Red Sox's Sandy Leon: Monster night Friday
Leon went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBI in Boston's 9-0 win over the Dodgers on Friday.
Leon not only continued to hit -- the catcher who entered 2016 with a career .187 batting average is sitting at .374 in 107 at-bats this season -- but he also managed zero passed balls while catching knuckleballer Steven Wright. As a matter of fact, Wright never looked better, tossing the first shutout of his career and walking just one. It was a great game called by Leon, who got the start when Ryan Hanigan was scratched due to an ankle injury that eventually landed him on the disabled list, according to Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe. With Hanigan on the DL and Blake Swihart (ankle) nowhere close to returning, Leon will get the bulk of the starts in the immediate future.
