Ceddanne Rafaela homered and drove in seven runs as the Boston Red Sox crushed the Chicago Cubs 17-0 on Saturday. It got so bad for the Cubs that manager Craig Counsell used first baseman Matt Mervis and right fielder Patrick Wisdom on the mound in the ninth inning.
The Red Sox established single-game season bests at home with runs and 21 hits. Boston, which lost eight of its first 11 games at Fenway Park this season, snapped a two-game skid and won for the fifth time in eight games overall.
However, he is being out-pitched by his fellow rookie who came from the NPB in the winter, Shota Imanaga. Imanaga was no slouch in NPB himself. He was a two time All-Star and lead their central league in strikeouts,
Shota Imanaga tossed yet another gem in the Chicago Cubs' win over the Boston Red Sox, giving him one of the best ERAs through five starts in MLB history.