Instant reactions from the Red Sox ’ 5-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Sunday:
1.The Red Sox played the first game of the post-Alex Cora era after firing the manager Saturday evening . Interim manager Chad Tracy earned his first win as a big league manager.
Before Sunday, he spent his entire 20-year professional career as a player and coach in the minor leagues and independent baseball.
He played in the minor leagues for eight seasons, including four years at Triple A. He played two years of Indy ball. He managed in the minors for seven-plus seasons. He also worked as a minor league field coordinator in the Angels organization for four years.
| Chad Tracy’s journey to majors |
Position |
| 2006 |
Drafted by the Rangers |
| 2006-2013 |
Played 857 minor league games |
| 2013-14 |
Played 192 games in Indy Ball (Atlantic League) |
| 2015 |
Managed Low-A Burlington |
| 2016-17 |
Managed High-A Inland Empire |
| 2018-21 |
Angels minor league field coordinator |
| 2022-2026 |
Managed Triple-A Worcester |
2.Red Sox lefty Connelly Early posted the longest start of his big league career. He pitched 6 ⅔ innings, allowing two runs, four hits, two solo homers and one walk while striking out four. The 24-year-old’s previous career high was six innings, which came against the Twins in Minnesota on April 15.
3. Aroldis Chapman recorded his 1,340th and 1,341st strikeouts of his career, passing Goose Gossage for the second most strikeout all-time by a reliever. He’s behind only Hoyt Wilhelm (1,363).
4.The running Red Sox stole four bases. Caleb Durbin recorded two steals while Jarren Duran and Marcelo Mayer each had one. Boston went 4-for-5 as Andruw Monasterio got caught stealing to end the sixth inning.
5.Monasterio put the Red Sox ahead 1-0 with one out in the fifth inning on an RBI single up the middle into center field. It scored Caleb Durbin, who led off the inning with an infield single and stole second base.
6. Willson Contreras blasted a 406-foot two-run home run to left-center field to give Boston a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning. He connected on an 87 mph slider and it left his bat at 108.6 mph. He’s 19 for 52 (.365) with six homers, three doubles and 17 RBIs in 13 games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
7.Early needed just 12 pitches in the fifth inning but gave up a solo home run to Samuel Basallo , cutting Boston’s lead to 3-1.
8.The Red Sox tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning to make it 5-1. Boston opened the inning with three straight hits. Wilyer Abreu singled, Ceddanne Rafaela hit an RBI triple and Marcelo Mayer delivered an RBI single past the draw-in infield.
9.The Red Sox didn’t challenge when Ceddanne Rafaela was called out at third base in the second inning, trying to tag from second on a fly-out to right field. Rafaela overslid the bag with his right leg but appeared to have his left foot on the base when third baseman Blaze Alexander tagged him, completing a double play for the first two outs of the inning.
10.Orioles starter Kyle Bradish pitched five-plus innings, allowing three runs on four hits and four walks while striking out three.
11.Wilyer Abreu drew a walk to open the fourth inning in a scoreless game. But he got erased quickly when Orioles catcher Samuel Basallo picked him off first base.
12.The Red Sox will open a three-game series in Toronto on Monday. Lefty Ranger Suárez (1-2, 4.00 ERA) will start opposite Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease (1-0, 2.10 ERA).
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