Romy The Red Sox: The Red Sox’s First Baseman is Playing Great Baseball for the Sox
The Boston Red Sox have been winners of eleven of the last thirteen games. Romy González has contributed to the Red Sox’s winning ways recently. While primarily a second baseman throughout his career, González has been penciled in mainly at first base this season for the Red Sox and has provided a spark in the Sox’s lineup.
González is slashing .311/.348/.554 with five homers. González came off a season where he served as bench player for the Sox, but this year it is apparent that he is trying to be a constant starter for the first time in his career. In the last ten games, Gonźalez has reached base safely eight times and has recorded multiple-hit games in four of those games. He has been an on-base machine and has been knocking the cover off the ball with a hard hit percentage of 60.4 percentage, which leads the team.
González stepped up for the Sox in a big way after the Rafael Devers trade. Since the trade, González is slashing .322/.364/.712. This has been a huge pick up for a club that shook up the league by trading an all-star slugger. The Sox were able to move past that, thanks to the contributions of González in the heart of the Sox’s order.
The Red Sox will finish their six-game road trip in Philly. They start a three-game series tonight against the reigning NL East Champs Philadelphia Phillies. The Red Sox will have a tough task on their hands, with Phillies ace Zack Wheeler on the bump tonight for the Phils. The Red Sox have fared well in interleague matchups this season, with a record of 18-12. Let’s see if Romy can get back on track after going 0-for-7 with four strikeouts against the Cubs last weekend. First pitch will be at 6:45.
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Elias Meredith (@EAM_55)
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