David Ortiz #34 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after fly out to left field for the last out of the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium Stadium August 6, 2016, in Los Angeles, California.
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Ortiz will get another day off after the 40-year-old got the start at first base for the first time this season Saturday. Oddly enough, he just couldnt help spark the Boston Red Sox at the plate. The Sunday night Boston Red Sox Vs. Los Angeles Dodgers live stream can also be viewed for free using the MLB At Bat app for mobile devices, as well as on the MLB channel offered on set-top streaming boxes such as the Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, and others.
Kazmir (9-5) was roughed up for four runs and five hits by a Boston lineup that was missing slugger David Ortiz.
“I think any time Vin is going to tell a story, it’s going to be impactful and it’s going to be meaningful”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said.
This was Ortiz’s first start at first base this season.
Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed three runs on eight hits with five strikeouts and a walk in 4 1/3 innings. The Red Sox had a 47-23 record at NL parks since 2003 with Ortiz at first, compared to 26-29 without him starting at the position.
“I just didn’t want to go three days without playing, but I’m okay”, Ortiz said.
“I don’t think they (major league teams) would give me the opportunity to (start) at that time until I went out and proved myself again, and I did that in independent ball”, said Hill, who was recently acquired by the Dodgers in a trade.
Aaron Hill, Andrew Benintendi, who finished with two RBIs, and Mookie Betts each drove in a run in the sixth to cut the Dodgers’ margin to 6-5, but reliever Joe Blanton fanned Jackie Bradley Jr. looking to end the inning.
“That’s the worst I’ve commanded the baseball in a game in a long time”, Price said of his performance.
“I didn’t approach it any different”. “I’ve never had it before”. “I just got a little sore”. He was able to do that easily when he had himself a nice 1-2-3 inning in the 9th. Fifteen innings pitched with four runs allowed.
Corey Seager set the Dodgers rookie record with his 31st double of the season, an RBI hit that made it 2-0 in the fifth. He had been tied with Eric Karros (1992).
Now 3-for-4 on Sunday against the Red Sox, Gonzalez has managed one RBI and three runs scored as well.
Texas’ Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning to give the Rangers a 5-3 victory against Houston; their 11th win in 13 games against their state and division rival this season. “There’s a comfort level there”.
Outfielder Trayce Thompson (back) was expected to go on a rehab assignment soon, but Roberts said Friday that he doesn’t expect to see Thompson until perhaps September 1.
David Price didn’t have his best stuff Sunday, but neither did most of his Boston Red Sox teammates. After having to leave Friday’s game due to an injury suffered from fouling a pitch off of himself, Dustin Pedroia was thankfully back on the field. OF Chris Youngs rehab assignment date will depend upon a baserunning workout today. He had 21 home runs and 69 RBIs in 103 games and led the Pacific Coast League with a.598 slugging percentage. Last Sunday, he threw five no-hit innings to beat the Nationals at home.
The Dodgers were forced to use seven pitchers because starter Brandon McCarthy walked a career-high five batters for the second consecutive game while also throwing a wild pitch and hitting a batter in a 65-pitch outing soured by 34 balls.
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– The Red Sox failed to capitalize on McCarthy’s egregious wildness.
