Right-hander Griffin Canning will make his seventh start of the season on Tuesday night when los angeles angels face boston red sox in Anaheim, Calif., but he’s still working through the process of returning from a long layoff
Canning (2-2, 6.14 ERA) Yes Angel 2021, but missed half of that season and all of 2022 with a back stress fracture.He didn’t come back until April of this year
He has pitched at least five innings in five of his six starts this year and has failed to complete six.He had a rough month of May, giving up 13 runs in 14 innings, but Angel Manager Phil Nevin says he sees Canning taking a step in the right direction
“I just think the more pitches he throws, the better,” Nevin said. “I think it’s important for him to change up and break the ball. You rest for almost two years and it’s hard to recover. It’s going to take some time. But he’s been really good for us.”
canning had a career start against red sox, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks in six innings.He has seven strikeouts in a no-decision game on May 14, 2021
Right-hander Brayan Bello (3-1, 4.45 ERA) will be Boston’s seventh start of the season.career start against Angel
Boston outfielder Masataka Yoshida had two red soxFour hits in a 2-1 loss in Monday’s series opener Angel, continuing to show observers the value of the five-year, $90 million contract he signed in the offseason.This is the largest contract a position player has ever signed by a Japanese professional baseball team
However, the start was not smooth. Through the first 13 games of the season, Yoshida has hit just . 167 with two extras. But he quickly turned things around, recording a 16-game hitting streak that pushed his scoring average to . 307.
With the help of assistant hitting coach Luis Ortiz, Yoshida made adjustments, specifically opening up his stance slightly to give him a better view of the ball.
“I can pick out which balls I should be swinging, so I think that’s why I’m doing well,” Yoshida said. “I’m focusing on my hitting form, especially my stance. So, in terms of stance, I step my right foot back a little bit. It makes me look more comfortable. I haven’t changed anything swing-wise.”
this red sox Developed a partial game plan with Yoshida even before the season started, contacting Yoshida’s hitting coach for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan
“They talked about rolling to No. 2, what happened and why it happened to him,” red sox manager Alex Cora said. “I think it helped us in a sense, just talking to those guys and getting to know him a little bit. That means a lot to us.
Yoshida is shooting .360 (9-for-25) in his current six-game winning streak. For the season, he hit . 308 with six home runs, 29 RBIs and an OPS of . 878.
–Field-level media