On an Enrique Hernández ground ball to shortstop, Jeremy Peña’s throw was a bit too low for Yuli Gurriel to handle, putting the leadoff man on with an error. The offense would keep it going in the third inning, this time with some help from the Astros defense. He got a cutter that stayed over the plate and up in the zone and deposited it into the first row of Monster Seats to put the Red Sox up by a run. Martinez sacrifice fly, and then Xander Bogaerts gave Boston the lead. They didn’t waste much time getting on the board after Altuve’s homer, starting with the red-hot Rafael Devers hitting a rocket of a triple out to right field. Take a look at the entire shirt collection from our friends over at BreakingT, including the one pictured above.Īnd while Pivetta was rolling through this game, the offense was giving him run support to work with a lead. It was mostly just great pitching from him, commanding the fastball as discussed in the linked post above and putting away great hitters with terrific breaking balls. In all, he retired 18 in a row after the home run to get through the sixth inning having only allowed the one run. He retired the next three batters he faced to get out of the first, and then continued mowing down Astros from there. But he turned those expectations on their head.
Given what had happened last night, just how long that at bat was, and how most of his season has been, it was easy to feel pessimistic about how the rest of the night was going to go for Pivetta. Pivetta tried to get a fastball up in the zone by Altuve, who was ready for it and sent it out into the Monster Seats for a leadoff homer.
José Altuve was in the leadoff spot for Houston, and he worked a great at bat against Pivetta, fouling off four two-strike offerings before jumping on a mistake. Considering that, things got off to a pretty demoralizing start. Nick Pivetta got the ball for Boston, looking to keep up his recent hot streak and keep the Astros in the yard.
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Throw in five runs from the offense, led by Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts, and the Red Sox won a second straight series for the first time this season.Įven after the homer fest from the Astros on Tuesday that led to a nine-run loss that was over before the game was halfway through, the Red Sox still had a chance for their best series win of the season, and their second series win in a row if they could come out on top on Wednesday night. Pivetta was absolutely dominant after the home run to finish a complete game two-hitter, and against one of the better lineups in the game to boot. Things started off a bit bleakly with José Altuve capping off a 10-pitch at bat with a solo homer, but he’d be the only Astros hitter among the first 19 to step to the plate who reached base. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.Any concern that the recent turnaround from Nick Pivetta was mostly a product of facing some of the bottom tier lineups in the game can now be put to rest after what he did on Wednesday night. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Some defensive statistics Copyright © Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.įull-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.
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