He kept putting in the work. Kept tinkering with his stance and his swing. Kept believing he would snap out of it.”You have to trust that what you’re doing is going to produce results,” Bradley said after his second straight three-hit game helped the Red Sox beat
the Los Angeles Angels 9-1 on Tuesday night.”If it doesn’t early on, it’s a long season,” said Bradley, who batted ninth and drove in four runs. ”You’ve just got to continue to grind. There’s no other
way.”Mookie Betts homered on John Lamb’s first pitch of the game, and J.D. Martinez hit his major league-leading 24th home run to back David Price’s six
strong innings and lead the Red Sox to their fourth win in the last five games.
The Angels lost their fourth straight game.Christian Vazquez also hit one of Boston’s four homers to help Price (9-5) bounce back from his previous loss on Wednesday in Minnesota that was his first
since May 3. He allowed five hits on Tuesday, including a solo homer to Chris
Young, and two walks while striking out seven.Bradley has now had back-to-back multi-hit games after producing just five in his previous 68 games this season. He had three hits, all singles, against
Seattle on Sunday but still entered the night hitting .189.”We all want the results now,” Bradley said. ”Sometimes the game’s a lot tougher than that. You can do everything right and still be out.”Two-time AL MVP Mike Trout, who began the game batting .387 in June, singled in four at-bats for the Angels while serving as designated hitter to aid his
recovery from a sprained right index finger. The Angels went hitless in their
last three innings against Boston’s bullpen and fell into fourth place in the AL
West for the first time since opening day.SAFE BETTSBetts’ homer into the Red Sox bullpen sent right fielder Michael Hermosillo crashing over the wall in pursuit. It was his 15h career leadoff homer,
extending his franchise record.”Trying to set the tone against a good team Youth Jerome Baker Jersey ,” Betts said. ”Just letting them know we’re here and we’re ready to go.”SACRIFICIAL LAMBLamb (0-1) got just five outs. He allowed five runs, three earned, on six hits and a pair of walks.He escaped more damage in the first after Betts’ 20th homer of the season, then was removed in the second after giving up Bradley’s two-run double and two
more run-scoring hits.”It was just a nice welcome to Fenway ballpark I guess by one of the better baseball players in the game right now,” Lamb said. ”I tried to get ahead on the
outside part of the plate and they went ahead in the run column.”Deck McGuire needed just one pitch to end that inning, but he surrendered solo homers to Bradley in the third and Vazquez in the fifth before Martinez hit
one in the sixth that made it 8-1.IN A JAMPrice only had trouble in the third, when Young homered and then the Angels loaded the bases with two out on two singles, a wild pitch and a walk. He
retired Albert Pujols on a grounder to third to end the inning.”Pujols can tie the game at that point,” Price said. ”To get that ground ball is big.”TRAINER’S ROOM:Angels: McGuire was checked out by the team athletic trainer after Christian Vazquez lined a ball up the middle in the third inning, but he remained in the
game.Red Sox: Knuckleballer Steven Wright was put on the 10-day DL with left knee inflammation, and RHP reliever Justin Haley was recalled from Triple-A
Pawtucket.UP NEXT:Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (4-5, 3.43 ERA) gets his first start since going seven innings and allowing one earned run on Friday against Toronto. Heaney has
pitched at least seven innings in three of his last four starts.Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (9-3, 3.44) has allowed two earned runs or less in four of his last five starts, holding the Twins to one hit over seven scoreless
innings in his last turn on Thursday.—??Case Keenum is joining his fifth team in five years and the Denver Broncos are turning to their fifth quarterback since Peyton Manning retired 24 months
ago.General manager John Elway called Keenum “a great fit for us” after the
sixth-year pro parlayed a breakout year in Minnesota into a two-year Blake McLaughlin Ducks Jersey , $36 million deal with Denver.“Along with that experience,” Elway said, “his leadership and competitiveness are what you
look for in a quarterback.”Elway, by the way, isn’t done looking at
quarterbacks.Elway and coach Vance Joseph were in Norman, Oklahoma, checking out
Baker Mayfield’s pro day when free agency opened Wednesday. Then they were
headed for Los Angeles to watch Josh Rosen’s pro day at UCLA on Thursday.Also, a
person with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press the Broncos were in
negotiations Wednesday to trade QB Trevor Siemian to Minnesota, where the
Vikings are pursuing free agent Kirk Cousins to be their starter.The Broncos
were busy when free agency opened, keeping linebacker Todd Davis (three years,
$15 million); adding cornerback Tramaine Brock (one year, $4 million);
finalizing Aqib Talib’s trade to the Los Angeles Rams; and trying to move
Siemian, who won the starting QB job in Denver each of the last two years.Keenum
is expected to sign his deal Thursday, giving the 30-year-old journeyman the big
payday that’s long eluded him and taking the pressure off Elway to use the fifth
overall pick in the draft next month on a quarterback.It’s no
guarantee Cheap Mason Rudolph Jersey , however, that Elway won’t still use that pick on a QB.Besides Mayfield and Rosen, other high-profile fixes for franchises
with quarterback quandaries such as Denver’s include Wyoming’s Josh Allen, USC’s
Sam Darnold, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson and Oklahoma State’s Mason
Rudolph.Coming off a career-changing season, Keenum was widely considered the
second-most attractive veteran QB on the market behind Cousins. And he is a
player the Broncos know well because Gary Kubiak, now the Broncos’ senior
personnel adviser, had him for two seasons while Kubiak was head coach of the
Houston Texans.“Case is perfect for our team, both as a player and as a person,”
said Joseph, who also worked for the Texans. “He’s playing the best football of
his career right now and has gotten better with every opportunity he’s had.
Being around him in Houston, Case is a tremendous person and teammate with
strong leadership skills and a terrific work ethic. He’ll be great in our locker
room.”Keenum, who made $2 million last year, went 11-3 in place of an injured
Sam Bradford Da'Ron Payne Youth Jersey , leading the Vikings to the NFC championship game.He threw for more than 3,500 yards with 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. His
signature moment was that last-second 61-yard touchdown toss to Stefon Diggs
that stunned the Saints 29-24 in the playoffs.The Broncos haven’t been back to
the playoffs since Manning retired following Denver’s 24-10 triumph over the
Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 two years ago.They’ve cycled through Mark
Sanchez, Siemian, Brock Osweiler and Paxton Lynch, while going a combined
14-18.The Broncos, coming off a 5-11 season, were considered an early
front-runner to land Cousins. Minnesota, however, had a sparkling stadium, new
state-of-the-art training facility, stacked roster and coaching stability to
offer him, while the Broncos’ main magnet was Von Miller.Even though he issued a
public plea for Cousins to join him in Denver, Miller is welcoming Keenum to
town .“Looks/Feels right to me!” Miller said in an Instagram post on Tuesday.
“We got what we were looking for! Franchise QB that’s the perfect fit for
DENVER! johnelway with the deep 3 pointer! Like always! Leeettttss Goooo!!!
casekeenum7 casekeenum7 Time for me to hold up my end of the deal now!”Notes:
The Broncos placed second-round tenders on two restricted free agents: C Matt
Paradis and OLB Shaq Barrett. They declined to offer a tender to WR Bennie
Fowler III..
