Louis 11 Colorado 4
Kansas City 9 (10 inn.)at Cleveland 8 Washington 7 (11 inn.) at Chi. Cubs 5
At Miami 3 Philadelphia 2 San Francisco 5 at Oakland 4
At Pittsburgh 9 Cincinnati 8 At Seattle 3 Toronto 1
Arizona 5 at Milwaukee 2 NY Yankees 5 at LA Dodgers 1
At Minnesota 7 Detroit 4
TUESDAY’S GAMES
........2019........ Team .......2019 vs. opp ....... .......Last 3 starts .......
Odds W-L ERA rec. W-L IP ERA W-L IP ERA
BOSTON AT COLORADO, 8:40 p.m.
Porcello (R) Off 11-10 5.49 15-11 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-2 16.0 5.06
TBA Off — — 0-0 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 0.0 0.00
BALTIMORE AT WASHINGTON, 7:05 p.m.
Brooks (R) +270 3-7 6.21 7-7 0-0 2.2 3.38 1-2 13.1 10.13
Corbin (L) -340 10-5 3.17 16-10 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-0 20.0 1.35
PITTSBURGH AT PHILADELPHIA, 7:05 p.m.
BrauSmyly (L)lt(L) +11-135 2-6 6.99 8-7 0-0 53 -3 3.98 5-8 0-0 6.0 1.50 0-0 14.1 6.910. 00 .00 0-2 17.2 3.57
ATLANTAATTORONTO, 7 :07p.m.
Soroka (R) Off 10-2 2.41 16-7 0-0 0.0 0.00 0-0 20.2 2.18
TBA Off ——0-0 0-0 0. 00 .00 0-0 0. 00 .00
CHI. CUBS AT NY METS, 7:10 p.m.
Darvish (R) -105 4-6 4.43 11-15 0-0 6.0 6.00 0-1 18.1 4.91
Stroman (R) -115 7-11 3.18 12-13 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-0 15.1 4.11
CINCINNATI AT MIAMI, 7:10 p.m.
Castillo (R) -160 12-5 3.04 14-12 1-0 7.0 0.00 1-1 17.0 6.35
Smith (L) +135 8-7 3.82 11-10 0-0 0.0 0.00 1-2 15.2 6.89
CLEVELAND AT DETROIT, 7:10 p.m.
Plutko (R) -145 5-3 4.54 9-4 1-0 11.1 5.56 1-1 18.0 4.50
Turnbull (R) +125 3-12 4.05 6-17 0-4 20.0 6.30 0-3 14.0 6.43
ST. LOUIS AT MILWAUKEE, 7:40 p.m.
Mikolas (R)Houser (R) +125 7-13 4.43 13-13 0-1-145 6-5 3.62 4-7 1-1 5.0 9.00 0-1 16.0 8.449.1 5.79 2-0 18.1 1.47
MINNESOTA AT CHI. WHITE SOX, 8:10 p.m.
Pineda (R) -135 9-5 4.26 14-9 3-0 20.0 3.15 2-0 18.0 4.00
Giolito (R) +115 14-6 3.20 16-9 2-1 19.0 3.32 2-1 21.0 1.71
TAMPA BAY AT HOUSTON, 8:10 p.m.
Morton (R) +150 13-5 2.85 17-10 1-0 5.0 3.60 1-1 18.0 3.50
Verlander (R) -180 15-5 2.77 19-9 1-0 7.0 1.29 0-1 21.0 3.43
OAKLAND AT KANSAS CITY, 8:15 p.m.
Fiers(R) -1 80 12- 33 .46 17-9 0-0 0. 00 .00 2-0 18.1 3.44
Montgomery (L) +150 3-6 4.99 2-5 0-0 0.0 0.00 2-1 18.0 2.50
ARIZONA AT SAN FRANCISCO, 9:45 p.m.
Leake (R) Off 9-10 4.77 12-14 0-0 6.0 6.00 0-2 16.0 9.56
Samardzija (R) Off 9-10 3.44 14-12 1-1 16.2 5.40 1-1 20.1 1.77
TEXAS AT LA ANGELS, 10:07 p.m.
Minor (L)Heaney (L) +125 11-7 3.17 14-12 1-0 25.0 3.60 1-1 20.2 3.92-145 3-3 4.31 8-4 1-0 13.0 2.08 2-0 18.2 2.41
LA DODGERS AT SAN DIEGO, 10:10 p.m.
