He had thrown an inning for Portland in Hartford on Tuesday night. But I was able to make some adjustments in the game, get back in the zone and attack some guys.”īarnes has been on the IL since May 31 with shoulder inflammation. Everything’s not gonna go perfect, you’re gonna yank some stuff and spike some stuff once in a while. So overall, it’s probably a more realistic outing. “The first two I yanked, but was able to make a nice adjustment, and felt really good about the curveball. “I thought the fastball life was good, had good command of that,” Barnes said. The Bethel native and former UConn star followed Hill in the fourth inning and retired the side in order on 13 pitches, striking out two. Hopefully, we can make a good run at it here and get to the playoffs.” I’m excited to get back and help put the team in a position to win. “We’ve kind of been bit by the injury bug throughout the entire team - outfield, infield, pitching staff has been a little decimated. “The guys are battling and fighting as hard as they can,” he said. While that’s not official yet, Hill is excited to get back to help bolster a struggling Red Sox team and rotation. So pleased that, according to Hill, his next start will be with Boston at Houston on Tuesday night. If I threw (56) pitches, I’d say 53 of them came out the way I wanted them to. The ball came out of my hand the way I wanted it to. “But I felt good physically, so that was the biggest thing. “We didn’t want to push it too far, going back out for whatever the situation might have been,” he noted. Hill was targeting four innings or 65 pitches, so being at 56 after three meant the end of his night.

Guys played well behind me, and obviously behind the plate it was a well-caught game. “The ball came out well, threw a lot of strikes, kept the ball down, curveball came out the way I wanted it to, cutter was good.

The lone run came on an Isaac Collins home run in the third. The big left-hander, who’s been on the injured list for the Red Sox since July 2 with a left knee sprain, allowed four hits and a run over three frames. Since I’ve adopted doing that, it’s changed my career.” I just believe that if you practice the way that you’re gonna play, you’re going to be more successful that way. Wherever it might be, if it’s in a bullpen in my hometown of Milton (Massachusetts), I’ll have the same intensity as I would in a Double-A rehab start or a postseason game. “The intensity’s there and the effort is there, every single time. “I’ve always had the same attitude, no matter where I’m pitching, whether it’s in the back field or the World Series, you’re the same guy,” Hill said after completing three strong innings for Boston’s Double-A affiliate against the Yard Goats.

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