I’m in none on guys numb like this and I you know what on what the team would go we’re right there we know we’re not gonna give up but not gonna give up you know with a with a little better go all the way to a man enough. “We’re right there. And it’s go time”.
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As for Ortiz, he, too, scuffled on the recent road trip, and had just one hit in the first two games against the Yankees.
The second baseman batted twice in the first two innings.
A freakish first inning saw the Red Sox take a 4-2 lead. Red Sox RH Clay Buchholz (4-9, 5.64) Bradley settled for a no-decision after seeing his pitch count skyrocket to 116, forcing him to exit after 4 2/3 innings despite yielding three runs on as many hits against Milwaukee on Sunday. That brought up Hanley with two on, and if you read the opening bit, you know what’s coming here.
The Sox will take input wherever they can find it in the lineup these days, but it’s always good when the clean-up hitter (Ortiz) and his protection (Ramirez) get it going. “3-0 pitch that he gets in the middle of the plate, squares it up good and then again the next inning for a couple of three run homers”, said Red Sox manager John Farrell.
It was all the run support needed for David Price (10-8), who struck out eight in eight innings to pick up the win.
Price joined Zach Grienke as the only pitchers with 10 or more victories in each of the last eight seasons.
When he ultimately got pulled following the eighth inning, he had given up three runs on ten hits with a pair of homers as well as a walk and eight strikeouts.
Bradley got off to a rough start, failing to track down a ball in front of the triangle as he had difficulty with some torn-up turf in the outfield, the result of some recent concerts at Fenway. The 24-year-old struck out eight and looked significantly more comfortable than his previous start on August 1, when he was shredded for eight runs on 12 hits in a 14-1 shellacking by Washington.
While he gave up nine hits, Corbin said he thought his velocity was there, an opinion shared by manager Chip Hale. “So we’ll have to evaluate what’s going on”.
The Diamondbacks took a lead in the first inning on Rickie Weeks’ two-run homer over the Green Monster.
NOTES: Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia left after two innings because of flu-like symptoms. Ramirez was 2 for 4 with six RBI.
Ortiz singled home a run and Ramirez hit his second three-run shot to make it 8-2 in the second as Corbin was chased. RHP Rubby De La Rosa, out since May 25 with an elbow injury, suffered a setback with forearm tightness that will require an MRI.
Fernando Abad allowed a run while pitching the ninth inning, closing things out for the Red Sox. Farrell said Wright threw from 90 feet Friday and has reported “substantial improvement”.
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Wright was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday night against the New York Yankees because of shoulder pain. The first was mashed to center by Jean Segura, where Bradley basically fell over himself trying to make the catch, allowing what was generously scored as a triple. Across his 26 games and 13 starts with a 4-9 record, Buchholz has posted a 5.64 ERA with a 1.41 WHIP in 91 innings.