Buehler (R) -190 10-3 3.16 15-9 1-0 9.0 1.00 0-1 17.0 2.65
Quantrill (R) +160 6-4 3.32 5-8 0-1 5.0 3.60 2-1 18.1 2.45
NY YANKEES AT SEATTLE, 10:10 p.m.
Tanaka (R) -200 9-7 4.68 16-10 0-0 6.1 2.84 2-1 20.1 3.10
Kikuchi (L) +170 5-8 5.19 12-14 1-0 7.2 1.17 1-0 17.1 3.12
Team rec. — Record in games started by pitcher this season
LEADERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Not including Monday’s gamesBATTING
AB R H Avg.
McNeil, NYM...................402 67 134 .333
Yelich, Mil........................ 444 91146 .329
Rendon, Was...................444 94 146 .329BReynolds, Pit ................375 69 123 .328
KMarte, Ari......................498 86 160 .321
Blackmon, Col ................478 96 152 .318
Bellinger, LAD.................459 101 143 .312
Arenado, Col...................489 85 149 .305Newman, Pit ...................374 40 113 .302
Dahl, Col..........................374 67 113 .302
HOME RUNS
Bellinger, Los Angeles.....................................42Yelich, Milwaukee............................................41
PAlonso, New York..........................................41
AcunaJr, Atlanta...............................................36
ESuarez, Cincinnati..........................................35
Freeman, Atlanta.............................................35Muncy, Los Angeles........................................33
Arenado, Colorado...........................................33
Donaldson, Atlanta..........................................32
Bell, Pittsburgh.................................................32RUNS BATTED IN
Freeman, Atlanta...........................................105
Rendon, Washington.....................................104
Bell, Pittsburgh...............................................103
EEscobar, Arizona..........................................101Bellinger, Los Angeles...................................100
PAlonso, New York........................................100
Arenado, Colorado.........................................100
Harper, Philadelphia........................................92
Yelich, Milwaukee............................................89AcunaJr, Atlanta...............................................89
PITCHING
Strasburg, Washington................................15-5
Fried, Atlanta.................................................14-4Kershaw, Los Angeles.................................13-2
DakHudson, St. Louis...................................13-6
Nola, Philadelphia.........................................12-4
Ryu, Los Angeles..........................................12-4
Marquez, Colorado.......................................12-5LCastillo, Cincinnati.....................................12-5
Woodruff, Milwaukee..................................11-3
Ray, Arizona...................................................11-7
EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Ryu, Los Angeles...........................................2.00Soroka, Atlanta..............................................2.41
Scherzer, Washington..................................2.41
deGrom, New York.......................................2.56
Kershaw, Los Angeles..................................2.76Gray, Cincinnati.............................................2.92
Castillo, Cincinnati........................................3.04
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Not including Monday’s gamesBATTING
AB R H Avg.
Brantley, Hou..................480 80 162 .338
LeMahieu,NYY............... 48690161 .3 31
Devers, Bos.....................525 106 171 .326Alberto, Bal.....................411 46 129 .314
Martinez, Bos ............... 478s 82 149 .312
Gurriel, Hou.....................484 72 149 .308
Bogaerts, Bos .................503 96 154 .306
Altuve, Hou .....................385 74 117 .304Moncada, ChW...............387 60 116 .300
Merrifield, KC .................550 86 164 .298
HOME RUNS
Trout, Los Angeles...........................................42Soler, Kansas City............................................36
Kepler, Minnesota............................................35
Cruz, Minnesota...............................................33
GTorres, New York..........................................32
Bregman, Houston...........................................32Martinez, Boston..............................................31
EdwEncarnacion, New York...........................30
CSantana, Cleveland.......................................30
3 tied at 29.RUNS BATTED IN
Devers, Boston...............................................103
JAbreu, Chicago.............................................100
