Red Sox Place Enormous Pressure On Patrick Sandoval In Series Finale originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Boston Red Sox do not need Patrick Sandoval to be perfect Wednesday afternoon. They desperately need him to prevent the game from being decided before the middle innings.
Boston will send Sandoval to the mound for its series finale against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park after rookie Jedixson Paez allowed eight earned runs in Tuesday's 9-6 loss.
The defeat required the bullpen to cover 5 1/3 innings. It also dropped the Red Sox to 75-64, four games behind the New York Yankees for the top American League wild-card position.
Sandoval enters the start with a 1-3 record, 4.20 ERA, 48 strikeouts and a 1.71 WHIP.

#sandoval #patrick #nesn #enormous

Mantua, Cuba, is a small fishing village on the northwestern coast of the island; legend says it was founded by shipwrecked Italian sailors in the early 1600s. Los Arroyos, the neighborhood where Randy Arozarena grew up, is a tiny tip of the island, about as close to Cancún as it is to the capital Havana, where Lazaro Montes was born. Maybe their respective hometowns account for their personality differences: Randy is quieter, more removed, shying away from media appearances, while Laz is as big and boisterous as the bustling capital city itself, eager to try out his English with whoever wants to talk. Making his big-league debut tonight, "Big Laz" had an appropriately splashy welcome to the big leagues that will guarantee his megawatt smile will light up highlight reels tonight both in Seattle and beyond, accounting for two of the Mariners' nine runs tonight. But Randy Arozarena also continued doing what he's done all season, leading the team offensively and providing an early separating blow that helped the Mariners outlast the Red Sox in a grueling 9-6 win at Fenway.
The Mariners got on the board right away when Dominic Canzone absolutely obliterated this hanging changeup from Red Sox starter Jedixson Paez:
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Unfortunately, the Red Sox took that run right back with a blast of their own, a four-seamer from Bryan Woo that didn't quite get top rail enough that Mickey Gasper hammered for a matching blow.
But the Mariners offense picked up their starter in the top of the second, pouncing on Paez for five runs of both the small and large ball variety. Josh Naylor got things going with a leadoff double, followed by a line-drive single from Cole Young – not super hard hit, but any contact in the air is good from young Cole, who's been really struggling lately with pounding the ball into the ground. That brought up Lazaro Montes for his very first big-league at-bat in an RBI situation. Facing a flagging pitcher on a bullpen day, Montes took a studied, disciplined at-bat, getting ahead 2-0, whiffing at a changeup on the plate, and then declining to chase two more changeups to earn his way on base. J.P. Crawford put the Mariners ahead on a sacrifice fly, and then Brock Rodden checked in with an infield hit of his own, hustling down the line to allow Cole Young to score. That also turned the lineup over for Randy Arozarena, who continued his audition to Get Real Paid by the Red Sox next season by crushing a sinker middle-middle that would have wound up on Lansdowne Street if not for an inconveniently located billboard.

#Mariners #randy #paez

You wouldn't know it from these last 36 hours, but the Mariners actually rank dead last in all of baseball in runs scored this season. Unfortunately for the Red Sox, bad MLB hitting can still erupt against bad MLB pitching, and that's what happened in Boston's 9-6 loss to Seattle.
Without showing their lines, here's the list of pitchers who took the mound for the Red Sox:
Jedixson Paez
Wyatt Olds
Alec Gamboa

#without #alec

Red Sox Rally Comes Too Late After Rookie Starter's Nightmare Outing originally appeared on NESN. Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Boston Red Sox nearly found another miracle against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. This time, the hole was simply too deep. Boston scored four runs in the ninth inning and brought the tying run to the plate, but its comeback attempt ended with a 9-6 loss at Fenway Park.
The Red Sox collected 11 hits and received home runs from Mickey Gasper and Jahmai Jones. However, rookie starter Jedixson Paez allowed eight runs over 3 2/3 innings, leaving Boston to spend nearly the entire night chasing Seattle.
The loss dropped the Red Sox to 75-64 and evened the three-game series at one victory apiece.
Dominic Canzone opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning. Gasper immediately answered with a 404-foot solo shot in the bottom half, continuing his impressive production since returning from Triple-A Worcester.

#Seattle #gasper

Celtic have reportedly been made aware of the availability of Chelsea attacking midfielder Kendry Páez. The Ecuadorean International is expected to depart Stamford Bridge this summer to continue his development.
Journalist Alan Nixon has been picked up stating that Celtic are one of a few clubs that have been alerted to the player's availability.
Páez emerged as a future star at Independiente del Valle, making 70 senior appearances before joining Chelsea for €10m in 2025. Since then, he has completed loan spells at Strasbourg and River Plate. The Ecuador international made one appearance at the recent FIFA World Cup in North America and Mexico.
It would be interesting to see this one play out, especially given the links to Landon Emenalo. The fullback was said to have been to Lennoxtown and completed a medical before picking up an injury. The trail has gone cold on the fullback but it appears to have been a move that was some way down the line on both the part of Celtic and Chelsea.
James Bell-Walker has close ties with Chelsea and it may be that his new role at Celtic has allowed for a new connection to open up between the London side and the Scottish Champions.

