Alex Verdugo's home run continues Red Sox' amazing comeback trend
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While his bat is heating up, the home run power hasn’t been there. This was only Verdugo’s second home run this month and fifth of the season. After starting the season with three home runs in his first eight games, Verdugo went nearly two months before adding another. The ball traveled 447 feet to put the Red Sox up 3-2 in a game they would go on to win. According to Baseball Savant, the distance on Verdugo’s home run is tied for 37th in the majors this season and trails only Franchy Cordero among Red Sox hitters. Monday's late heroics came one day after Boston's wild rally against the New York Yankees in which the Sox scored five runs in the eighth inning (after Verdugo broke up Domingo German's no-hit bid) en route to a stunning 5-4 victory.
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"But it felt really good to finally be able to stay on one, to stay through it, and to get one out." "Just kind of go back to seeing the ball and just barreling it up, just hitting hard balls and just kind of having fun again. When I'm going right and I'm normal and I know where my swing is at, the cage is perfect." Given the force of Verdugo's swing, it was certainly reasonable for a reporter to ask the left-handed hitter if he was trying to go deep. He struck out swinging in his second at-bat after fouling a ball off his foot and walking around gingerly. Martín Pérez (1-2) went six innings, holding the Angels to three singles, striking out five with four walks. Jake Diekman, John Schreiber, Matt Strahm and Tanner Houck combined to produce 3 2/3 shutout innings as they protected a slim Red Sox lead.
That wasn't the case on Wednesday, as he said he wasn't able to retrieve his home run ball from an empty Tropicana Field. Still, with 15 MLB homers now on his career stats page, he's hopeful that he'll have plenty of more home run balls to collect in the future. Instead, Verdugo rounded the bases with boundless joy, knowing that his elusive 10th homer of the season couldn't have come at a better time. He hit the shot at an exit velocity of 101.1 mph with a launch angle of 27 degrees and a projected distance of 414 feet.
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In rare cases of shipping damages, please contact MLB.com Customer Servicea within 48 hours of delivery for return instructions. Verdugo said he’s trying to use the opposite field but also pull pitches out over the middle of the plate. “Really not trying to do too much and ironically putting my bigger swings up,” Verdugo said. In the fourth, a three-run frame for Atlanta, Rodriguez didn’t take care of business when he walked pinch-hitter Ehire Adrianza with two outs. This was a game the Sox led 5-0, only to have it whittled to 5-4. It was a game they led 7-4, only to have that turn into a 7-7 tie.
May 11, 2015 Great Lakes Loons placed CF Alex Verdugo on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to May 10, 2015. May 17, 2015 Great Lakes Loons activated CF Alex Verdugo from the 7-day disabled list. May 31, 2016 Tulsa Drillers placed CF Alex Verdugo on the 7-day disabled list. June 5, 2016 Tulsa Drillers activated CF Alex Verdugo from the 7-day disabled list. August 6, 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers placed CF Alex Verdugo on the 10-day injured list. September 30, 2019 Los Angeles Dodgers activated CF Alex Verdugo from the 10-day injured list.
Alex Verdugo’s Three-Run Homer Puts Red Sox Ahead Vs. Guardians
As a courtesy we will attempt to contact you if your credit card is not processed successfully, but should it fail we reserve the right to cancel the transaction. I'd prefer to go seven innings with no strikeouts than go four innings with eight strikeouts and give up four runs. Rodriguez struck out Freddie Freeman to end the frame with his team still in front, but that was his last batter of the night. In the end, the grind of the night became worthwhile when Verdugo hit a fly ball that just kept carrying … and carrying. They used to call Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium the launching pad because of that type of carry. Just ask Alex Verdugo, who made a lot of sloppiness by his team vanish with one swing.
Alex Verdugo went 3-for-5 with four RBIs in Boston’s 10-1 win over Oakland at Fenway Park. Two of those runs were brought in via a sixth-inning round-tripper, which halted Verdugo’s home run drought at 48 games. Verdugo snapped an 0-for-14 stretch by sending a fastball from Dylan Bundy (0-5) over Boston’s bullpen. After crossing home plate, he pointed up to the front row of seats on the Green Monster, where about a half-dozen fans, with most wearing his jersey, were cheering wildly and holding birthday signs. If a straight bid and a maximum bid are placed at the same value, the bid that is placed earlier will become the winning bid.
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The Red Sox, who improved to overall and 18-4 in June, surged into the American League’s top wild card spot with the victory as they clinched their seventh consecutive series win. In four of his last five starts, Rodriguez hasn’t been able to pitch five innings. E-Rod has given up four runs or more in six of his last seven starts. Verdugo unloaded on a high, 2-0 changeup by Braves righty Chris Martin and sent it flying at an exit velocity of 104 mph and a projected distance of 409 feet. It was Verdugo’s ninth homer of the season, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. A three-run homer to center by the fiery outfielder with two outs in the top of the eighth snapped a tie and led the Red Sox to a 10-8 victory over the Braves at Truist Park on Tuesday night.
Verdugo's score-flipping homer proved to be the difference, as closer Matt Barnes slammed the door in the ninth inning to seal yet another comeback win. Alex Verdugo made best play of his young Boston Red Sox career Friday night, and he was well aware of it. "It was tough. Obviously, the ball became an issue," said Red Sox bench coach Will Venable, who will manage the team Saturday while Cora attends his daughter's graduation from high school. "His grip became an issue. The rain just never stopped and I just thought he did a great job battling it. He was able to overcome some harsh conditions and did a great job for us there."
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As he rounded the bases, he waved to Yankees fans in left field and then waved toward his family in the bleachers. Only Rafael Devers (110.9 mph on a single in the eight inning) hit the ball harder in this game. The Red Sox trailed the Toronto Blue Jays by one run with just five outs remaining Monday night before Alex Verdugo smacked a two-run, eighth-inning home run into the Fenway Park bullpen to give Boston a 5-4 lead.
Last season, Verdugo actually had a moment where he got a little testy with Yankees fans. During a game in July, a fan threw a baseball at the Red Sox left fielder when he wasn’t looking. Verdugo was so upset by the action that the game was delayed for a few moments while umpires and stadium workers tried to resolve the situation. He puts the ball in play, ranking in the 95th percentile in Whiff% and 97th percentile in K% this season.
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