Trout, Los Angeles...........................................99
Bogaerts, Boston..............................................96Soler, Kansas City............................................91
Gurriel, Houston...............................................91
Bregman, Houston...........................................90
Kepler, Minnesota............................................86
LeMahieu, New York.......................................86Rosario, Minnesota..........................................85
PITCHING
German, New York.......................................16-3
Verlander, Houston......................................15-5GCole, Houston.............................................15-5
ERodriguez, Boston......................................15-5
Giolito, Chicago.............................................14-6
Lynn, Texas....................................................14-9
Gonzales, Seattle........................................14-10Miley, Houston..............................................13-4
Morton, Tampa Bay.....................................13-5
Odorizzi, Minnesota.....................................13-6
EARNED RUN AVERAGE
Cole, Houston................................................2.75Verlander, Houston.......................................2.77
Morton, TB......................................................2.85
Miley, Houston..............................................3.13
Minor, Texas..................................................3.17Giolito, Chicago.............................................3.20
Bieber, Cleveland..........................................3.23
Baseball
CARDINALS 12, BREWERS 2
ST. LOUIS AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Fowler rfMuñoz ss 512100.2491 0 0 0 0 1 .273
Edman2b 633000.285
Goldschmidt 1b 220021 .261
Wieters ph-c 100010 .219
OzunalfDeJongss 522302221321 .270.248
Molina c-1b 412310 .261
Carpenter 3b 400013 .216
Bader cf 512200 .202
Wainwright pGantp 1 0 1000000000 .132.000
Thomas ph-rf 100000 .316
Totals 38 12 12 12 7 8
MILWAUKEE AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Cain cf 401101 .252
Arcia ph 100000 .227
Grandal c-1bYelichrf 320202000021 .253.332
Hiura 2b 400001 .302
Moustakas 3b 100000 .263
Pérez ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .241
Braun lfThames1b-rf 412000 400001 .288.257
Spngnbrg ss-3b 412102 .333
Gonzalez p 2 00001 .000
Grisham ph-cfTotals 3429249201001 .237
St. Louis.....................260 102 010 — 12 12 0
Milwaukee.................010 100 000 — 2 9 2
Louis 9, Milwaukee 9.E—Gonzalez (1), Moustakas (10).2B—Edman (11), OzunaLOB—St.
(20), Bader (11), Cain (26), Thames (19),
Spangenberg (2).3B—Thames (2).HR—De-
Jong (24), off Jackson, Molina (5), off Gonza-
lez.S—Wainwright.SF—DeJong.DP—StL 2.
St. Louis IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Wainwright 3„622344.52
GantW9-0 2‚000132.97
Leone 1„ 20000 6.34
AndMillerCaMartínez ‚ 0 0 0 0 1 3.71 110001 3.45
MilwaukeeGonzalez L 2-2 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 599745 4.34
Jackson 122202 5.30
Claudio 1„ 11130 3.88
Black 1‚ 00001 4.05
Miller 1-0, Black 3-0.Inherited runners-scoredHBP—by Black (Thom-—Gant 2-0, And-
as).NP—Wainwright 90, Gant 35, Leone 24,
AndMiller 16, CaMartínez 5, Gonzalez 102,
Jackson 21, Claudio 37, Black 19.Hernandez; 1, A. Marquez; 2, Tom Woodring;Umps—H, A.
3, C. Torres.T—3:34.A—29,475 (41,900).
ATHLETICS 19, ROYALS 4
OAKLAND AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Semien ss 6 1 2 7 0 1 .273
Pinder ph-ss 1 00000.241
Grossman rf 5 1 1 0 1 2 .251
Chapman3b 522200 .259
Joseph 3bOlson 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .2074 2 3 2 1 1 .264
Herrmann ph-lf 1 00000.200
Canhacf 623001.279
Brown lf-1b 6 2 2 1 0 1 .333
DavisdhProfar 2b 533211.220 4 32220.211
Phegley c 5 34311.260
Totals 49 19 22 19 6 8
KANSAS CITY AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Merrifield 2b 5 01100.297
Soler dh-rfDozier 3b 4 0 2 1 1 1 .253 4 00011.280
Gordon lf-p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259
Arteaga p 1 01000 .196
O’Hearn 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .169
Cuthbert ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Viloria cStarling rf-lf 44 0100023000 .224.203
Phillips cf 4 1 1 2 0 2 .208
Lopezss 412001 .237
Totals 37 4 1 1427
Oakland......................055 131 121 — 19 22 0
Kansas City...............020 010 001 — 4 11 0
LOB—Oakland 9, Kansas City 8.2B—Chap-
man (33), Olson (18), Lopez (17).(6).HR—Semien (23), off López, Chapman3B—Semien
(30), off Gordon, Davis (19), off Arteaga, Pro-
far (16), off Staumont, Phillips (1), off Bailey.
