Friday simply so occurred to be a spectacular day for former Crimson Sox stars

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Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez, Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Wacha, and extra made their absence felt.

Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez high-five throughout a sport. Jeff Roberson/AP Picture

When it rains (at Fenway Park), it pours (across the majors).

Former Crimson Sox standouts Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Wacha, Mookie Betts, J.D. Martinez, and extra all made some critical noise Friday.

Eovaldi and Wacha earned pitcher of the month honors.

Eovaldi, now with the Texas Rangers, went 4-0 with a 0.96 ERA and 31 strikeouts in Could. He pitched 37.2 innings and posted a WHIP of 0.85.

Wacha, a member of the San Diego Padres, was 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA and 26 strikeouts for the month. He had the very best ERA, WHIP (0.72), opponents common (.147), and opponents OPS (.405) in Main League Baseball.

Crimson Sox pitchers posted a 4.36 ERA in Could.

Martinez hit his thirteenth residence run, which means he’s now simply three away from matching his 2022 complete with the Crimson Sox. He has eight homers within the final 12 video games and hit .311 with 24 RBIs in Could.

Betts blasted two homers for the second-straight sport, ending the night time 4-for-4 with three RBIs. He turned the one participant within the trendy period to report four-plus hits, hit a leadoff homer, hit a number of homers, report a multi-hit inning, and steal a base in the identical sport.

Kyle Schwarber additionally occurred to have two hits and rating a run for the Phillies on Friday. Xander Bogaerts had a success and RBI for the Padres, Andrew Benintendi acquired a success and RBI for the White Sox, and Hunter Renfroe recorded a success for the Angels. Daniel Bard lowered his ERA to 0.55.

This all got here on a day when the membership positioned Chris Sale on the injured record.

A tiny silver lining for Crimson Sox followers? The Dodgers beat the Yankees. That’s about it.