EPISODE 39 IS HERE: As the Red Sox postseason chances continue to wind down, Spencer and Sam look at what went wrong this season.
Other topics include:
-Chaim's job security
-Sam's trip to Greenville
-Prospects we want to see in Sept.
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#OTD in 2006, David Ortiz hits career home run #200 as Big Papi goes deep against New York's Duaner Sanchez to seal the win for the Red Sox.
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#OTD in 2004, David Ortiz would hit his 100th home run in epic fashion, a Grand Slam that would give Boston the 6-4 lead over the Mariners.
It was a lead they would never give back up, getting the 8-4 victory at Fenway Park.
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On this date back in 2003, the legend of Big Papi was born as David Ortiz hit his first career home run as a member of the Red Sox.
He would go on to hit 482 more homers in a Red Sox uniform.
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#OTD in 2006, David Ortiz makes some more history.
Big Papi blasts his 50th HR of the season off Minnesota's Boof Bonser.
The blast tied Jimmie Foxx for the franchise's single-season HR record.
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#OTD in 2015, David Ortiz cements himself among baseball's immortals as he becomes the 27th player in MLB history to hit 500 career home runs.
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Don't expect a lot of home runs in this Red Sox-Rays series.
Boston currently ranks 24th in MLB with just 34.8% of its runs coming via HR.
Tampa Bay ranks 28th in MLB at just 32.4%.
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Despite missing significant time, Michael Wacha has one of the best changeups in baseball this season.
His 43 strikeouts with his changeup rank 6th in the American League.
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Alex Cora just wants his squad to "Keep winning series"
"We're playing good defense right now, we're playing good baseball." said Cora.
Boston's remaining schedule
Orioles - 7 gms
Rays - 6 gms
Yankees - 6 gms
Blue Jays - 3 gms
Royals - 3 gms
Reds - 2 gms
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XANDER BOGAERTS WON'T STOP HITTING.
Bogaerts is hitting .563/.583/.813 with 6 XBH and 10 RBI in his last 8 games.
Another Multi-hit game for Xander would give him 9-straight, tying Kevin Youkilis (2007), Jim Rice (1978) and Roy Johnson (1934) for the franchise record.
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The Red Sox have won 5-straight games for the first time since June 26.
It marks Boston's 4th-longest winning streak of the season.
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Rafael Devers' 3rd-hardest hit HR came off tonight's starter for Tampa Bay, Luis Patiño, back on August 10, 2021.
Devers' home run left the park at 113.9 mph.
His only harder hit home runs came in 2020 (116.5 mph vs. PHI) and 2019 (114.4 mph vs. TOR).
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Expect to see plenty more of Triston Casas as the season winds down.
"We'll use him the right way," Alex Cora said. "He's going to play almost every day."
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The hottest pitcher in the Red Sox rotation is back on the mound today against the Rays.
Wacha is 7-0 with a 2.65 ERA in his last 9 starts.
Opponents are posting a .630 OPS against Wacha in that span.
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The Red Sox completed their first 4-game sweep of the Texas Rangers since April 21, 2008.
These were the starting lineups from that day.
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Since 2000, 4 different Red Sox players have claimed the AL batting title.
Mookie Betts (2018), Bill Mueller (2003), Manny Ramirez (2002), and Nomar Garciaparra (2000).
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Dane Dunning now has a 9.42 career ERA in 3 career starts against the Red Sox (15 ER in 14.1 IP).
He allowed 5 ER over 4 innings today.
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