“After the play with Dozier, I felt I couldn’t run full speed so I just didn’t want to make anything worse and was precautionary”, Betts said also noting that he had felt the pain prior to the game but rubbed it out and felt better. “I feel comfortable pitching in front of our crowd”.
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Tommy Milone (3-2, 4.71 ERA) is winless in three career starts at Fenway, going 0-2 with a 9.88 ERA.
The Red Sox got a leadoff homer Betts for the second straight night. “You talk about dependable and reliable, he embodies that”. He became the first Boston pitcher in 55 years to open a season 10-0 in Fenway Park.
Ramirez homered as Boston erased a 4-1 deficit with a five-run second, hitting it over the Green Monster after Brock Holt scored on a wild pitch and Dustin Pedroia had an RBI double.
“Coming in here and facing this team, as hot as they are, and the way they are swinging the bats and the way we got pummeled last night, I thought it was a really impressive rebound by him to help us get back on track and give us a chance to win”, manager Paul Molitor said. “Unearned runs, they’re painful, they’re tough when you can’t find a way to get off the field”.
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“The one to Shaw was just a curveball that hung over the middle of the plate, ” Milone said.
The seven-year veteran was not flawless, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits throughout his outing. Enter…Clay Buchholz? Yup. With the pen again called into action early, Buchholz found his way to the mound with the tying run already on base, but quickly struck out Eduardo Nunez to end the frame. Boston took the series opener 13-2 on Thursday to win for the ninth time in 10 games and pull ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. The Red Sox suffered through two very different setbacks in the next two games – a 2-1 loss on Friday and an 11-9 decision on Saturday – to fall 1 1/2 games behind the Orioles and continue the questions the team has had about the bullpen for last two months. Mookie Betts is sitting on 127 hits with 79 runs, 20 homers and 63 RBI.
Minnesota Twins catcher Kurt Suzuki left Saturday night’s game against the Boston Red Sox in the second inning after getting hit in the mask with a foul ball. “We’re trying to look at ways that we can potentially protect him if we needed to play him in an emergency, ” Molitor said.
Once the dust settled, the Twins and Red Sox each had runs on sacrifice flies from Brian Dozier and Ortiz, respectively. Betts left Friday’s game with soreness in the knee. The Red Sox Foundation held its annual “Run to Home Base” Saturday, benefiting veterans. RHP Junichi Tazawa (right shoulder impingement) returned to the roster after being activated from the 15-day DL. The first baseman went 1-for-3 with a run, three RBIs and two walks, one intentional.
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“A friend of mine that ran the Marathon gave it to me, ” he said, pointing to it hanging in his locker.
