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“He’s a very good baseball participant, man. When he will get in good positions, he can actually do some injury for us.”
Initially on the surface wanting in at Boston’s lineup for the Crimson Sox’ street matchup in opposition to the Twins, Arroyo was penciled in as a late addition after Pablo Reyes was scratched lower than hour earlier than first pitch on account of stomach soreness.
Slotted into his ordinary spot at second base and batting seventh within the order, Arroyo demolished Minnesota’s pitching workers in Boston’s 10-4 win. The 28-year-old infielder went 5-for-5 on the plate with a solo shot and a bases-clearing double.
After Boston’s sixth-straight victory, veteran infielder Justin Turner joked a few new rule that Alex Cora and the Crimson Sox would possibly implement in the case of Arroyo’s reps.
“We informed him we’re not gonna inform him he’s beginning anymore till about 20 minutes earlier than sport time,” Turner joked throughout a postgame interview on WEEI Tuesday evening. “However yeah, nice evening for him. Utilizing the entire discipline, two-strike hits and high quality at-bats. He’s a very good baseball participant, man. When he will get in good positions, he can actually do some injury for us.”
Alas, Cora didn’t comply with by with one other last-minute swap of Arroyo’s place in Boston’s lineup on Wednesday. The infielder was introduced because the workforce’s No. 7 hitter and beginning second baseman when the membership’s lineup was first introduced almost three hours forward of first pitch.
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