SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – As a participant for the Dodgers, Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora witnessed greater than his share of towering drives over the fences by house run king Barry Bonds.
Triston Casas hit a shot to left-center that Cora thought of top-of-the-line ever seen in San Francisco.
“Any time I can get my name mentioned with Barry Bonds, it’s awesome,” Casas stated.
Moved up within the batting order, Casas homered and hit an RBI double to again Kutter Crawford, and Boston beat the Giants 3-2 on Friday evening for its fifth straight win.
“I played here a lot of games and I saw one of the great ones dominating from like 2000-2004,” Cora stated. “That ball he hit to left-center, that’s one of the best home runs I’ve seen here and I saw many. I think I saw 500, 600, 700.”
Second baseman Justin Turner delivered the defensive gem of the evening to save lots of no less than one run within the seventh. He backhanded a two-hopper by pinch-hitter Blake Sabol and flipped the ball whereas falling to the bottom to shortstop Yu Chang for the pressure out on Patrick Bailey. Josh Winckowski then struck out the final two batters.
Turner performed second for simply the ninth time this season, and he was booed at each probability by Giants followers as an ex-Dodger.
“It was just kind of in the moment,” Turner stated. “I was joking earlier, I’m glad it wasn’t too low so I didn’t have to bend over too far. I don’t think I can get down there anymore. It ended up being a pretty big play.”
Crawford (5-5) dueled with Giants ace Logan Webb (8-9), placing out seven with one stroll, whereas permitting one run on three hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Crawford surrendered solely Michael Conforto’s RBI single within the sixth.
Casas, batting sixth, doubled in a run within the second and hit his sixteenth homer for a 2-0 lead within the fifth.
Pinch-hitter Rob Refsnyder offered a key insurance coverage run for the Red Sox on his RBI single within the eighth earlier than Joc Pederson homered within the backside half.
Kenley Jansen, the fourth Red Sox reliever, labored a 1-2-3 ninth for his twenty third save. Boston swept a fast two-game house collection with the Braves after which moved a season-best 9 video games over .500 at 56-47 on Friday.
Giants prospect Marco Luciano singled main off the sixth for his first main league hit after being known as up Wednesday to face Oakland. His mother and father flew in from the Dominican Republic and acquired to see the milestone Friday.
TOUGH STRETCH
The Red Sox started a grueling stretch of 32 video games in 34 days – not that Cora is counting the video games as an entire as a result of it will be too daunting taking a look at it that approach.
“No, I’m not playing that game. We’ve got six in a row, we get an off day. I know we get an off day this week,” Cora stated. “Then after that it’s 10, then an off day, then 14. I know the schedule.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Red Sox: LHP Chris Sale cane out of his dwell batting observe throwing session effectively and is more likely to start a rehab project Tuesday as he works again from irritation in his pitching shoulder. … C Reese McGuire (strained proper indirect) will catch back-to-back nine-inning rehab video games Saturday and Sunday with the hope he’ll be part of the Red Sox subsequent week. … SS Trevor Story (elbow surgical procedure) isn’t prepared to affix the crew on this street journey. … The membership will reassess RHP Corey Kluber (infected pitching shoulder) after he “didn’t feel great after the last one,” in line with Cora. … Boston deliberate to activate new RHP reliever Mauricio Llovera on Saturday after buying him from the Giants this week.
Giants: RHP Keaton Winn started experiencing soreness in his throwing elbow after his final begin and is scheduled to be examined Saturday by crew orthopedist Dr. Ken Akizuki. … SS Brandon Crawford didn’t come off the injured listing as he had aimed to do – his first day eligible – however went by means of a intensive exercise to check his infected left knee. … OF Mitch Haniger has begun baseball actions like throwing and hitting as he recovers from a fractured proper forearm and isn’t restricted in his decrease half for working exercises. … 2B Thairo Estrada is also growing the depth every day of his baseball actions whereas recovering from a damaged left hand.
UP NEXT
Lefty James Paxton (6-2, 3.46 ERA) takes the mound Saturday for Boston, whereas San Francisco had but to introduced after the sport opener RHP Ryan Walker (3-0, 2.70) would begin.
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