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Jordan Hicks was ready to pitch the ninth, but had to wait out wind and rain. When the game resumed 90 minutes later, he, predictably, wasn't sharp.
Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow put lofty expectations on Jordan Hicks after the Rafael Devers trade. He's not quite lived up to the billing.
Hicks earned the save in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers, logging a strikeout and a walk across 1.2 scoreless innings.
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The Red Sox suffered an utterly brutal loss in Minnesota on Monday... and had to wait through a 90-minute ninth-inning rain delay to do so.
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NBC Boston on MSNChapman leaves with injury, teammates step up as Red Sox take series from DodgersAroldis Chapman, the Boston Red Sox’ All-Star closer, left Sunday’s game with an injury, but his teammates stepped up to help close out the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-3 to take the weekend series from the reigning World Series champions.
In the fifth inning, Anthony drilled an opposite-field RBI triple against Dodgers starter Dustin May and Bregman followed by blasting a two-run homer over the Monster Seats to put the Sox ahead, 4-3.
The Red Sox might find themselves short on bullpen arms in Monday’s series opener against the Twins, in part because of a very turbulent flight to Minneapolis on Sunday night.