All you need to know, in quickie form, about the Red Sox' 8-6 win over the Mets, complete with BSJ analysis and insight:
BOX SCORE
HEADLINES
Triston Casas had his first career multi-homer game that helped lift the Red Sox over the Mets, 8-6 on Saturday night at Fenway Park.
Both of Casas’ home runs came off of three-time Cy Young winner Max Scherzer. He became the first rookie with a multi-homer game against Scherzer, per ESPN Stats & Info.
Boston opened the game with a 2-0 lead when Jarren Duran led the first inning off with a blast off the Pesky Pole and Casas landed a 417-foot home run to right-center field.
In total, Scherzer allowed four homers in the game.
Yu Chang tied the game 3-3 in the fifth inning with a 369-foot homer over into the Green Monster seats.
TURNING POINT
TRISTON CASAS TO THE MOON! 🚀 pic.twitter.com/4MLtmLwCLU
— Red Sox (@RedSox) July 23, 2023
Casas’ at-bats led the way for the Sox, he finished 2-for-3 with two homers. The 23-year-old had a game-high three RBI and also worked a walk.
His first homer came in the second inning, launching a solo blast to open the frame. His solo blast was a rocket that landed in the right-field bleachers.
Casas' second homer came with a runner on and one out in the sixth inning. With a 2-1 count, Scherzer challenged Casas with a 95-mph four-seam fastball that he launched into the centerfield bleachers.
TRISTON CASAS AGAIN pic.twitter.com/bmHCDSjwz1
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 23, 2023
UP
Justin Turner hit his 16th home run of the season in the seventh inning. His two-run shot came off Mets’ reliever Trevor Gott and gave the Sox an 8-3 lead.
James Paxton tossed six solid innings in the win. The southpaw was charged with three runs, two earned while striking out seven, earning his sixth win this season.
Masataka Yoshida collected three hits in the win (3-for-4).
DOWN
what the hell just happened??? pic.twitter.com/iueEO0mPTv
— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) July 23, 2023
The Red Sox had some fielding blunders in the game and one no bigger than allowing a three-run Little League homer in the fourth inning.
With two runners in scoring position and two outs, Mets’ Jeff McNeil singled to center field, as the runners scored, Duran overthrew the cutoff man. Catcher Jorge Alfaro caught the ball well in front of home plate and attempted to throw out McNeil who was trying to advance to second base.
Alfaro launched the ball over Chang’s head covering second and the ball landed in center. As the ball rolled to the warning track, McNeil easily scored giving the Mets a 3-2 lead.
Justin Garza struggled again pitching in a mop-up role only tossing 2/3 innings giving up three runs off three hits. With two outs and 1-0 count against Brett Baty, Garza balked prompting Alex Cora to come out of the dugout and removing the righty from the game. Kenley Jansen came in for the save.
UP NEXT
The Sox and Mets will wrap up their three-game weekend series on Sunday night. The Red Sox have not yet announced a starter for the game, it will be another bullpen game. The series finale can be seen on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” from Fenway Park with the first pitch expected at 7:10 p.m.