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Red Sox Walk Off On Christian Vazquez’s 3 Run Blast

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Red Sox Walk Off On Christian Vazquez‘s 3 Run Blast

Down 1 run with two men out and two on in the bottom of the ninth? Sound like a loss? Nope. Boston Red Sox catcher Christian Vazquez belted a 3-run home run to help propel the Red Sox back into first place with a 12-10 win.

In a game that was a violent back-and-forth, the Red Sox offense showed true grit after a brutal pitching performance from Chris Sale and the bullpen.

Sale was bound to have a start where he gets lit up. Wednesday nights game was just that. Sale went 5 innings giving up 7 earned runs on 8 base hits with 1 walk and 5 strikeouts. It is worth noting that Vasquez was his catcher, a change from Sandy Leon who is usually back there. Leon has been unavailable due to swelling in his knee from his slide at home on Saturday.

Behind Sale, the Boston Red Sox got two scoreless innings between Blaine Boyer and Matt Barnes. Trouble started in the top of the 8th in the first Red Sox appearance for Addison Reed. Reed gave up a leadoff home run to Carlos Santana, but ultimately he pitched 1 inning giving up that lone homer. Reed was able to hand Craig Kimbrel, the closer, a 1 run lead in the top of the 9th inning.

Kimbrel struggled, thus blowing his 4th save of the year giving up 2 earned runs on 3 base hits and a walk in the top of the 9th.

Despite the uncharacteristically poor start from Sale, the Boston Red Sox offense was able to keep the team in the game. Their offense collected 15 base hits en route to 12 runs scored. Newcomer Eduardo Nunez continued to help fuel the team going 3-for-5 with 4 RBIs.

Behind Nunez, Mookie Betts, Brock Holt, Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts, Mitch Moreland, and Vasquez all recorded multi-hit games. Moreland had a nice night

Moreland had a nice night with a 2-for-5 game paired with a 3 run shot of his own. The clear MVP of the game goes to the player who walked it all off though.

Christian Vazquez went 3-for-5 to go along with his 3-run home run to walk it off at Fenway Park.

With the win and a New York Yankees loss, the Boston Red Sox move back into first place of the AL East by half a game. The Red Sox finish their series against the Indians on Thursday with Rick Porcello on the mound.

Tanner founded Trifecta Network in Spring of 2016 and has been the Chief of Content for the Network since that time. Currently Tanner covers all the sports teams in Boston and has contacts in many of the teams in the city. Before starting Trifecta, Tanner was a Site Expert for the FanSided site Chowder and Champions before leaving to cover Boston teams on the ground as a member of the media for Trifecta.

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Bottom Line: Boston Red Sox Need Stanton

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Boston Red Sox Team President Dave Dombrowski isn’t a great talent evaluator. Throughout his entire career, he has built his success by acquiring proven big league talent. Betting on that changing anytime soon is foolish, so why not make another move for proven talent?

Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins has long been rumored to be on the trade block and Boston is just one of his potential destinations. Reports have stated thought that Stanton would prefer a trade to a team like the Dodgers despite “advisers” pushing for Boston.

The Stanton vs Judge potential is enough to get any baseball fans heart racing. But should Boston present Miami a god offer? Some have balked at the potential of trading any more prospects but let me tell you a very well known secret, Boston’s farm system has been pillaged. Jay Groome and Michael Chavis are considered the best two prospects remaining under Dombrowski.

So any thought of depleting the farm system anymore should be tossed out the window as there isn’t much left there, to begin with. On top of that, the current makeup of the team and the organization is winning now, a strategy that is far from working given the current talent in the lineup. Last season the Red Sox lacked true pop in their lineup after the retirement of David Ortiz. Many at the time sold it as the 2015 Royals who nickeled and dimed their way to a world series title. But when it came down to it the 2017 Boston Red Sox lacked balls.

Boston needs a power bat in the heart of their order. Not just for the home runs from that player, but for the protection they would offer the other hitters in the lineup. If you were a pitcher facing the Red Sox last season almost every hitter in the lineup could be pitched too. The only exception might be Hanley Ramirez, but the BIG HR simply was set up to fail to have to step in for Ortiz with no protection around him.

Stanton would instantly bring in pop, lineup protection, and the much needed “it” factor that will help drive fans to the team. Without this type of move, it is hard to see how next season will be any different.

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Minimum Expectations for the 2018 Red Sox

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Last year, it was Chris Sale; in 2016, the exorbitantly expensive David Price was all the hype. Both of these roundly heralded saviors produced the same underwhelming results. Another short-winded trip to the playoffs; another bummer of a year.

The Red Sox simply cannot afford a third consecutive first-round exit, in the 2018 postseason. And it seems that Dave Dombrowski knows this. In an attempt to prevent car-flipping anarchy in the streets, he fired the overseer of all this recent failure (his direct subordinate) - John Farrell.

Now the Sox will be heading into next season with a newfangled remedy. No, it’s not a hundred-million dollar player. This time around, management has received the upgrade. It’s the newly hired manager, Alex Cora, who will be charged with the burden of resurrecting one of the most venerated franchises in professional sports.

On Monday, Cora was formally introduced to Boston as the new manager (or scapegoat).

Good luck, buddy! You’re gonna need it.  

Should Boston fans really expect an appreciable change to be affected by just one man? After all, this is exactly what we’ve done, to no avail, for the past few years. And if Cora really represents the end-all-be-all solution, what is a realistic accomplishment for him, and his club, in the first season of his tenure?

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Like Looking in the Mirror

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After watching the Houston Astros win the 2017 World Series, Red Sox fans deserve to be upset.

Go ahead and sink into your bed of indignance, for a couple of days, and don’t let anyone stop you, Red Sox Nation. You’re safe there.  

The asseveration has lingered on the tip of Boston’s tongue, ever since the ALDS - “That could have been us!” And it’s true, it could have been the Sox hoisting that trophy, on Wednesday night.

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