Saturday was a whirlwind day for Marcelo Mayer, who found out he was being called up for his MLB debut just a few hours before the game was scheduled to begin. That made it impossible for his family to make the cross-country flight from southern California, but by Sunday his parents were in the stands and Mayer quickly made their trip a memorable one. The highly touted Red Sox rookie picked up his first career hit, ripping an opposite field single his first time up in the bottom of the second. Mayer drew a huge ovation from the crowd and…
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DORCHESTER – On the day local legend Don Fredericks passed away last year, the Braintree baseball team pulled out a win in extra innings over rival Walpole in a game that felt as though the former coach was right there with the program. It’s only fitting then for the Wamps to pull off a similar ending in the inaugural Don Fredericks Memorial Tournament’s championship game – relocated to Monan Park – Sunday afternoon. Backed by a gritty complete game from Connor Grieve in which he stranded six base runners, Braintree (12-8) rallied from a two-run deficit by scoring a run…
Brad Marchand took an unconventional path to fueling up Saturday night at Amerant Bank Arena. The pressure was on for the Panthers and the Hurricanes entering the third period of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, as Florida and Carolina were tied at 1-1. But Marchand couldn’t have looked any less tense, as TNT cameras in the second intermission captured the former Boston Bruins captain diving into some kind of dessert. Marchand proudly offered the details of his sweet treat after the game. “Yeah, that’s a little chocolate chip cookie dough Blizzard right there,” Marchand said. “You can’t beat…
The next phase of the Boston Red Sox’ youth movement has begun. The Red Sox are promoting top infield prospect Marcelo Mayer to the big-league club, the team confirmed Saturday. ESPN’s Jeff Passan first reported Mayer’s call-up. Mayer is the No. 2 ranked prospect in the organization and the No. 8 prospect in the sport, per MLB Pipeline. Boston selected Mayer with the No. 4 overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft. The Southern California native was the consensus No. 1 prospect in his draft class, but he slid to the Red Sox after the Pittsburgh Pirates picked catcher Henry…
Several hours before first pitch on Sunday, several Red Sox players and coaches took the field to run through some pregame ground ball drills. Two of those were rookies Marcelo Mayer and Kristian Campbell, and the sight of the top prospects working together at Fenway Park was one fans have long dreamed of. The only thing was, most people probably envisioned Campbell and Mayer working together at second base and shortstop, not first and third base. Marcelo Mayer is taking ground balls at third and throwing to Kristian Campbell at first, exactly like we expected to see at Fenway Park…
BOSTON (AP) — Rafael Devers grounded a single up the middle to drive in the winning run with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday, lifting the Boston Red Sox past the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 in the opener of a split doubleheader.Wearing their “Fenway Greens” alternate uniforms that debuted this month and match the color of the Green Monster, the Red Sox had a solo homer each by Jarren Duran, Wilyer Abreu and Abraham Toro.Devers entered the day batting .419 with 28 RBIs in 20 games in May, and led the majors with 47 RBIs overall.Ramón Urías…
The Red Sox and the Orioles will play the finale of their four-game series Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. After making his MLB debut Saturday evening, Marcelo Mayer will stay in Boston’s lineup for the matinee matchup. Mayer will stick at third and preserve the sixth spot in the batting order, but he was one of the few lineup mainstays coming off the 2-1 loss to Baltimore. Wilyer Abreu, Abraham Toro, David Hamilton and Narváez all will be back in the starting nine after spending most of Saturday night on the bench. They will all be at their typical positions…
Marcelo Mayer has been called up to the majors! Unfortunately, it’s really only because Alex Bregman got hurt. But better late than never, right? And with the stats he’s put up in Worcester, he looks like he’s at least ready to give the big leagues a try. With the second of the famed Big Three Prospects (Kristian Campbell, Mayer, and Roman Anthony) now in Fenway with the Red Sox, it makes me wonder: Was Roman Anthony being called up last what we expected? Was Kristian Campbell being called up first what we expected? Did we anticipate everyone coming up at…
ROUNDUP BASEBALL In the Catholic Central League, Ayden Mello struck out nine in a three-hitter as Bishop Feehan blanked Cardinal Spellman, 7-0. SOFTBALL Lidia Palys homered twice, while Julia Ligor drove in three runs as Lexington defeated Belmont 10-1 in the Middlesex League. GIRLS LACROSSE Mayson Lower finished with five goals, including her 100th career goal, and three assists to lead Nantucket to a 14-3 victory over Martha’s Vineyard. Maddie Lombardi added three goals for the Whalers. In the Catholic Central League, Clare Latham netted five goals while Avery Texiera and Emily Berube added four goals each as Bishop Feehan…
Before Lucas Giolito blanked the Baltimore Orioles for seven innings in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader, the only Red Sox starter to even reach five innings in any of the first eight games of this 10-game homestand was Garrett Crochet (twice). But to paraphrase Pedro Martinez in the 2004 ALCS, all Giolito could do was pitch; he could do nothing about the fact that the Red Sox once again couldn’t overcome a one-run deficit, and lost 2-1. Hours after they won Game 1 of the doubleheader by one run to get over .500, they dropped a one-run game to fall…