Ziegler wore No. 29 after the Red Sox acquired the 36-year-old from Arizona for a pair of minor leaguers.
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The Rays, like most of the month, didn’t have enough going on Saturday.
Porcello continued a top of the first trend for the Red Sox pitching staff by surrendering a home run to second batter Brad Miller.
If there is anything that the worst streak in the history of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise has shown us, it’s that they know how to fall behind.
Newly minted All-Star Craig Kimbrel will not be available to pitch in the Midsummer Classic, or at all for the next 3-6 weeks, as the Boston Red Sox closer will have surgery on Monday. That will play well in Boston, as the home run has been a problem for Uehara and other Boston relievers this season.
The most active team thus far in the trading season has been the Boston Red Sox.
After being acquired from Detroit in a trade during the offseason before 2015, the 27-year-old took a while to start feeling relaxed in Fenway.
“I think that’s the one thing Dave has proven over the course of his career, the proactive-ness or recognizing what our current needs are and being able to anticipate what we’ll need when we go forward”, Farrell said before Boston’s game against the Rays. “The first time that he had been away from the Tigers after six full years in the big leagues there”.
Hanley Ramirez also limped his way through an eighth inning at-bat after fouling a ball off his left leg. He left the game with a left shin bruise and will get an MRI on Friday.
After allowing 12 hits and six runs in Tuesday’s start against the Yankees, Rodon slipped while going up the dugout stairs Friday and sprained his left wrist, necessitating a trip to the 15-day disabled list.
Koji Uehara worked the ninth for his fourth save, second in two days.
Bogaerts quickly atoned for his error in the next half inning by launching a two-run shot over the Green Monster after Pedroia walked to lead off for his tenth bomb of the year. “It’s just something that has to happen. But I wouldn’t get into individual cases”, Dombrowski said. Bogaerts smacked a solo homer on Saturday. Matt Barnes came out for the 8th and had himself a nice 1-2-3 inning. “He’s doing an outstanding job of limited the overall baserunners”. He was hurt during BP before Friday’s win over Tampa Bay. Ortiz’s homer – the 524th of his career – tied him with Jimmie Foxx for seventh-most in American League history. He has not pitched since Sunday is not likely to pitch before the All-Star break, although the team has not made a decision on a DL stint for him yet.
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The move was announced after Craig Kimbrel was unavailable due to knee soreness and former closer Koji Uehara recorded the save in Boston’s 5-4 win over the Rays.
