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BOSTON â It has been 14 years since the Boston Red Sox pulled off the greatest postseason comeback in baseball history and rallied from three games down to stun the rival New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series.Friday night http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-ta...ker-jer sey , arguably sportsâ greatest rivalry is renewed in the postseason again in the American League Division Series.In a quick reminder, the Red Sox, down to their final inning of what was about to be a four-game sweep, tied Game 4 against Mariano Rivera, won in the 12th inning on a David Ortiz walk-off two-run homer and then went on to win the next three games â and then ended the franchiseâs 86-year World Series drought by sweeping the St. Louis Cardinals.Article continues below ...That was then and this is now, with the 108-win Red Sox hosting Games 1 and 2 as they open their quest for a fourth title in 15 years.While the Red Sox waited, the Yankees, seeking their first title since 2009 and their second since 2000, broke out the long ball and eliminated the Oakland Aâs in the wild-card game Wednesday night.âI think (his players) canât wait,â Yankees manager Aaron Boone, the home run hero of New Yorkâs 2003 elimination of the Red Sox. âI think theyâre ready and relish the opportunity to go up against the gameâs best this year. And obviously weâre very familiar with them.âWe know how good they are. I mean, we know we have to play our best if weâre going to have a chance to beat them. Obviously theyâre very tough at Fenway.âThe Red Sox won the final game of the regular season last Sunday to win the season series 10-9 â and are 29-28 in the last 57 games between the rivals. But it was a dominating four-game sweep by the Red Sox in early August that blew the AL East race open.Now, the 108-54 record resets to 0-0.Chris Sale, the Boston ace who has thrown just 17 innings since July 27 because of a shoulder inflammation problem, faces J.A. Happ in the opener â with Bostonâs David Price going against Masahiro Tanaka in Game 2 of this matchup between rookie managers.âEverybody in baseball wants this matchup and so do we,â says New Yorkâs Dellin Betances, who pitched well out of the bullpen Wednesday night.Thursday, Sale said, âItâs fun. I mean, what else do you want? You got the Yankees and the Red Sox in the playoffs playing against each other. One of the biggest rivalries in sports ever. Itâs what we signed up for.âRed Sox manager Alex Cora meant all along to limit Saleâs innings in an attempt to turn around his late-season struggles that included going 0-2 against the Houston Astros in last yearâs ALDS. But the plan could not have been to limit the skinny left-hander to 17 innings after July 27 of what looked like a Cy Young season.Sale, 12-4 with a 2.11 ERA on the season Jarrod Dyson Jersey , gave up three runs on four hits â with eight strikeouts â in 4 2/3 innings against the Orioles last Saturday, with his velocity down, has thrown twice since. Weather forced him inside for his first session but he threw in the bullpen Wednesday.The Red Sox feel a mechanical flaw that has since been corrected was the cause of the mph dip.âI do feel that they found something and heâs going to be fine,â Cora said. âObviously, weâre going to have to wait âtil (tomorrow) to see if it works. But one thing for sure, if thereâs velocity there, if he goes up to 99 mph or heâs throwing 95 mph or heâs throwing 91 mph, heâs still a great pitcher. And he showed it. ⦠So as far as him competing and his slider and his changeup, theyâre still good. Itâs just the separation obviously what makes hitters uncomfortable.âThe Yankees started Luis Severino Wednesday, thus holding Happ, who is 7-0 in 11 starts, for Boston.Happ is 1-1 with a 1.99 ERA in four starts against Boston this season (six of the 11 runs against him were unearned) and was 2-0 with a 1.90 ERA in four outings last season. He is 8-4 with a 2.98 ERA in 21 games â 20 starts â lifetime against the Red Sox, 5-2 with a 3.27 ERA in 10 games â nine starts â at Fenway Park.He is 1-1 with a 3.72 ERA in 10 postseason games â three starts â and was pitching in relief when he was on the champion Philadelphia Phillies in 2008.Sale beat the Yankees twice this season, allowing just one run and striking out 19 in 13 innings. But both outings came before July.Sale is 6-4 with a 1.61 ERA in 17 games â 14 starts â lifetime against the Yankees.The Red Sox have some ugly numbers against Happ â except for Steve Pearce and Brandon Phillips, the latter not likely active for the series. Pearce is 11-for-32 (.344) with six homers and Phillips 8-for-23 (.348) with three home runs off the lefty.But Sandy Leon is 1-for-10 (.100), Jackie Bradley Jr. 3-for-20 (.150), Xander Bogaerts 5-for-31 (.161), Andrew Benintendi 2-for-18 (.167), Rafael Devers 2-for-12 (.167), J.D. Martinez 4-for-20 (.200) and Mookie Betts 7-for-34 (.206) with two homers.The current Yankees roster is hitting a combined .193 (32-for-166) against Sale. Aaron Hicks is 8-for-25 (.320), but Miguel Andujar is 0-for-6 ttp://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-bra...ger-jer sey , Austin Romine 2-for-17 (.118), Gary Sanchez 3-for-20 (.150), Brett Gardner 4-for-45 (.160) with 10 strikeouts, and Aaron Judge 3-for-18 (.167) with two home runs.While the Yankees bullpen took care of the last five innings Wednesday night, the Red Sox enter the postseason loaded with pen questions. In fact, Boston relievers had a cumulative 4.84 ERA in 126 1/3 innings.