CINCINNATI \u2014 Wilyer Abreu went deep again.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old slugger connected for a 385-foot two-run home run in the Red Sox\u2019 3-2 loss to the Reds<\/a> at Great American Ball Park on Sunday. It gave Boston a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Abreu also had hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning Saturday before Boston lost 6-5 to Cincinnati in 11 innings<\/a>.<\/p>\n Through three games, he\u2019s 6-for-13 (.462) with two home runs, two doubles, four RBIs, two runs and one strikeout.<\/p>\n \u201cI think this is sustainable,\u201d manager Alex Cora said. \u201cHe has a good knowledge of his swing and what the opposition is trying to do. We\u2019ve just gotta keep getting him more at-bats, especially against lefties and see where it takes us.\u201d<\/p>\n The two-time Gold Glove winner was on pace for 30 home runs through the end of July last season<\/a>. But he missed 30 games late in the season with a left calf strain and finished with 22 home runs.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Can he reach 30 in 2026?<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully. Hopefully, yeah,\u201d Abreu said. \u201cIf I stay healthy, we\u2019ll see what happens at the end of the season. But right now I\u2019m not thinking on a number. So just try to stay the way that I\u2019m playing right now, stay there through the whole season and we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n The Red Sox plan to play Abreu more against left-handed starting pitchers this year and he did start against lefty Andrew Abbott on Opening Day.<\/p>\n The left-handed hitter doubled against Reds lefty reliever Brock Burke on Sunday, one of his three hits in the game. He\u2019s 2-for-5 against lefties in the first three games.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s something that I work a lot this year,\u201d Abreu said. \u201cSo we\u2019ll see through the season how it\u2019s going to be. But right now I feel really good getting lefties, too.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he feels under control with his body when he swings. He understands he\u2019s a better hitter when he\u2019s using the whole field, not just pulling the ball to right field.<\/p>\n \u201cThis year I\u2019m just trying to stay more through the middle and trying to not open my front side too early,\u201d Abreu said.<\/p>\n Overall, he said he knows himself better this year.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I know how or when I have to do damage and when I have to just try to put the ball in play and see what happens,\u201d Abreu said.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n More Red Sox coverage<\/p>\n Read the original article on MassLive<\/a>. Add MassLive<\/a> as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CINCINNATI \u2014 Wilyer Abreu went deep again. The 26-year-old slugger connected for a 385-foot two-run home run in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2375],"tags":[2001,5,141,48,2542,3765,4,89,536,2543,606],"class_list":{"0":"post-652089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-andrew-abbott","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston","11":"tag-boston-red-sox","12":"tag-bostonredsox","13":"tag-brock-burke","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-red-sox","16":"tag-reds","17":"tag-redsox","18":"tag-wilyer-abreu"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116317068889518405","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}