Bradley, Bosox win in 12 vs Astros after Kimbrel blows save

Although not excessively vulnerable to home runs in the minors, he is a fly ball pitcher and will have to be sharp with his location in the majors to avoid gopheritis. Sox 1-1. The game stayed tied until the bottom of the 5th inning when Buchholz had the bases loaded with 2 outs.

But Jackie Bradley Jr. and Ryan Hanigan saved the day in the 12 inning as the game approached 5 hours.

Barnes went two innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

Bradley singled with the bases loaded off Ken Giles (0-2). Lancaster manager Ramon Vazquez was tossed from the game, arguing a call at the plate, when the umpire claimed the JetHawks catcher James Ritchie had illegally blocked the plate, allowing a run to score.

“This is a tough loss because of how we did battle back with the big home runs from Rasmus”, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said.

Heath Hembree earned the win with three scoreless innings of relief. Give Hembree, Bradley and Hanigan all an equal amount of credit.

– Craig Kimbrel came on in the ninth and blew the save.

George Springer continued the inning with a two-strike single.

NY quickly reached two out in the ninth but won the game when Gardner drove a 3-and-1 fastball from Erasmo Ramirez (3-1) into the second deck in right field.

The rehab schedules are finally starting for the Red Sox’ injured arms. He’s been a four-time All-Star and finished in the top 10 in the NL Cy Young voting four times, including in the top five twice.

John Farrell #53 of the Boston Red Sox makes a visit to the dugout before a game against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park on August 19, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. Farrell has mismanaged his bullpen at times this season and especially last week, but going to Tazawa was the right move and set things up for Kimbrel. The lefty threw 85 pitches before giving way to reliever Matt Barnes. The 41 year old pitcher has already faced 28 batters in his 7.1 IP.

Matz (2-1) struck out eight, one shy of his career high, and did not walk a batter.

– Koji Uehara pitched for the first time since taking a loss against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 18, and the extra rest did the right-hander good.

It all was lined up for Kimbrel who just couldn’t finish the job.

Rasmus and his teammates will try to sustain their offensive momentum Sunday night while spoiling Henry Owens’ season debut for the Boston Red Sox. Right-hander Rick Porcello starts on Monday.

Steven Wright has thrown 5.0+ innings while allowing two or fewer runs in each of his last five starts (2-2, 2.20 ERA).

Owens’ control issues have been well documented.

Feldman was done after 4 1/3 innings.

Corey Kluber collected his first win of the season and Yan Gomes tied his career high by driving in five runs as the Cleveland Indians overwhelmed the Detroit Tigers 10-1.

No. 8 hitter Marwin Gonzalez took Owens deep. They recorded 15 hits for a second straight game Friday, with Mookie Betts going 4 for 5 with two triples and three runs scored. Fangraphs still has the Red Sox leading the AL East in Playoff odds with a 63% shot of making the playoffs by division win or wild card.

The Astros intentionally walked David Ortiz to load the bases with one out. Initially, Ortiz was ruled out at second, but after a review, it was deemed that Altuve had not touched second for the out.

“One pitch, one swing, four runs”, he said.