Betts hit three home runs and drove in a career-best eight runs, joining Hall of Famer Ted Williams as the only Red Sox players in over 100 years with a pair of three-homer games in a season, to power the Red Sox over the Arizona Diamondbacks, 16-2, on Sunday in Boston.
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Indeed, Betts had one hit in his previous eight at-bats after missing Thursday night’s game because of tightness in his right calf, likely a byproduct of having fluid drained from his right knee two weeks earlier.
All three of Betts’ homers cleared the Green Monster in left field. Through five innings of Sunday afternoon’s contest against the Diamondbacks, he is 4-for-4 with a two-run home run and three two-run homers, as well as a single.
Mookie Betts is making a habit out of hitting three home runs in a game.
The Sox took a 9-0 lead after two and extended it to 16-1 with a run in the fourth and a six-run fifth, in which Betts hit his third homer off a 1-0 fastball from Adam Loewen.
Dustin Pedroia had five hits and Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run homer for Boston. “I don’t know that exactly, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the similar comments [to those on Porcello] come out [about] David”, Farrell said prior to Sunday’s game.
The Red Sox notched their season high in runs scored, an offensive outburst that came at an appropriate time.
RAYS 12, YANKEES 3 Corey Dickerson hit a three-run home run off Luis Severino, Evan Longoria added a three-run double against Luis Cessa to cap a six-run fourth inning and put visiting Tampa Bay past NY. He pitched seven innings, giving up a run on three hits with four strikeouts.
The flight to Cleveland will likely be a happy one with the Red Sox reminiscing about its 19 hits. He added an RBI single in the eighth for the Diamondbacks’ only runs. He gave up 10 hits to the 15 Red Sox batters he faced.
Nationals 9, Braves 1: Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start, and Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer for Washington.
Betts has homered in each of the first two innings three times this season.
“It makes you feel pretty good”, Betts said. Also, the club announced that they have optioned left-hander Roenis Elias to the club’s Triple-A affiliate at Pawtucket and have placed first baseman Hanley Ramirez on the team’s bereavement list, which means he will miss at least three games.
Wright is 13-5 with a 3.01 ERA.
“They told me try and swing for it”, Betts said.
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With one out, Betts worked another 2-0 count and this time belted a slider, just clearing the Monster for a three-run blast and a 7-0 lead.