DP—Oakland 1.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Bailey W 12-8 6833035.04
Puk 210012 3.86
Trivino 1 21112 5.24
Kansas CityKeller L 7-14 1‚IP H R ER BB SO ERA 35531 4.19
López 1„555036.56
Zimmer 1‚ 64411 9.28
Staumont 1„ 11103 3.95
GordonArteaga 1„1‚ 5331020.25 21110 5.40
Inherited runners-scored—López 1-0,
Staumont 1-0, Arteaga 2-0.mer.NP—Bailey 105, Puk 31, Trivino 22, KellerWP—Bailey, Zim-
43, López 41, Zimmer 51, Staumont 19, Gor-
don 38, Arteaga 23.Umpires—Home, Chris
Guccione; First, Mike Everitt; Second, LanceBarrett; Third, Bill Welke.T—3:37.A—13,595
(37,903).
PHILLIES 6, PIRATES 5
PITTSBURGH AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Newmanss 602200.303Reynolds lf 502002.329
Martecf 401011 .289
Osuna1b 400001 .297
Reyes lf 100000 .163
Cabrera rfMoran 3b 512000302101 .277.286
González pr-3b 210000 .198
Stallings c 4 1 0011 .260
Frazier 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .268
Musgrove pBell ph-1b 2 0 1 1 0 1 .1361 1 1120 .274
Totals 41 5 13 5 4 7
PHILADELPHIA AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Hoskins 1b 500003 .233
Harper rf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .253
Realmuto c 5 2 3000 .275
Dickerson lfSegura ss (^411211) 5 0 1 0 0 1 .286.300
Miller 3b 311221 .220
Kingery 2b 201000 .273
Hernández 2b 300000 .281
Haseley cfSRodríguezphcf 201000211111 .238.214
Vargas p 2 0 0001 .083
Morrison ph 100001 .231
KnappphTotals 40 6 11 6 4 11 101000 .198
Pittsburgh............000 010 301 00 — 5 13 0
Philadelphia........000 200 030 01 — 6 11 0
(26).LOBHR—Pit 8, Phi 8.—Bell (33), Harper (28), Dickerson2B—Moran (24), Frazier
(8), Miller (4), SeRodríguez (4).CS—Newman
(7), Marte (5), Moran (1).S—Frazier.DP—Pit
1; Phi 2.
PittsburghMusgrove IP H R ER BB SO ERA 652206 4.67
Liriano 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.58
RiRodríguezBS4 133302 3.91
Stratton 2200413.43
FelizL2-4 011100 3.86
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA
VargasÁlvarez ‚ 0 0 0 1 0 2.94 674414 4.09
Hughes „ 1 0 0 1 2 4.53
Suárez 1100004.15
NerisBS5 121101 3.29
MorinW1-0 2200103.06
Inherited runners-scored—Álvarez 2-0,
Hughes 3-2.IBB—off Álvarez (Bell).WP—Var-
gas.NP—Musgrove 82, Liriano 15,
RiRodríguez 23, Stratton 50, Feliz 4, Vargas92, Álvarez 1, Hughes 17, Suárez 10, Neris 11,
Morin 25.T—3:57.A—27,932 (42,792).
Red Sox-Rockies
series thumbnails
at Coors Field, Denver
Tuesday, 8:40 p.m.
NESN, WEEI-FM (93.7)
W-L ERA
RHP Rick Porcello 11-10 5.49
TBA — —
Wednesday, 8:40 p.m.
NESN, WEEI-FM (93.7)
W-L ERA
LHP Eduardo Rodriguez 15-5 3.92
RHP Peter Lambert 2-4 6.40
Head to head:This is the second of
two series. The teams split two
games at Fenway Park in May.
Miscellany:Boston’s Rafael Devers
and Colorado’s Nolan Arenado are in
the top five among MLB third base-
men in batting average and RBIs and
are the top two in hits... Going into
Monday’s games, the Rockies led the
majors in home batting average
(.306)... Colorado’s 5.55 team ERA
ranked 29th, and was a league-worst
6.37 at home... LF Raimel Tapia
(hand) was put on the injured list.
Porcello feels some improvement
By Peter Abraham
GLOBE STAFF
DENVER —Rick Porcellohas
a 4.09 earned run average in four
starts this month, which may not
sound all that
great until you
consider it was
5.74 through the
end of July.