#Chelsea #ecuadorean

FIFA has suspended Argentina pair Leandro Paredes and Nahuel Molina for their roles in the melee that erupted following the World Cup Final.
Paredes has received a substantial 10-game suspension, while Nahuel Molina has been issued a seven-game ban. Single-match suspensions have been given to Thiago Almada and Pablo Martín Páez Gavira.
Paredes and Molina both drew particular scrutiny for their actions after Argentina suffered a 1-0 defeat to Spain in the final in New York.
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#Argentina #final #single

Things turned ugly following Spain's 1-0 win over Argentina at the 2026 World Cup final. After the final whistle, a massive scuffle broke out, in which Argentina's Leandro Paredes grabbed Spain's Eric García by the throat.
The brawl was eventually broken up, but FIFA quickly announced it would investigate the situation a day after the contest.
That investigation concluded Friday, as FIFA announced a number of punishments as a result of the brawl. In a statement, FIFA said the Argentina FA would be fined $321,000 and would have to play its next two games with limited fans in attendance. Additionally, four players and one team official were issued suspensions for their roles in the fracas.
Paredes received the largest suspension, and will miss the next 10 matches after grabbing Garcia by the throat. Paredes also received a fine of $90,000 for his actions.
In addition to Paredes, Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and Pablo Martín Páez Gavira were the three other players to be fined and suspended as a result of the brawl. Molina will miss the next seven matches and was also fined $90,000. Almada and Gavira were each suspended one match and fined $30,000.

#paredes #fined #gavira

England international? Tick. Premier League winner? Tick. At least 35 years old? Erm, tick that too. Chelsea's transfer policy has taken a surprising turn this summer, ripped up and rewritten, and it's led the club to the doors of Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck.
Chelsea are working on deals to add both to Xabi Alonso's squad in time for the start of the new season. They have also missed out on other experienced targets such as John Stones, 32, who is set for a move to Inter Milan, and Granit Xhaka, 33, who Sunderland are determined to keep as captain.
It is a stunning departure from one of the most aggressive youth-focused transfer strategies in Premier League history, which has brought waves of potential to Stamford Bridge replete with lavish decade-long contracts. BlueCo have been dogmatic, signing only one player over 25 – defender Tosin Adarabioyo – since the summer of 2023. Last season, Chelsea signed 10 players ranging in age from 18 (Estevao, Kendry Paez) to 23 (Joao Pedro).
Danny Welbeck could be heading to Stamford Bridge (Getty)
It would be wrong to say the transfer policy has been completely flawed. Nurturing young talent and investing in sellable ******* ets is the modus operandi of many well-run clubs. Cole Palmer and Moises Caicedo were youthful signings, as were Enzo Fernandez and Wesley Fofana. Estevao and Joao Pedro had excellent debut seasons in an underwhelming Chelsea team.

#transfer #danny #bridge #estevao

Moisés Caicedo’s first game as the official captain of the Ecuador national football team did not turn out the way he would have wanted to, coming out on the losing end of a 2-0 defeat against Mexico, who thus advance to the Round of 16. Ecuador are going home, earlier than they would have liked and earlier than most were expecting.
It was the battle of El Tri against La Tri on yet another famous World Cup night at the Azteca in Mexico City, giving the host nation massive home field advantage, which they gleefully utilized to crush, demoralize, and frustrate their opposition. It was perhaps ironic that Mexico’s first goal — a simple counter and thunderous finish — came after Ecuador weathered the early storm and started to gain a foothold in the game, but the second not long after was certainly in line with the overall flow of the game. And Raúl Jiménez being the scorer just added to the emotion of the moment.
That said, the game lacked for great chances or much glorious attacking football, but Mexico took their moments and Ecuador offered very little even as we headed deeper and deeper into the second half. As good as their defense may be, with such a low-scoring offense, they were always going to find it tough to come back. Defense may win championships, but it does help to also score sometimes.
So, it’s to the beach for Captain Caicedo (and for Kendry Páez, who did finally get to play a few minutes at the World Cup: just enough to get a yellow as Ecuador’s discipline crumbled completely at the end). See you back at Cobham soon, Moi!
Elsewhere yesterday, France kept rolling, easing past Graham Potter’s Sweden, 3-0 (Mbappé with another brace) and Norway found a late winner (through Erling Haaland of course) to edge past Côte d’Ivoire, 2-1. Malo Gusto played the final 15 minutes for the French, who are looking absolutely unbeatable at the moment.