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Red Sox sluggers combine for 4 hits, 3 RBIs in Venezuela’s WBC win; Masataka Yoshida has big game
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- Red Sox sluggers combine for 4 hits, 3 RBIs in Venezuela’s WBC win; Masataka Yoshida has big game
Red Sox starter Ranger Suárez earned the win in Venezuela’s 6-2 victory over Netherlands on Friday in a WBC pool play game.
Suárez pitched the first two innings and allowed one run, three hits and one walk while striking out one.
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He threw 14 changeups, 13 sinkers, 10 cutters, four four-seam fastballs and two curveballs, per Baseball Savant . He got Red Sox teammate Ceddanne Rafaela to line out to center field in the first inning.
He also got former Red Sox star Xander Bogaerts to ground into a force-out.
Suárez gave up an RBI double to Druw Jones in the second inning and left with a 2-1 lead.
Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu and first baseman Willson Contreras each went 2-for-4 for Venezuela.
Contreras stroked a two-run single in the fifth inning. Abreu added a 107.6 mph RBI single in the same inning.
How other Red Sox players did early Friday:
~ Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI and one walk in Japan’s 13-0 win over Chinese Taipei. Yoshida batted fourth in Japan’s lineup. Japan gave up just one hit and superstar Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-5 with a grand slam and a 117.1 mph double.
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~ Tsung-Che Cheng went 0-for-2 with two walks for Chinese Taipei. Cheng is competing for a spot on Boston ’s Opening Day roster. The Sox claimed him off waivers from the Nationals on Feb. 6 .
~ Jarren Duran went 1-for-3 with one walk, one run and two strikeouts in Mexico’s 8-2 win over Great Britain.
~ Nate Eaton went 0-for-5 for Great Britain. He batted second in the order.
~ Ceddanne Rafaela went 0-for-4 batting in the two hole for Netherlands.
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