{"id":1527,"date":"2026-05-30T06:04:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T06:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1527"},"modified":"2026-05-30T06:04:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T06:04:30","slug":"brayan-bello-brilliant-again-but-red-sox-still-struggle-with-his-opener-in-one-run-loss-at-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1527","title":{"rendered":"Brayan Bello brilliant again, but Red Sox still struggle with his opener in one-run loss at Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>CLEVELAND \u2014 Nearly a month into this experiment, Brayan Bello may well have figured out the opener strategy, underscored by his best game of the season Friday: seven scoreless innings. He scattered four hits, struck out five, and walked none.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1525\">Roman Anthony suffers another setback in his rehab from sprained hand ligament<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The difficult part for the Red Sox, though, has been the opener himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>They lost to the Guardians, 4-3, on Friday night at Progressive Field after rookie reliever Tyler Samaniego, tasked with handling the first inning, gave up four runs on six consecutive singles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u201cI got singled to death,\u201d Samaniego said. \u201cJust tough. That loss was 100 percent on me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Sox used an opener ahead of Bello four times in May, Samaniego this once and Jovani Mor\u00e1n the other three times. In four innings, they allowed nine runs and no scoreless appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to figure that out,\u201d interim manager Chad Tracy said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Upon entering in the second, Bello was extremely efficient, throwing only 63 pitches (42 for strikes). He never threw more than 12 in any frame. Cleveland (34-25) never had more than one base runner in an inning against him.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Roman Anthony suffers another setback in his rehab from sprained hand ligament<\/div>\n<p><span>The fourth inning yielded a milestone for Bello, who convinced hot-hitting rookie Travis Bazzana to swing and miss at a changeup just below the zone for the 500th strikeout of his career. It also was a key second out in his successful attempt to strand a runner at third base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In seven starts, Bello has a 9.68 ERA. In four appearances out of the bullpen behind an opener, it\u2019s 0.71.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t know that you can make sense of it,\u201d Tracy said. \u201cThe most important thing for me right now is that he \u2026 not only looked great but had a swagger about him on the mound that we\u2019ve seen in the past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bello said through an interpreter: \u201cI\u2019m in a mode where I want to prove that I can start and that I can go five, six innings-plus. What better way to do that than in the role that was given to me, making the most of it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the end, though, the Sox wound up on the wrong end of another tight game. Sixteen of their 25 games this month have been decided by two or fewer runs, and they have a 7-9 record in those.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Overall, the Red Sox have lost six of their past seven games to drop to 23-33 overall. It is their first time 10 games under .500 since 2020, when they finished a dozen under.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1523\">Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran deal but hasn\u2019t yet decided<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Trying to dig out of the large early hole, the Sox rallied for three runs in the fifth against righthander Slade Cecconi, who exited after 4\u2153 innings. Marcelo Mayer (single), Caleb Durbin (double), and Jarren Duran (sacrifice fly) plated runs.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>PASS. THE. BATON! \ud83d\udd04 <\/p>\n<p>The #RedSox put up 3 to get right back in this one \u2b07\ufe0f \ud83d\udc40 pic.twitter.com\/nJbyJot6cZ<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NESN (@NESN) May 30, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Red Sox stranded the potential tying run at second base in the seventh, third base in the eighth, and first base in the ninth (after Isiah Kiner-Falefa\u2019s leadoff single).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another haunting difference given the slim margin: Mickey Gasper (2 for 4) was thrown out at the plate to end the top of the second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kiner-Falefa\u2019s ground ball went off the backhand of shortstop Brayan Rocchio into left field. But Gasper, coming from second, didn\u2019t know it had rolled away, so he slowed up as he approached third \u2014 so that Rocchio wouldn\u2019t throw behind him, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Interim third base coach Chad Epperson waved Gasper in. When he realized, he had to crank it back up. Left fielder Angel Martinez uncorked an on-target 97-miles-per-hour throw, the hardest of his career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m turning my head around so I don\u2019t get backpicked at third,\u201d Gasper said. \u201cSo I make that turn [around third], then I picked up Eppy and I heard \u2018go, go, go,\u2019 so I put my head back down and started running.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It left the Sox looking at the bright spot: Bello was very good \u2014 technically, as a reliever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe big picture, I won\u2019t shy away from: I think Brayan Bello wants to start. And why wouldn\u2019t he?\u201d Tracy said before the game. \u201cHe\u2019s had periods of time, especially last year when he got on track, that he\u2019s shown that he can be a good starter. So I don\u2019t shy away from being aware of what a player really, really desires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut I also think he understands how it\u2019s gone in both roles. At least for right now, maybe it\u2019s best for our team for him to keep him on track, and things can always change.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=1522\">Honing reelection pitch, Healey frames governor\u2019s race as Trump referendum in Democratic convention speech<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rookie Tyler Samaniego gave up four runs on six hits in the first before turning to Bello, who tossed seven shutout frames, but the Sox could not complete a rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brayan Bello brilliant again, but Red Sox still struggle with his opener in one-run loss at Cleveland - 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