The Boston Purple Sox offense stored rolling in Texas as they took down the Rangers, 11-6, at Globe Life Area on Friday night time.
The Purple Sox improved to 58-50 with the win whereas the reigning World Collection champion Rangers dropped to 52-58.
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ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
Globe Life Area hosted MLB’s Residence Run Derby final month. Properly, it felt just like the Purple Sox and Rangers introduced again the occasion within the sequence opener.
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Each groups had no difficulty launching baseballs into the stands because the Texas Rangers smacked 4 homers off Purple Sox beginning pitcher Kutter Crawford — he was fortunate three of them have been solo pictures. Boston hit three round-trippers within the recreation.
However even with the Rangers slugging a pair extra blasts than the Purple Sox, they could not sustain with Boston’s red-hot offense. The Purple Sox collected 16 hits and simply wore out Rangers pitching by always placing visitors on the bases.
Texas held a 3-2 lead after three innings, however the Purple Sox mustered their finest response within the prime of the fourth by scoring 4 instances within the body. They usually stored including on from there with a run within the fifth and two extra within the sixth.
Whereas a lot of the eye has been paid to Boston’s bullpen scenario, the Purple Sox offense is arguably performing their finest all season. They’ve scored six-plus runs in 10 out of 13 video games for the reason that All-Star break.
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STARS OF THE GAME
— Wilyer Abreu powered the Purple Sox offense with a 3-for-5 effort, together with belting a two-run house run to proper area off José Ureña within the prime of the second. It was Abreu’s tenth homer of the season. Abreu additionally drove in Rafael Devers with a single within the prime of the fourth for his third RBI of the night time.
— Nick Sogard made his main league debut with the Purple Sox and contributed to the offensive displaying. He lined a single to proper area to drive in two runs and cap the four-run fourth inning. It was the second baseman’s solely hit of the sport.
— Corey Seager had Crawford’s quantity as he went 3-for-3 within the loss with two solo house runs. He is now as much as 21 round-trippers on the marketing campaign.
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ON DECK AT NESN
The Purple Sox will ship Tanner Houck to the mound Saturday at Globe Life Area as they proceed their sequence with the Rangers. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET, and you may watch the sport, plus an hour of pregame protection, on NESN.
