As he circled the bases, the Yankees used the strobe function of their new LED lights, which had previously been used only during soccer games.
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Ortiz also is climbing up the leaderboard of most career home runs against the Yankees. He then gave up a leadoff single to Brock Holt in the second inning, followed by an RBI double from Ryan Hanigan.
Jacoby Ellsbury exited the game after the first with an injured right hip. He quickly refocused to strike out Brett Gardner and Mark Teixeira, both on high fastballs. He was seen limping after scoring on Brian McCann’s double. Porcello struck out Carlos Beltran to end the inning and Boston led 2-1 after one.
Xander Bogaerts had three hits, including an RBI single off Rodon in the second. Aaron Hicks moved Castro to second on a sacrifice bunt.
Asked if the pitches were close enough that Ortiz should have swung in that situation, Farrell said: “No. He’d need a hockey stick for that 3-2 pitch”. Torreyes tried to take third on the play but was gunned down.
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When leading after seven innings, Boston is 10-4, while NY is 5-7.
The Red Sox as a team continued their control issues, and was evident yet again in the fifth.
Christian Vazquez led off with a double to right field. The Dodgers intentionally walked Justin Smoak to face Pillar, who lined a 1-2 pitch into the bullpen in left.
Kirby Yates took the mound and Pedey hit a hard grounder to shortstop that could not advance Vazquez.
McCann thought he had signaled for a fastball, and when he got the slider instead, he nearly whiffed on the pitch completely, barely stopping it. Because the transfer wasn’t smooth, the pitch looked that much worse, but Farrell believed it was a ball anyway. The game remained tied.
The Red Sox announced Friday that right-handed pitcher Sean O’Sullivan has been called up to the major league roster, with Owens being sent to Pawtucket. Ross pitched two scoreless innings to secure the win and the series. Boston ranks in the top half at 12th with 92. But he needed only four pitches to strike out Hanley Ramirez to end the game. That’s a tough one to take. After Travis Shaw’s infield hit in the eighth, Girardi brought in Miller for a four-out save. After Betts struck out, Pedroia ripped a single to left. Trying to keep Ortiz from getting ejected in the middle of his at-bat, Red Sox manager John Farrell came out to protect his player, and got himself ejected. Kulpa responded by then ejected Ortiz, who then got heated.
Playing his final season, Ortiz will never be accused of mailing it in.
Miller tried to contain a smile, but like the rest of the Yankees, he knew this was a significant win over a Red Sox team now leading the division.
Yankees starter Michael Pineda, on the other hand, has yet to get untracked in the 2016 season, with a 1-3 record in five starts and a bloated 6.33 ERA. It was also his 50th career bomb against the Yankees. He has 10 RBIs during his eight-game hitting streak.
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“You don’t want to have that back and forth with the umpires”.
