White Sox identify Davis Martin pitch tipping in their 14-2 loss to Red Sox
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Why did the White Sox lose 14-2 to the Red Sox?
Rahimi Harrison-Grody. That's a show trying to win a Marconi right there. Middays 10-2 on 104.3 The Score. We're going to have to change it up tomorrow. Tristan Peters on the ground. And that is going to do it. White Sox will lose the opener of this series against the Red Sox 14-2. What happened?
Yeah. I wish I knew what happened.
I'll tell you what happened for Hemi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. What had happened was the Red Sox batted around twice in the game last night. One, well, mostly off of Davis Martin. Give an assist to Eric Fetty, too. He gave up a bunch of runs as well. It was a rough one. Yeah, Boston 14, White Sox 2 highlights courtesy of CSN. John Schrippen on the call. The Red Sox with six fast runs in the first inning of the game. And it was Caleb Durbin of Lake Forest, Illinois. hitting a grand slam off of Martin. But we have something.
How did Davis Martin’s pitch‑tipping contribute to the early runs?
The alert should be going off. It happens intermittently throughout Major League Baseball seasons with every team. We've got a pitch-tipping situation. Stop, drop, and roll, everybody. There's pitch-tipping going on. It's got to be pitch-tipping because nobody hits Davis Martin that hard in the first inning of a game. Oh, except for the last game that he played in.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now let's straighten out a couple things. Here's why when they said pitch-tipping... I was like, that actually makes sense. Understand these two facts. Coming into last night's game, Davis Martin had given up seven home runs all season. That's tied with Dylan Cease for fewest home runs allowed by a qualifying pitcher in 2026. So he doesn't give up balls like that at that frequency. He gave up three home runs last night.
In fact, he'd only given up one home run since June 16th. What about the Yankees game where he gave up four runs in the first and Spencer Jones slapped a three-run homer off of him?
That's one home run, but to see the back-to-back of it all, to see the back-to-back of it all is a little different. Seven of the first eight batters reached, and the other guy, he didn't strike out. So contact was being made. And so when they said pitch tipping, I was like, that makes sense.
What evidence did the hosts cite to prove Martin was tipping pitches?
But also, can you figure it out? Can you figure it out? Because it wasn't like the new brand new catcher was going to be the one to figure it out. Joey Bart making his first start behind the plate. It took Kyle Till, who's trying to come back from an injury, to figure out what was going on. And if you notice, Grody, after that first inning, things did settle down for Davis Martin. He looked more Davis Martin-like.
As it often happens for pitchers who have bad, like Matthew Boyd the other night, where he had a rough one. But that was just one home run. But he gave up four runs. Matthew Boyd was... My point is, I don't know if often is the right word to use. It happens. It does happen where starting pitchers have horrible first innings and all of a sudden they settle down for whatever reason. The adjustments are made. There is a text that I want to read in conjunction to the Teal thing you just said. This is from Julie S. I don't understand why. If the Sox have Bove and Bannister, it took Kyle Teal to figure out Martin is tipping pitches. And Bannister is the pitching guru. He didn't watch the tape from the Yankees game?
Yeah, and it begs the question, how long has he been tipping pitches? That's like the first thing that I noticed. But the reason that I, again, feel like that was the biggest culprit in the loss. Don't get me wrong.
How did the Sox adjust after the disastrous first inning?
They ran into a freaking buzzsaw. They can rename their team the Boston Buzzsaw for all I care. They had won eight straight series, including a sweep of the Sox at the rate. leading into this series, they've now won 90% of their last 27 games.
24-3. 24 of their 27.
Do you know how hard it is to win 90% of games for the course of a month? That's what the Boston Red Sox have done.
They're that team. They're like the Oakland A's back in the Billy Bean days in that one movie. Moneyball.
I'm not saying Davis Martin... doesn't have things to work on. I'm just saying him trying to work through things while tipping pitches, that is a formula for disaster.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did the White Sox lose 14-2 to the Red Sox?
0:00–1:04
2
How did Davis Martin’s pitch‑tipping contribute to the early runs?
1:04–2:13
3
What evidence did the hosts cite to prove Martin was tipping pitches?
2:13–3:35
4
How did the Sox adjust after the disastrous first inning?
3:35–4:31
5
What did manager Will Venable say about Martin’s struggles?
4:31–6:54
6
Is Martin’s recent performance a regression to his career norm?
6:54–8:10
7
Should the White Sox consider using an opener or bullpen arm for Martin’s next start?
8:10–10:03
8
What are the key takeaways and next steps for the White Sox pitching staff?
10:03–11:08
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