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Red Sox’s Chris Young starts new gig by spoiling no-hit bid
- Updated: June 6, 2016
7:36 PM ET
BOSTON — Chris Young got a promotion Sunday, and all he had to do to earn it was keep showing up.
Young, signed by the Boston Red Sox to a two-year deal last winter to be a fourth/platoon outfielder-type, is now Boston’s starting left fielder after Blake Swihart’s left ankle sprain landed him on the disabled list. Brock Holt, Young’s platoon-mate the first month-and-a-half of the season, is still trying to work his way back from a concussion.
That makes Young the man in left. He went 2-for-4 in his first game in that role Sunday, and one of the hits was a homer to end Toronto Blue Jays righty Marco Estrada’s no-hit bid after 7 1/3 innings. Toronto ended up winning, 5-4.
“Your pride tells you that you want to be the guy to [break up the no-no] if the opportunity comes,” Young said. “That’s what I was trying to do.”
Chris Young’s eighth-inning home run ended Blue Jays starter Marco Estrada’s no-hit bid on Sunday. AP Photo/Steven Senne
Both of Young’s hits — he also had a line-drive single in the ninth — came off of right-handers, first Estrada and then Jays closer Roberto Osuna. That runs counter to Young’s numbers on the …
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