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Ziegler’s first hiccup since trade stings Sox
- Updated: July 27, 2016
BOSTON — Brad Ziegler threw a fastball over the plate to one of the best hitters in baseball and got burned.
Ziegler, who had yet to allow a run in six appearances for the Red Sox entering Wednesday, surrendered a go-ahead homer to Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera in the top of the ninth inning at Fenway Park that gave Detroit a 4-3 win and a three-game series sweep.
It was only the second home run Ziegler has allowed all year.
“It wasn’t a horrible pitch,” Ziegler said. “It just wasn’t a great one, either.”
Mookie Betts appeared to have a chance to snag Cabrera’s drive, but the right fielder lost it in the sun and the ball bounced off the top of the bullpen wall.
“He hit it pretty good and it stayed pretty low, so it’s tough to get back there,” Betts said. “The sun kind of got there for probably two or three steps and I got off track of where I was going. By the time I could pick it back up, it was already over my head.”
Betts hit a two-out triple in the previous frame to tie the game at 3-3, but the Boston bullpen faltered for a third straight day as the Sox were swept for the first time …
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