Molly Burkhardt

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Red Sox solve Senga's 'ghost fork' to beat Mets

2 weeks ago | bvmsports.com | Molly Burkhardt
Red Sox get to Kodai Senga early in win over Mets

2 weeks ago | mlb.com | Molly Burkhardt

The three earned runs were the most given up in a game this season by Senga, whose signature “ghost fork” had an .085 batting average against entering the opener. Story’s first-inning RBI single came off the pitch, as did Duran’s triple to score Carlos Narváez in the second.
Liam Hendriks' mom to watch Red Sox at Fenway Park

4 weeks ago | mlb.com | Molly Burkhardt

This story was excerpted from Ian Browne’s Red Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. BOSTON -- The Hendriks family is set to be in the stands at Fenway Park in a couple of weeks, hopefully to see their son Liam Hendriks pitch in a Red Sox uniform for the first time in person. For Liam’s mom, Debbie, it won’t be her first time at the storied park. But it will be her first time there with Liam in attendance.
Giolito struggles with command in rainy Fenway Red Sox debut

1 month ago | mlb.com | Molly Burkhardt

BOSTON -- Early May can be a mixed bag for weather in Boston. One day could be 85 degrees and sunny, the next high 50s with wind and rain. Unfortunately for Lucas Giolito, his first start in a Red Sox uniform at Fenway Park came on the latter. Giolito returned to a big league mound on April 30 in Toronto for the first time after undergoing an internal bracing procedure on his ulnar collateral ligament.
Giolito struggles with command in rainy Fenway Red Sox debut

1 month ago | bvmsports.com | Molly Burkhardt
After battling Crochet, Twins find the big swings they need

1 month ago | bvmsports.com | Molly Burkhardt
After battling Crochet, Twins find the big swings they need

1 month ago | mlb.com | Molly Burkhardt

Ryan Jeffers, who homered in the series opener, provided the game-tying swing with a single to left field. And Harrison Bader had the game-winning swing on a 2-2 fastball from righty Justin Slaten for a two-out double in the eighth to drive in Carlos Correa. BOSTON -- Second in strikeouts (50) in the American League. A 2.05 ERA and a .179 opponents’ batting average. The Twins had their work cut out for them on Sunday afternoon facing Red Sox lefty Garrett Crochet in the series finale at Fenway Park.
Ryan shines again, but 'grinding' Twins still trying to put it all together

1 month ago | mlb.com | Molly Burkhardt

BOSTON -- Joe Ryan finished his follow-through and, in one motion, stepped backwards off the Fenway Park mound, snapping his gum after getting Romy Gonzalez to chase on a sweeper way outside the zone to end the sixth. Coming off an 11-strikeout gem in which he recorded a career-high 26 whiffs in seven scoreless innings against the Angels, Ryan held a lefty-heavy Red Sox lineup to four hits and one run, striking out eight and walking one in Friday’s series opener.
Ryan shines again, but 'grinding' Twins still trying to put it all together

1 month ago | bvmsports.com | Molly Burkhardt
Mariners offense beats Garrett Crochet, Red Sox without home runs

1 month ago | mlb.com | Molly Burkhardt

BOSTON -- Ahead of Thursday’s getaway game against the Red Sox, manager Dan Wilson sat in the visitor’s dugout at a sunny Fenway Park and talked about the Mariners’ offensive identity. Twenty-four games into a long season, Seattle had hit the seventh-most homers (34) in the Majors. Eight players recorded at least one homer across trips to Cincinnati, Toronto and through their first two games in Boston. Homers have been a big part of Seattle’s recent success, but they’re not the whole story.