“I feel a lot better. My com-
mand has improved,” the Red
Sox righthander said. “I’m put-
ting the ball where I want to put
it in the zone and limiting mis-
takes.
“I still feel I need to do a
much better job with those one
or two pitches each game that
get me in trouble. But it has been
an improvement.”
Porcello, who is scheduled to
face the Rockies Tuesday night,
is 11-10 despite a 5.49 ERA, and
the Sox have won 15 of the 26
games he has started.
Porcello is 22-10 with a 4.31
ERA in 43 games against Nation-
al League teams in his career.
“Outside of the obvious, fac-
ing the pitcher, I feel it’s not
quite as different,” he said of the
style of the game in the National
League. “It used to feel like a dif-
ferent game against National
League hitters and their ap-
proach with hitting the fastball.
Now it’s pretty much the same;
everybody is trying to hit the ball
out of the ballpark. At least from
what I have seen.”
Porcello, a career .198 hitter,
joked that he was looking for-
ward more to hitting at Coors
Field than pitching.
“We’ll see about that,” he said.
Eduardo Rodriguez, who
scored a run against the San Di-
ego Padres Friday, starts
Wednesday.
“The offensive guys,” manager
Alex Corajoked.
Cashing in
Andrew Cashner, who
pitched poorly as a starter after
being acquired from the Balti-
more Orioles July 13, is finding
success as a reliever.
The hirsute righthander
threw two scoreless innings in
Sunday’s 3-1 loss at San Diego
and through five relief appear-
ances has allowed one run on
four hits with two walks and six
strikeouts.
Cashner walked 17 in 30‚
innings in six starts for the Sox
and had an 8.01 ERA.
“His fastball is a bit harder,”
Cora said. “Obviously the at-bats
are different later in the game.
You can actually expand [the
strike zone] because they’ll chase
pitches.
“I think his fastball is in a
good spot right now. It’s 97
[miles per hour]. Obviously he
struggled as a starter. But like I
told him, ‘You can contribute.’ ”
Taking their turn
NESN play-by-play announc-
erDave O’Brienwill miss nine
games in the coming weeks to
call football games for the ACC
Network.
Tom Helmer, who has done
studio work at NESN, will work
the Rockies series withTo d d
Walker.Alex Faust, who calls
Los Angeles Kings games, will
handle Sept. 7 game against the
Yankees and the Sept. 14-15 se-
ries at Philadelphia.
Will Fleming, who has had
games on the radio side this sea-
son, will have the Sept. 20-21
games at Tampa Bay and Paw-
tucket Red Sox broadcasterMike
Monacowill be on the Sept. 27-
28 games against the Orioles.
Homer happy
The Sox have homered in 16
consecutive games, matching the
third-longest streak in team his-
tory. The record is 22 games in
- Through Sunday, the Sox
were tied for fifth in the Ameri-
can League with 204 home runs
...Rafael Deversis hitless in his
last 11 at-bats... Sox relievers
have allowed nine earned runs
on 29 hits over 54 innings in the
last 12 games and struck out 66
...Mitch Morelandhad 13
home runs in his 149 at-bats this
season before missing nearly two
months due to injuries. He has
one homer in 62 at-bats since be-
ing activated on July 23... The
Sox are 5-8 in interleague games
this season, 1-1 against the
Rockies... In a schedule quirk,
the Sox had a day off in Denver
on Monday while the Rockies
beat the Atlanta Braves, 3-1, at
Coors Field. It was a makeup
from a rained out game April 10
... The Rockies placed right-
handersGerman Marquez(arm
inflammation) and outfielder
Raimel Tapia(left hand bruise)
on the injured list and recalled
lefthanderPhilip Diehland
righthanderJoe Harvey.Mar-
quez has been scheduled to start
Tuesday. His spot could be taken
by righthanderRico Garcia, who
would be making his major
league debut... Single A Salem
managerCorey Wimberlywill be
one of the coaches for the Peoria
Javelinas in the Arizona Fall
League. The Red Sox also as-
signedJoel Harristo the team as
one of the athletic trainers.
Peter Abraham can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow
him on Twitter @PeteAbe.RED SOX
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Rick Porcello. who says his “command has improved” in his last four starts, will put it to the test Tuesday night vs. the Rockies.