Xander Bogaerts blasted a three-run homer over the Green Monster in the second inning to put Boston ahead 6-3. The ball fell between Gomez and Springer, and Rutledge, running on contact with two outs, scored without a throw to tie the score 9-9. He hit his 513th homer earlier to extend Boston’s streak of consecutive games with a home run to 15.
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Hanley Ramirez was on deck when Ortiz delivered the winning hit and rushed out to celebrate.
The victory pushes the Sox to 10 games over.
– Rutledge made a key error with two outs in the six innings, throwing high to first baseman Travis Shaw on a routine ground ball.
“Anytime you can go to your bench and step in, and we don’t seemingly skip a beat, I think it says a lot about the depth of a roster”, Farrell said. Devenski lasted just two innings, giving up six runs.
The Red Sox won both games O’Sullivan started during the homestand.
Boston designated O’Sullivan after the game. But without the sun, who knows what would’ve happened?
George Springer hit his second career grand slam and Carlos Correa also socked a solo home run for Houston (15-23). That mark also is tied with Houston’s Colby Rasmus for the most among AL outfielders. His plan is to go with a four-man rotation until they open a series in Baltimore on May 24.
“We got beat”, manager A.J. Hinch said. “Those of us pitching in these positions don’t care much about picking up wins, it’s all about the team”, Uehara said.
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Max Scherzer is doused by catcher Wilson Ramos after the Nationals defeated the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game at Nationals Park, Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Washington. The injury wasn’t discovered until weeks later when Peavy had an MRI following his forgettable postseason (eight hits and eight earned runs in 4 1/3 innings).
Rookie Mike Wright (2-3) gave up two runs and three hits over seven innings.
From there, it was just two innings of blissfully competent relief from Junichi Tazawa and Craig Kimbrel standing between the Red Sox, and a messy win.
The Astros returned the favor, gift-wrapping two runs for Boston in the bottom of the seventh.
Correa homered in the fourth to bring the Astros within two, but Hanigan drove in two more with a single to make it a four-run game.
The Red Sox scored two runs in the first. Houston 2B Jose Altuve has hit safely in six straight games, highlighted by his 7-for-11 performance in this series.3. The Braves (9-26) avoided matching the worst 35-game start in franchise history – 8-27, set by the 1911 Boston Braves. “You’ve got to finish games”.
Red Sox left fielder Brock Holts was ejected by home plate umpire Joe West after getting called out on strikes.
Ortiz is retiring at the end of this season, but he is definitely retiring on a good note.
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Later, Big Papi kept the game alive for the home team with a game-tying triple (yes triple) in the bottom of the ninth.
