Boston did not do much at the trading deadline. There were rumors swirling that they might move James Paxton (which in hindsight they should have), and rumors they would acquire some starting pitching. In the end, the only move they made was to acquire former top prospect Luis Urias from the Brewers. Urias was hurt most of the year and in the minors, but Boston called him up fairly quickly to help fill the second base position. Urias had a hell of a week in mid-August, twice coming up with the bases loaded and homering.
On August 19, the Red Sox were playing the Yankees in Yankee Stadium with Gerrit Cole on the mound. Cole has certain issues against the Red Sox, and that continued when he gave up the grand slam to Urias, who was hitting .191 at the time. Connor Wong also homered off of Cole. Boston rolled to a 8-1 victory. This is Urias's first card with the Red Sox, so of course I had to grab it.
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