Price to make season debut on Monday
Red Sox pitcher David Price is set to make his season debut for Boston on Monday at the Chicago White Sox.
The 31-year-old left-hander, starting the second season of a $217 million, seven-year contact, has been recovering from a strained pitching elbow.
“Excited, just to be back here,” he said Thursday. “There’s not a better feeling. You can’t replicate it anywhere else.
Price allowed nine runs — six earned — and 12 hits in 5 2 ⁄ innings during a pair of injury rehabili3 tation starts at Triple-A Pawtucket. He struck out eight and walked two.
Nationals: Dusty Baker will miss the Washington Nationals weekend series against the San Diego Padres to attend his son Darren’s graduation. Baker said he will rejoin Washington when it begins a three-game series in San Francisco on Monday, near Baker’s offseason home. Bench coach Chris Speier will assume managerial duties against the Padres. Baker’s son Darren is graduating from Jesuit High in Carmichael.
He’s committed to play college baseball at Cal. As a 3-year- old bat boy, Darren was rescued from a potential home plate collision by J.T. Snow in Game 5 of the 2002 World Series between Baker’s Giants and the Angels.
Mets: Jacob de Grom was scratched by the New York Mets from his scheduled start against the San Diego Padres on Thursday night because of discouraging weather reports. Rafael Montero was to start in de Grom’s place, and de Grom was rescheduled for Friday’s series opener at Pittsburgh, pushing the rest of the rotation back a day. Mets manager Terry Collins said he spoke with de Grom in the afternoon, and they agreed not to risk a weather-shortened outing for the righthander. Forecasts are calling for thunderstorms beginning around 9 p.m., about two hours after the scheduled start.
Hall of Fame: Rachel Robinson will receive the Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award from baseball’s Hall of Fame on July 29, the day before this year’s induction ceremony. She’s the wife of late Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who broke the major league color barrier in 1947. Rachel Robinson created the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 1973, a year after he husband’s death. Rachel Robinson, who turns 95 in July 19, headed the foundation’s board until 1996.
Brewers: catcher Manny Pina and left fielder Ryan Braun left the game against the Arizona Diamondbacks with injuries. Diamondbacks starter Robbie Ray drilled Pina in the left elbow with a pitch in the second inning, knocking the Brewers catcher flat. Grimacing in obvious pain, he eventually walked off the field accompanied by the trainer and manager Craig Counsell. Juan Aguilar pinch hit in the fourth for Braun who left game with left calf tightness.
Yankees: A boy was struck on the head by Chris Carter’s broken bat during the New York Yankees’ game against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night With Didi Gregorius on second base and no outs in the seventh inning, Carter’s bat shattered on a 3-1 fastball from Matt Strahm. The ball bounced on one hop to second baseman Whit Merrifield, andmuch of the bat hit the boy, who was sitting about seven rows back on the third-base side, behind the Royals dugout. Fans around the boy waved frantically for assistance, and play stopped for twominutes as players looked to the seats. Medical personnel carried out the boy, who appeared to have a leg that was in a brace. Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said the fan was given first aid at the ballpark and was receiving medical attention elsewhere after the game.
Dodgers: Two days after an ugly collision with outfielder Yasiel Puig, Joc Pederson landed on the seven- day concussion disabled list before Thursday’s game against St. Louis. The Dodgers shut Pederson down to make room on the roster for Kenta Maeda’s return.