July\u2019s amateur draft<\/a>, walked the leadoff batter, Jarren Duran, on a 99.9 mph fastball.<\/p>\n\u201cJust trying to flush it and go back to the drawing board, see what works and what didn\u2019t work and go from there,\u201d Burns said.<\/p>\n
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Francona was asked if he may have been tipping his pitches.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s something that you always probably need to check,\u201d he said. \u201cHe threw some pitches that caught a lot of the plate and they were definitely looking (fastball) and those are always things we try to check for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Francona went on to say that one of his former players \u2014 Red Sox manager Alex Cora \u2014 is good at picking things up.<\/p>\n
\u201cCora is one of the best at that,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThey were certainly ready, they were coming out hacking and they were squaring it up pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burns didn\u2019t know if that could have been part of his problem despite throwing a fastball near 100 mph with a hard slider in the upper 80s.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t know. They put a lot of good swings on a lot of good pitches, a lot of mistakes out there,\u201d he said. \u201cCouldn\u2019t really tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
His defense also let him down when Roman Anthony hit a grounder that second baseman Matt McLain threw into short left field, attempting to get a force.<\/p>\n
Abraham Toro lined a single to left for the first run and Carlos Narv\u00e1ez followed by hitting the next pitch for an RBI double off the Green Monster. After a ground out, Story belted a 1-1 slider into the center-field bleachers, making it 5-0.<\/p>\n
Story took some extra BP on the field about 3 \u00bd hours before the game, hitting fastballs. It may have been part of Boston\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe\u2019s got electric stuff,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we as an offense, we had a really good plan, and we were very convicted. We practiced the execution all day, and the execution really came out today during the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Hamilton added an RBI single and Francona lifted Burns after his second walk.<\/p>\n
Anthony added an RBI single against Brent Suter, completing Burns\u2019 pitching line.<\/p>\n
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