![]() ![]() In the end, Kirby finished with one run allowed over 6.2 innings, while Houck gave up four over five-plus. The Red Sox also had a golden opportunity to get back in the game in the seventh when they loaded the bases against Seattle reliever Gabe Speier, but Verdugo weakly lined out to short to end the threat. Though he allowed back-to-back singles to Alex Verdugo and Justin Turner in the bottom of the first, he promptly got Devers to ground into an inning-ending double play and more or less cruised from there.īoston’s only run came in the sixth when Devers drove in Jarren Duran with a two-out double. Kirby, meanwhile, was lights out all the way through. “We talk about throwing your best pitches as much as possible, especially late in the outing, just one of those we have to keep working and helping him get better.” ![]() “I think the stuff is still the same,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “I feel like later innings are getting better with more experience and continuing to work with it, so it’s one of those things where just continue to go out there, continue to work between starts and push myself to be better.” “If I had an answer I think we wouldn’t be talking about it,” Houck said. The switch hitting Raleigh didn’t treat the Red Sox bullpen any kinder either, demolishing a two-run shot off Brennan Bernardino that cleared the Green Monster and effectively put the game out of reach. Seattle added another run in the sixth when Ty France led off the inning with a double, reached third on a Verdugo throwing error back to the infield and then scored on an RBI fielder’s choice by Eugenio Suárez moments later. Things turned quickly in the fifth, however, when the Mariners greeted Houck with three straight hits to start the inning, including a towering two-run home run by catcher Cal Raleigh into the right field bleachers. That, plus another bullpen meltdown, helped lead to a 10-1 loss, which extended Boston’s losing streak to four straight.Īs has often been the case throughout his career, Houck was terrific out of the gate. Houck faced one batter over the minimum through the fourth and retired the first 11 batters he faced, mowing down the Mariners the first time through the order before Julio Rodriguez finally got Seattle its first baserunner with a two-out double. The second time through the order once again proved Houck’s undoing as the righty got battered after dominating the Mariners through the game’s opening innings. ![]()
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