A bit of dubious history for Red Sox rookie Roman Anthony
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Does anything faze the 21-year-old rookie who, prior to Tuesday, reached base in 14 consecutive games?
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'I try not to let it faze me. This is such a hard game in particular. When you face guys like that, obviously you know what they're capable of,' said Anthony, who batted .353 with a .969 OPS during that streak. 'But I know what I'm capable of. The more I get to see guys like that, the better I'm going to get. I don't let two nights like that really throw me too much. It's a small sample size, and it's two of the best guys there are.'
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'Those guys are two of the best at what they do in baseball,' Anthony said. 'They were both legit. . . . I'm excited to see those guys again, honestly.'
Alex Bregman sticking to slow lane
In a tight loss Monday night,
Alex Bregman
was deliberate in going from first to third — and stopping at third — on Anthony's double into the right-field corner. On Tuesday, on a grounder up the middle that required a diving stop by second baseman
Bryson Stott
, Bregman was out at first easily.
Although he described himself as 'running free,' Bregman has been and will continue to be careful on the bases, he and Cora said. They view it as necessary to avoid reinjuring his right quad, which sidelined him for seven weeks.
'I still gotta be smart for the remainder of the year, but I hit 98 percent [on one play Monday] of the max speed that I ran all year,' Bregman said.
Cora said: 'We'll play it safe the whole time. He's gotta be smart.'
Bregman rates as a below-average runner, covering 26.2 feet per second when sprinting, according to Statcast. Average is 27.
'First of all, he's never been a fast runner,' Cora said. 'That's the reality of it. I'm not saying he's a station-to-station guy, but he's not a burner. So he understands when he has to go and when he needs to take it easy. We respect that and we'll keep him like that.'
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Bregman was out of the lineup Wednesday,
Kelly heads to minors
Zack Kelly
(right oblique strain) will begin a rehab assignment with High A Greenville on Thursday, Cora said . . .
Liam Hendriks
, who recently sought a second opinion regarding a core issue that is separate from the hip problem that has had him on the IL for two months, was prescribed 'a few exercises and stuff he needs to do in the gym and with the training staff, but nothing else,' Cora said. 'Hopefully this helps and moves the needle.' . . .
J.C. Romero
, a Red Sox reliever for part of 2007, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Citizens Bank Park. After the Sox released him in June of that championship season, the lefthander signed with the Phillies, with whom he won the 2008 World Series and spent five seasons . . . The
David Ortiz
, to Single A Salem. Ortiz, 21, hit .273 with a .689 OPS in the Florida Coast League.
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