Red Sox 22, Mariners 10

The Red Sox amassed 26 hits with Jackie Bradley Jr. slamming three bombs and driving in seven with five runs.

The unexpected news that John Farrell would be stepping away from the Red Sox for the remainder of the season to undergo cancer treatments left interim manager Torey Lovullo riding a tornado of responsibilities. King Felix allowed 12 hits, 10 earned runs, and three homers through 2.1 innings in what might be regarded as the worst outing of his career. He’s been a lightning rod of criticism and I’m just done with it. David Ortiz went 3 for 3 with three RBIs. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Seattle are 3-10 in the last 13 meetings in Boston.

When leading after 7 innings, Boston is 27-30, while Seattle is 17-24. “From my point of view, there’s three or four different areas that I’ve run into and to have that bench coach there to challenge some of my thoughts, to endorse some of my thoughts is going to be nice to have especially given Dana’s background”. The Red Sox recalled OF/INF Garin Cecchini from Triple-A Pawtucket after RHP Steven Wright (concussion) was placed on the seven-day disabled list….

Ortiz got off to a relatively slow start at the beginning of the season, but now he’s back to what we’ve come to expect from him.

ROYALS 9, ANGELS 4: In Kansas City, Missouri, Salvador Perez homered to lead off a six-run second inning and Johnny Cueto won his second consecutive start for Kansas City.

It’s been a insane few days for Red Sox Nation. You just move on and get ready for the next one.

Nuno and the Mariners are presently +104 while the Red Sox, who are expected to start Henry Owens, are now around -113.

Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz went hitless in three at-bats, halting his 21-game hitting streak. Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer in the first. The number of runs is impressive, but when you do it against an elite pitcher, it is even better. He’s done so in four plus seasons as a big league manager, including one that ended with a World Series title for the Red Sox. Mark Reynolds’ three-run home run in the sixth put the Cardinals ahead by four and Randal Grichuk hit his 15th homer in the first. Brock Holt, who was on third base, trotted home with the tying run.

Mariners: LHP James Paxton, on the DL since late May with a strained left middle finger, threw a bullpen session on Saturday. The two would double steal off Fernando Rodney – Betts scored on a Bogaerts groundout, while Holt took home on a wild pitch by Rodney to bring the game close at 8-6 Seattle. Sandoval connected in his first at-bat, then was hit in the right elbow by Hernandez the next time up and left with a bruise. The Sox didn’t let up, and instead of giving Hernandez and the Mariners life, they kept attacking and ended up chasing Hernandez from the game.