He went seven innings in that game and only gave up one run on three base hits. The team’s postseason stint was short-lived, as they dropped the Wild Card play-in game to the Kansas City Royals, and Pomeranz was left still without any postseason experience.
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“Peavy’s always going to be remembered here and welcomed to Boston”, Ortiz said.
The Red Sox made Price the highest paid pitcher in baseball with a $217 million contract which includes $30 million for this season, or slightly less than one-sixth the Red Sox total payroll. He received a standing ovation from the Fenway faithful while throwing his second-inning warm-up pitches.
“It’s amusing how this one played out”, Peavy said.
“David is as big-time a player as anybody I’ve ever played with”, Peavy said. “Tonight was different because you’re in compete mode and you’re trying to find a way to win”.
In fact, he enjoyed his time with the Red Sox so much that he bought the duck boat he and his teammates rode during the team’s championship celebration in 2013. So Dombrowski, who was hired by Red Sox owners to bring the team back into contention immediately, flipped him for a big left-hander who has finally settled in as a big-league starting pitcher at the age of 27.
“I don’t want to be portrayed as a bad person by any means”, Kopech told The Boston Globe in a June interview.
Red Sox 5, Giants 1 – David Ortiz homers into McCovey Cove, and Lincecum leaves after three innings and 79 pitches. It was the 40-year-old slugger’s 994th extra-base hit with the Red Sox.
But Brock Holt hit a solo shot in the third.
I predict the Red Sox add one more starting pitcher before the deadline is through. Fenway is well known for its short fences and Pomeranz is a flyball pitcher; however, Pomeranz has a better earned run average on the road (2.32) compared to Petco Park (2.64).
“We just need somebody to get a big hit and inject some life into this offense”, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said.
The Giants’ best chance against Rick Porcello came in the first inning, after Denard Span and Angel Pagan hit singles to start the game.
The Giants have not won a game at Fenway in four tries since moving to San Francisco in 1958. San Francisco was swept by Boston in a three-game series at Fenway from June 15-17, 2007.
Porcello (12-2) scattered four hits over 6 1-3 innings, striking out three and walking two while improving to 9-0 at home.
The first two batters reached on singles. Tommy Layne, the fourth reliever to follow Porcello, entered and sealed Boston’s victory. – John Farrell on why Uehara was in the game in a non-save situation. “Had to get him out of the ballgame”.
Peavy breezed through Boston’s first eight batters until Holt unloaded on a 3-2 fastball for a homer to center in the third. He didn’t miss the next time, launching a pitch from Jake Peavy into the right field seats for a three-run homer.
NOTES: San Francisco signed RHP Kyle Drabek to a minor league contract. “We look flat right now”.
Pence, however, won’t be a factor, as he was held out of a rehab game with Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday for precautionary reasons. Over the last 105 innings, he has an impressive 2.06 ERA including his Red Sox stint.
“I noticed that yesterday – went out to dinner and I saw a decent amount of Giants gear, so it’s kind of similar to when the Red Sox played at our place”, Posey said.
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The Red Sox are already without Junichi Tazawa (right shoulder impingement), but he threw all of his pitchers in Tuesday’s simulated game and is likely to return Friday.