âYou look around the league in September, there were some great bullpens that became bad,â Cora said. âThey were hit around. They were giving up leads. Itâs the nature of 162 games. Weâre going to the same guys, and it seemed like some of them hit the wall.âThe Boston bullpen had a 6.75 ERA in 19 games against New York this season.Cora confirmed former Yankee Nathan Eovaldi will start a Game 4 if necessary, in New York and likely against CC Sabathia. MILWAUKEE (AP) â The Milwaukee Brewersâ inconsistent offense couldnât offset Chase Andersonâs continuing home run struggles.Jose Peraza hit a two-run homer off Anderson in the first inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat Milwaukee 3-1 Tuesday night, the Brewersâ third loss in four games.âThe first pitch is just kind of a blooper into center field and then he fell behind Peraza,â Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. âBut after six pitches, weâre down 2-0.âThe Brewersâ edge for the top NL wild-card spot was cut to two games by St. Louis, with Colorado also in close contention. Milwaukee fell 3 ½ games behind the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs.Milwaukee managed only three hits against five Cincinnati pitchers. It was the third low-scoring loss for the Brewers in four games â they fell to Pittsburgh 3-1 on Saturday and 3-2 on Sunday.âWeâre going to have to do a little better than that, for sure,â Counsell said. âMore pressure has to be put on the other team. There was nothing really happening tonight. I donât know if we had a significant rally really all night.âScott Schebler opened the first with a single to left off Anderson, who has allowed an NL-high 30 home runs. Peraza then connected for his 13th homer.The Brewers made it 2-1 with an unearned run in the second, but the Reds made it 3-1 in the fourth on Scheblerâs RBI double.Michael Lorenzen, making his first start since 2015 after 151 relief appearances, allowed one unearned run on one hit in four innings. Sal Romano (8-11) followed with 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the victory.Raisel Iglesias struck out three in the ninth after a leadoff walk for his 28th save.âIâve been saying, âGive me a chance Daniel Descalso Jersey , give me a chance.â They gave me a chance against a good lineup, so I was excited about that,â said Lorenzen, who has indicated he would like to be a starter. âIt was like, âMan, you better step up.'âAnderson (9-8) gave up three runs on six hits with two walks in 3 2/3 innings, matching his shortest start of the season. Six relievers blanked the Reds the rest of the way.âI was just kind of inconsistent where I could throw the ball tonight,â Anderson said. âOne inning I felt I could make a pitch, the next inning I couldnât. So, itâs just kind of the inconsistency Iâve been battling, I would say, pretty much this whole season.âIn the Milwaukee second, Travis Shaw was hit by a pitch and advanced on a groundout. Shaw came around when Schebler bobbled Jonathan Schoopâs single to right.Reds center fielder Mason Williams made a sensational, over-the-shoulder basket catch on Curtis Grandersonâs one-out drive to the warning track in the sixth. It prevented a possible run as Christian Yelich followed with a single.âA couple people on the bench thought that ball was gone,â manager Jim Riggleman said. âI didnât think it was going to go as far as it did. Mase did a great job on it. That one was close. Weâre trying to keep it in the ballpark as much as we can. We did a good job of that tonight.âTRAINERâS ROOMReds: RHP Homer Bailey probably will not pitch again this season, Riggleman said. Bailey (1-14, 6.09 ERA) was removed from the rotation after his last start Sept. 5, and has indicated he canât relieve. ⦠RHP Tyler Mahle, bothered by right shoulder fatigue, is not ready to start Sunday, Riggleman said.Brewers: Shaw was hit on the left knee by a pitch to open the second and was down for several minutes in the batterâs box. After being examined by the trainer http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-ke...arte-je rse , Shaw remained in the game. He came around to score the Brewersâ first run, but left in the fourth inning with a right knee contusion. âThey did X-rays, nothing there, just a contusion,â Counsell said. âBut, it stiffened up and he wasnât able to move around.â ⦠CF Lorenzo Cain left was removed after striking out in the fourth. âHe took a swing a couple days ago that just kind of intercostal, itâs just been bugging him a little bit,â Counsell said. âI just thought he took some swing tonight in the second at-bat that just didnât look good, and so we took him out of the game. Weâll see how weâre looking tomorrow.âUP NEXTReds: RHP Matt Harvey (7-8, 4.67 ERA), whom the Brewers had tried to acquire in August, starts the series finale on Wednesday night. Harvey, obtained in May from the Mets, is 2-1 with a 2.88 ERA in his last seven starts. His 26 starts are his most since 2015.Brewers: LHP Gio Gonzalez (8-11, 4.44 ERA) celebrates his 33rd birthday Wednesday with his third start for Milwaukee since being acquired from Washington on Aug. 31. Gonzalez is 1-0 with the Brewers, allowing three earned runs in 10 1/3 innings after going 7-11 with the Nationals.
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