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Top prospect Roman Anthony hit his first major league home run and Lucas Giolito struck out 10 in six innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0.
The highly touted Boston Red Sox center fielder went deep in the top of the first inning for the first home run of his career. Anthony smashed a 96 mph sinker from Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert. The baseball went 391 feet and gave Boston an early 1-0 lead as it looks to win its sixth game in a row.
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The anecdote serves to illustrate the reputation the pitcher-turned-executive has cultivated in Boston, which traded its best hitter to San Francisco on Sunday.
The Boston Red Sox shocked Major League Baseball by trading star third baseman Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Since that move, several stories have surfaced about the dysfunction in the Red Sox organization.