Napoli home run helps Red Sox beat Rays

It came moments after David Ortiz worked an 11-pitch walk against Jake McGee with two outs.

– Eduardo Rodriguez lasted just five innings. His 60% ground ball rate is also a valuable asset seeing as how no one has of yet hit a ground ball home run. “We know a lot more about what may or may not be in play for us going forward in the offseason”.

“This is a guy that’s been a closer in the past”, Farrell said. “Our guys put together some good at-bats”. They’re likely looking for more than a rental though, because I’m sure they still view the next couple years as their better opportunity.

Cook will be arbitration eligible for the first time in 2016 and will be under team control through the 2018 season.

Sale had a sparkling 0.89 ERA in seven appearances against AL-worst Boston.

The Red Sox will counter with knuckleballer Steven Wright who will be out to stop the bleeding from a pitching staff that’s allowing 4.79 runs per game. There were scouts from a number of teams at last night’s game in Oakland, and they had to love what they saw, given that after a pair of hits in the 1st inning, Carrasco held the A’s hitless over the final eight frames on his way to a complete game victory.

The Indians continue to be in talks with multiple teams, including the Chicago Cubs, about a potential deal for Carlos Carrasco before today’s 4:00 ET trade deadline. 162 against lefthanders, pulled a 98 miles per hour fastball to right for an RBI double in the first.

– Brock Holt had two hits atop the order.

The strikeouts seem to be gone, with just seven per nine against Triple-A competition – not what you expect from a formerly capable big-league reliever who is all of 28 years old. He is also eligible for arbitration for the next two seasons, with his poor performance earlier this season nearly assuring that the Sox would not have to pay him much more than his current salary of $1.4 million to retain him for next season. The Red Sox and their fan base are a proud gathering, so any sort of deal that increases their chances of winning, even just for pride points, will go a long way. Betts was hurt tumbling over the wall in Tuesday’s game. He’s not a huge deadline haul, but he’s the kind of pitcher the Sox can take a chance on at this late stage of the game, where Boston is essentially auditioning for 2016 roles and hoping to clear temporary pieces like Craig Breslow out of the pen with an August waiver trade.