Game 93: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes
Well, that’s one way to overcome travel difficulties.
Boston’s flight out of Chicago was delayed almost 24 hours due to multiple mechanical issues on the club’s charter plane. The Red Sox didn’t land at LaGuardia Airport in New York until after 4 p.m. and made it to Citi Field about an hour later.
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The first pitch was pushed back from 7:15 to 7:51 EST to accommodate the Red Sox. Boston prevailed, 6-2, undeterred by the nightmarish travel.
“Obviously long day-and-a-half,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said. “And they brought everything they had, which was great.”
Friday’s win improved the Red Sox to a major-league-leading 12-2 since June 25, one day after they matched a season low by falling 14 games under .500. Boston now is 1 1/2 games behind the Mariners in the race for the final American League wild-card berth.
The Red Sox were six games out of the last playoff spot through June 24, when they had the worst record in the AL.
“Crazy 24 hours,” said Red Sox second baseman Anthony Seigler. “But we knew we had to come in and keep the same energy that we had on this stretch.”
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Eduardo Rivera was called up from Triple-A Worcester to take the rotation spot usually occupied by All-Star Ranger Suarez, who went on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a strained groin.
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Lineups
RED SOX (44-48): TBA
Pitching: LHP Eduardo Rivera (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
METS (40-55): TBA
Pitching: RHP Freddy Peralta (5-7, 4.68 ERA)
Time: 4:10 p.m.
TV, radio: FS1, NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Red Sox vs. Peralta: Wilyer Abreu 0-3, Willson Contreras 7-26, Jarren Duran 3-5, Ceddanne Rafaela 2-2, Connor Wong 1-2, Masataka Yoshida 0-3
Mets vs. : Has not faced any NY Mets batters
Stat of the day: Peralta is 0-1 with a 5.91 ERA in two career starts against the Red Sox.
Notes: Prior to Friday’s loss, New York scored 42 runs while going 4-1 in the previous five contests … The Mets finished 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position Friday, when they were held to two runs or less for the 35th time this season. Only the Los Angeles Angels (39) have scored two runs or less more often. … The Mets own the third-worst record in the National League.
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