The Boston Pink Sox had been dealt a tough-to-swallow sweep after the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks earned a 7-5 victory at Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon.
Boston fell to 67-62 on the season whereas Arizona improved to 75-56.
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ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
The Pink Sox seemed to be in a great spot after 4 frames. Boston held a 4-0 lead after a three-run residence run from Rafael Devers and the offense appeared to be attending to right-hander Merrill Kelly. Boston had seven hits by 4 innings together with the Devers residence run, a Connor Wong wall-ball double and an extra-base hit for Masataka Yoshida. Sadly, Yoshida was thrown out within the fourth as he tried to stretch a double right into a triple. Wong sounded the double off the wall the very subsequent batter with no person on base.
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It was not sufficient, although. The Diamondbacks scored three runs on two hits in every of the fifth and sixth innings. Proper-hander Tanner Houck was tagged for a game-changing three-run residence run off the bat of Eugenio Suarez. Arizona added a solo residence run within the high of the ninth to present itself a 7-4 lead.
The D-Backs scored seven runs on 10 hits whereas the Pink Sox completed with 5 runs on 9 hits.
STARS OF THE GAME
— Suarez (4-for-4, three RBIs, two runs) crushed Boston within the sequence. The Arizona third baseman supplied the guests with their first lead of the sport on his three-run residence run within the sixth inning. Suarez additionally hit a single throughout Arizona’s three-run fifth inning, and got here round to attain on a sacrifice fly by leadoff man Corbin Carroll. Suarez completed the sequence 9-for-13 with 10 RBIs.
— Triston Casas (2-for-4, RBI, run) was the one Boston batter to document a number of hits. The Pink Sox first baseman received Boston on the board with a 420-foot solo residence run within the first inning and added a single within the fourth inning.
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— Geraldo Perdomo (1-for-4, two RBIs, run) supplied the Diamondbacks with some insurance coverage on his ninth-inning residence run which snuck contained in the Pesky Pole.
ON DECK AT NESN
The Pink Sox host the Blue Jays for a double-header at Fenway Park on Monday. Boston and Toronto will conclude their earlier weather-impacted contest at 2 p.m. ET earlier than the nightcap at 7 p.m.
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