Red Sox’ Masataka Yoshida does two things he hadn’t done since 2023, including ‘massive’ throw
KANSAS CITY — Masataka Yoshida turned the clock back to 2023 in the Red Sox’ 3-1 victory over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Monday. His 374-foot drive into the gap in left-center field during the fourth inning marked his first triple since July 16, 2023. He also had his first assist since Sept.
26, 2023, throwing out Michael Massey at home plate for the second out of the fifth inning to keep the game scoreless. Massey tried to score on Kyle Isbel’s one-out single to left field. “He makes a great throw to the plate,” interim manager Chad Tracy said.
“That’s also a turning point in the game because they score first if we don’t get that there. ” Yoshida was disappointed at himself for not catching Massey’s 342-foot double to left-center field on the play right before. “I put us in that situation,” Yoshida said through translator Yutaro Yamaguchi.
“So I’m glad I was able to kind of make up for it. I saw the runner kind of running the bases. So I thought I had a shot.
” It was just Yoshida’s fourth outfield start this season. Center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela had hamstring tightness and so he sat and left fielder Jarren Duran played center field while Yoshida played left field. BETTING: Red Sox -1.