She ostensibly came back to help her cantankerous grandmother Leonamove into an assisted living facility, but Claire’s new life becomes unduly complicated. She leaves her high-powered finance job in New York City and returns home to Washington, D.C., where she takes an accounting position for which she’s overqualified. Specifically, she’s run away from live-in boyfriend Peter,who made the mistake of thinking about proposing to her. Thirty-two-year-old Claire Chastain is in a time of transition, which is causing her to run from commitment. On the next pitch, he went over and covered first, making a nice stretch on an inning-ending 3-6-1 DP.In Diamond’s thriller, a guarded woman slowly opens herself to new possibilities as she deals with a conspiracy. Wainwright was issued a pitch-clock violation that ended up being ball four to Duran. Kiké Hernández, the next batter, grounded out to end the inning. Casas was awarded a ground-rule double and the speedy Duran, who was on first, was put at third by the umpires. The problem: It hit the chalk and was a fair ball. It felt pretty good coming out.”īoston’s Jarren Duran had two-run single.Ī ball girl down the right-field line made a nice stab on Triston Casas’ hard shot after Duran’s tying single. I was just focused on finding my rhythm out there and letting it rip. “It was awesome to get back out there to compete with these guys,” he said. The lefty had Tommy John surgery in 2021 and started this season on the injured list with a strained right hamstring. Mixing mostly a fastball mostly at 96-97 mph with a cutter and curve, the 34-year-old Paxton gave up two runs in his first MLB game since April 6, 2021, when he was with Seattle. Contreras opened the inning with his shot over Boston’s bullpen, Arenado scored the tying run on a double-play grounder and Nootbaar had an RBI single against reliever Richard Bleier.

The Cardinals overcame a 4-2 deficit with three runs in the sixth. Wainwright gave up four runs and seven hits in five innings in just his second start of the season after missing the club’s first 33 games with a groin injury he suffered while working out during the World Baseball Classic.

Rafael Devers’ ground-rule double tied it before pinch-hitter Raimel Tapia’s slow grounder scored pinch-runner Bobby Dalbec from third. Trailing 5-4 in the eighth, the Red Sox rallied against Génesis Cabrera. “They scored a lot of runs there, but we just kept fighting as an offense.”

Ryan Helsley (1-2) picked up the victory in relief, while Boston lost for just the third time in 12 games.

The Friday Cage by Andrew Diamond