And I’m a better baseball player than I’ve shown on the offensive side this year. Not so much when it happens to a stadium. The Sox lost both Games 1 and 2 against LA last week.
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Pujols also pulled even with Mike Trout for the AL lead with 27 homers.
The Boston Red Sox will play a doubleheader against the Los Angeles Angels starting at 5 p.m. Monday after their Sunday night baseball game was postponed due to rain. The loss was charged to Rick Porcello, who gave up three runs (two earned) on four hits in five innings of work.
Angels lefty C.J. Wilson scattered five hits and three walks over eight innings while striking out four. Game 1 is slated for 2:05 p.m. PDT with Hector Santiago on the mound for the Halos and Eduardo Rodriguez taking the hill for the Bosox. It came on the left-hander’s first pitch of the inning and 85th of the game. Iannetta singled to left, Aybar scored, Cron to second.
The All-Star Game MVP has always been a good low-ball hitter. Nava has been on the disabled list since May 26 because of a strained left thumb…. Miami filled Gordon’s roster spot by activating former All-Star Martin Prado from the DL.
“Just looking at the outfield, it looks pretty bad”, Boston’s Dustin Pedroia said. Then, as second baseman Johnny Giavotella stood at the plate, Porcello threw a wild pitch that brought Freese home.
Hinch said. “We pitched out of a few jams today”. “At this rate”, he said, “in 40 years when you order pizza from Domino’s, they’ll just deliver it straight to the nearest dumpster – as they should, but that’s not the point here”. “Hopefully, they’ll [fix the lights] by tomorrow so there is no more issue”. 500 since June 11. As tough as it is to watch young guys like Rodriguez struggle, it’s going to make him better in the long run and it’s time to play for the future. He began what would be a 16-game hit-streak next game. The only victory in that role came in his first career outing against the Angels on May 23. For Twins slugger Brian Dozier, it was his 20th of the season.
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Rodriguez has a 3.59 ERA in nine starts in the majors this season, but he’s already thrown a combined 101 innings between the minors and majors. The newcomers to the lineup in Hanley Ramirez and Pablo Sandoval have done a fair job at providing the offense with some production, but the other big names like David Ortiz and Mike Napoli are showing their age. He also walked three batters.
