It was the 16th long ball of Longoria’s career at Fenway Park. “He got his pitch, he was sitting on it, and he made the most of it”. But I was happy to get out of the first with just two runs. Longoria, hitting.212 with one homer against Buchholz in 52 lifetime at-bats coming in, connected on a 1-2 pitch.
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Kevin Kiermaier had three hits for the Rays, and Forsythe and Logan Morrison each homered as Tampa Bay opened a 4-1 lead through four innings. He had two sacrifice flies Monday night.
Craig Kimbrel pitched a ideal ninth for the save.
It took eight runs on 12 hits for the Red Sox to narrowly get the win. He has the second-lowest second-half ERA in the major leagues this season and has not lost since July 10.
Andriese (6-6) allowed 10 hits and noticed Boston’s hitters laid off his changeup that was effective last Thursday when he went six innings, giving up three runs.
Cardinals 6, Brewers 5: Stephen Piscotty scored the tiebreaking run on a throwing error in the ninth inning.
Porcello allowed three runs and six hits, striking out seven without issuing a walk to become the first Boston pitcher since Dave “Boo” Ferriss finished 13-0 at home in 1946 to start a season by winning his initial 13 decisions in Fenway. He has five hits in the first two games of the series.
It gave Boston a 5-4 lead in the fifth inning.
Bogaerts reached 500 career hits with his double in the sixth.
The Rays took a lead in the first inning. But on a team graced by good defenders at shortstop, second base, center field and right field, his style works well.
That’s not indicative of what Price, Wright, or even Drew Pomeranz (2-1 with a 2.40 ERA in August) have given the Red Sox in the starting rotation more than it is statement of a bullpen ripe for implosion, if not manager John Farrell’s clumsy inability to manage the arms within it. This season, however, Pedroia is not playing with any known aliments or restrictions, and as a result is playing with a conviction that celebrates his health (although he’s really got to stop with the headfirst slides into first). He also joined Ted Williams (1939) and Tony Conigliaro (1965) as the only Red Sox players to hit 30 homers in a season before turning 24.
NOTES: Pedroia returned to the Boston lineup after missing two games to attend a family funeral.
The Rays’ offense climbed back and tied the game with a pair of runs on a Logan Forsythe single in the top of the eighth but Erasmo Ramirez allowed the Red Sox to push across a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
The Rays have won all of 56 games this season and needed to come from behind for 27 of them.
Blue Jays 5, Orioles 1: Josh Donaldson hit his fourth homer in two days and Jose Bautista also went deep in support of Marco Estrada to lead Toronto.
Brad Miller is 1-for-4 with 1 home run, 1 RBI, 2 walks and 1 strikeout.
Elsewhere, the Cleveland Indians edged the Minnesota Twins 1-0, the Texas Rangers were too good for the Seattle Mariners 6-3, the Washington Nationals blanked the Philadelphia Phillies 4-0, the Colorado Rockies dismantled the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-1 and the Houston Astros cruised past the Oakland Athletics 6-0.
Bobby Wilson is 1-for-3 with 1 strikeout.
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Young lined his two-run double past third baseman Longoria, moving the Red Sox ahead 4-2.
