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Alex Bregman whitethorn not beryllium disposable to play for the Boston Red Sox close now, but that didn’t halt him from trying to animate an violative rally Friday night.
It was with his mustache, not his bat.
Baseball players are immoderate of the astir superstitious athletes successful the world, and Bregman illustrated that during a crippled against the New York Yankees connected the road.
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Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Alex Bregman participates successful media time astatine JetBlue Park astatine Fenway South Feb. 18, 2025. (Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)
The Red Sox entered the crippled having mislaid six of their erstwhile 9 games, and they recovered themselves successful a spread aft Walker Buehler gave up 7 runs successful the archetypal 2 innings of the game.
Bregman tried to rally his teammates by heading into the clubhouse and returning to the dugout with a cleanable shave. He shaved disconnected his mustache successful the mediate of the crippled successful hopes it would beryllium a spark for his squad.
Bregman, who is dealing with a quad wounded that has him connected the 10-day IL, seemed to assistance successful immoderate respect. The Red Sox got connected the committee with a location tally from rookie Marcelo Mayer, who was precocious called up from Triple-A, and they scored 3 much runs successful the sixth inning to marque it 8-4.
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In the apical of the seventh inning, Rafael Devers, labeled a Yankees slayer successful his Red Sox career, launched a two-run homer to chopped the pb to 9-6 successful favour of the location team.
Bregman’s speedy enactment to shave disconnected his ‘stache wasn’t the magic potion needed for an all-time comeback. Yankees person Devin Williams unopen the doorway connected Boston’s comeback hopes successful the apical of the ninth inning to travel distant with the archetypal triumph successful this play series.
Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Alex Bregman bats against the Detroit Tigers during the archetypal inning astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit May 14, 2025. (Imagn.)
Boston was expected to beryllium a squad poised for the playoffs successful 2025, but injuries and inconsistent play person them 5 games nether .500. They beryllium 4th successful the AL East, portion the Yankees are 5 games up of the Toronto Blue Jays successful archetypal spot successful the division.
Bregman, though, has enjoyed his caller location successful Boston, joining the Red Sox this offseason aft 9 seasons with the Houston Astros.
Bregman is slashing .299/.385/.553 with a .938 OPS, 11 homers, 17 doubles and 35 RBIs successful 51 games this season. But it isn’t discourtesy that has been hurting the Red Sox. It’s pitching. Starting pitching, to beryllium exact.
Boston Red Sox 3rd baseman Alex Bregman runs retired of the dugout earlier the commencement of a crippled against the Atlanta Braves astatine Fenway Park. (Eric Canha/Imagn Images)
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Boston starters person a combined 4.53 ERA successful 65 games this season, and the squad has a 4.06 ERA overall, 21st successful the league. Ace starter Garrett Crochet has been arsenic advertised with a 1.98 ERA and 101 strikeouts entering his commencement against New York Saturday nighttime successful the Bronx.
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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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