Phillies - 200 000 100 - 3 3 1 Red Sox - 002 110 11x - 6 9 2Since Sunday, August 9, the Red Sox had been playing under the strict guidelines of the Clean Water Act. On Wednesday afternoon, at long last, there was some dirty water.
Kyle Hart (3.2-2-2-4-5, 73) and a quintet of relievers combined to limit the Phillies to three hits. They did issue six walks, which is not preferred, but the Phillies staffed walked seven.
Rafael Devers had three hits all by himself, including a two-run homer in the third and a run-producing double in the seventh. Jackie Bradley drove in two runs and Mitch Moreland and Alex Verdugo each scored twice.
After falling behind 2-0, the Red Sox scored four times. In the third, they ran the old Two-Outs-Bases-Clean-Rally when, within three pitches, Kevin Pillar doubled and Devers homered off Jake Arrieta (4.1-5-4-4-3, 79). Moreland led off the fourth with a walk, went to third on Christian Vázquez's single to right, and scored on Bradley's sac fly to center.
Verdugo doubled with one out in the fifth and scored on an error. The Red Sox had an opportunity for more, with runners at the corners and only one out, but Adam Morgan fanned both Xander Bogaerts and Moreland.
The Phillies scored in the top of the seventh, but the Red Sox matched it in the bottom half, with Verdugo walking and stealing second before Devers doubled him home. Moreland hit a ground-rule double to open the eighth and Vázquez walked. Bradley doubled Moreland in. Conor Brogdon got two outs, then walked Verdugo intentionally before retiring Pillar.
Brandon Workman made short work of the ninth. A grounder to first, a strikeout, and a fly to center – and the Red Sox had snapped their nine-game losing streak.
Verdugo LF
Pillar, RF
Devers, 3B
Bogaerts, DH
Moreland, 1B
Vázquez, C
Bradley, CF
Lin, SS
Peraza, 2B
Such a Pleasure to read of Dirty Water at long last !
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