The Red Sox achieved a significant victory, led by impressive performances from Walker Buehler, Connor Wong, and Masataka Yoshida. Buehler delivered six shutout innings with a revised pitching approach, utilizing four-seamers and curveballs effectively. Wong contributed a crucial bases-clearing double, marking his first hit with runners in scoring position this season. Yoshida also had a noticeable impact with a strong batting performance. With the win, the Red Sox entered an exciting division race, monitoring scores across the league, highlighted by Mookie Betts' success with the Dodgers against the Blue Jays.
Walker Buehler switched up his approach against lefties, eliminating his cutter in favor of four-seamers and curveballs. His four-seam had an extra inch of vertical movement tonight and generated four whiffs on 45 offerings. While the swinging strike rate with the pitch still leaves a little something to be desired, it was the most whiffs the pitch had returned this season.
Connor Wong recorded his first hit with runners in scoring position this season when he hit a bases-clearing double in the eighth inning. With Carlos Narvaez potentially needing a stint on the IL, it would be great to see Wong get going offensively.
Like in the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the misfit toys came up big when they were needed most. Walker Buehler, Connor Wong, and Masataka Yoshida all stepped up when their number was called.
Buehler's hatred for the Padres was greater than Pivetta's desire for vengeance against the Red Sox. The Red Sox grabbed a four-run lead in the fourth inning after Wilyer Abreu sent a ball to Jupiter, and they never looked back.
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