Early this afternoon, Over The Monster’s own Jacob Roy noted the following:
“Against splitters, Red Sox hitters are 28th out of 30 teams in swinging strike rate. Against four seamers, Red Sox hitters are 26 out of 30 teams in swinging strike rate. Shota Imanaga comes into tonight with a 25.6% strikeout rate throwing 88% four seamers and splitters. He’s also left handed.”
Unfortunately, our resident pitching hound snuffed this one out hours in advance. Imanaga came as advertised and mowed down the Boston lineup. He gave up just one run in 6.