Txawm tias qis dua .500, Boston Red Sox ntseeg tias lawv tuaj yeem ncav cuag Lub Caij Nplooj Ntoos Zeeg

Boston Red Sox tau qhia lub sijhawm lub caij no lawv tuaj yeem ua si ntaus pob ncaws pob zoo heev.

Qhov ntawd tau ua pov thawj los ntawm lawv tshaj tawm 20-6 cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau lub Rau Hli.

Red Sox kuj tau qhia qee lub sijhawm lawv tuaj yeem ua si ntaus pob ntaus pob. Qhov ntawd tau meej meej thaum Lub Xya Hli thaum Boston ua raws nws lub hli zoo nrog 8-19 clunker.

Yog li, nws yuav tsum tsis txhob xav tsis thoob tias Red Sox muaj cov ntaub ntawv nruab nrab hauv nruab nrab Lub Yim Hli. Boston yog 58-59 mus rau hauv nws qhov kev ua si tawm tsam Pirates hnub Wednesday hmo ntuj hauv Pittsburgh.

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Red Sox yog nyob rau hauv qhov kawg ntawm American League East, 14 kev ua si tom qab thawj qhov chaw New York Yankees.

Txawm li cas los xij, ua tsaug rau Major League Baseball nthuav dav mus rau peb qhov chaw ua si qus hauv txhua pab pawg, Red Sox tseem tab tom tuav rau kev cia siab tom ntej. Lawv yog plaub qhov kev ua si tom qab Toronto Blue Jays rau daim npav thib peb AL qus.

Nruab nrab ntawm Blue Jays thiab Red Sox nyob rau hauv sawv yog Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins thiab Chicago White Sox.

Baseball Reference muab Red Sox tsuas yog 6.6% txoj hauv kev rov qab los rau lub caij nplooj zeeg ib xyoos tom qab nce mus rau American League Championship Series ua ntej poob rau Houston Astros.

Txawm li cas los xij, tus thawj coj Alex Cora tsis sib cav txog qhov tsis sib xws ntev. Nws tag nrho cia siab tias nws Red Sox nrhiav lawv txoj hauv kev rov qab mus rau playoffs.

Cora hais tias Lub Rau Hli version ntawm Red Sox tsis yog mirage.

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Cora tau hais tias "Koj saib cov txiv neej hauv lub clubhouse thiab lawv tau nyob hauv qhov chaw ua ntej thiab lawv pab pawg tau tawm thaum kawg ntawm lub caij nyoog," Cora hais. "Muaj ntau lub nplhaib (World Series) hauv lub clubhouse thiab lawv tau yeej ntau txoj hauv kev. Qee tus yog Cinderella dab neeg, qee tus tau ua nrog cov txuj ci uas lawv muaj thiab pom tseeb tias peb tau ua dab tsi hauv 2018.

“Tsis muaj kev ntshai ntawm no. Nws tsuas yog ib qho teeb meem ntawm peb yuav tsum ua kom zoo dua thiab peb yuav ua. "

Red Sox yeej plaub ntawm lawv tsib qhov kev ua si kawg. Xws li nyob rau hauv qhov stretch yog noj ob ntawm peb qhov kev ua si los ntawm Yankees lub asthiv hauv Boston.

Cora xav tias koob yeej dhau los ntawm lawv cov archrivals yog ib qho teeb meem uas nws pab neeg tau npaj txhij los sib sau ua ke lwm yam zoo li nws muaj nyob rau lub Rau Hli.

Cora tau hais tias "Peb muaj lwm qhov kev khiav hauv peb thiab nws tau pib thaum lub asthiv," Cora hais. “Peb muaj lub lis piam zoo heev. Raws li peb muaj peev xwm, peb muaj peev xwm ua si zoo li ntawd txhua lub sijhawm. Thaum kawg ntawm hnub, txawm li cas los xij, peb yuav tsum ua si baseball zoo. "

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Lub Red Sox tsis tau ua ib qho kev txav tseem ceeb ntawm lub sijhawm kawg ntawm kev lag luam ob lub lis piam dhau los raws li tus thawj coj hauv baseball Chaim Bloom txiav txim siab ntxiv thiab rho tawm ntawm cov npe tib lub sijhawm.

Nrov qub qub tub rog catcher Christian Vazquez tau raug xa mus rau Houston Astros thiab sab laug-tes nyem Jake Diekman tau hais rau Chicago White Sox rau catcher Reese McGuire. Sab laug fielder Tommy Pham tau los ntawm Cincinnati Reds.

Pham tau muab lub txim ua tus thawj coj ntaus. Hauv 13 qhov kev ua si, nws raug ntaus .281/.305/.526 nrog peb lub tsev khiav.

Txawm li cas los xij, dab tsi txhawb Red Sox yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm lawv cov npe raug mob ntev.

Cov neeg siv hluav taws xob muaj txiaj ntsig Kike Hernandez tau qhib rau hnub Tuesday tom qab ploj mus cuaj lub lis piam nrog kev raug mob ntawm lub duav thiab plab. Hnub Sunday, tus tuav sab xis Michael Wacha rov qab los ntawm qhov teeb meem ntawm lub xub pwg nyom thiab kaw cov Yankees ntawm ob hits dhau xya innings.

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Tus kws kho mob tseem ceeb Matt Barnes tau koom nrog bullpen thaum ntxov lub hlis no tom qab zaum tawm ob lub hlis nrog lub xub pwg raug mob. Nws tau tsim qhov zoo kawg nkaus cuaj inning kom tau txais kev cawm hnub Tuesday hmo ntuj hauv 5-3 yeej dhau Pirates thiab tau tso cai tsuas yog ib qho kev khiav hauv 5 1/3 innings dhau rau qhov kev ua si txij li tau qhib los ntawm IL.

Red Sox kuj zoo siab tias yuav tau txais tus thib ob baseman Trevor Story, sab xis-hander Nathan Eovaldi thiab sab laug-tes nyem Matt Strahm rov qab ua ntej lub hli kawg.

“Kev muaj Kike rov qab yog qhov tseem ceeb heev. Barnes tuaj rau hauv thiab qhia tias nws noj qab nyob zoo yog ib qho tseem ceeb heev, "said-hander Nick Pivetta, uas tau pitched xya shutout innings rau yeej hnub Tuesday. “Nws yog qhov zoo uas tau pom cov neeg ntawd rov qab los ntawm thaj teb. Raws li peb tuaj yeem txuas ntxiv tau cov txiv neej rov qab, peb yuav txuas ntxiv kom muaj zog thiab thawb mus tom ntej. "

Txoj kev xav zoo li ntawd ua rau lub ntsej muag luag ntxhi rau Cora.

Nws tau hais tias "Kuv zoo siab tias peb nyob qhov twg," nws hais.

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