Hanley Ramirez is 0-for-3.
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“I don’t hit homers when I try to hit homers, ” he told reporters. “Like I said at the beginning of the year, they know that I’m working hard every day and giving everything I’ve got on the field”. Ramirez walked up the first base line slowly saying to Suarez what appeared to be, “I’ll get you back”.
Wednesday was a trying night for Boston Red Sox and San Francisco Giants pitchers at Fenway Park – well, except for Matt Barnes. With the crowd chanting Ramirez’s name for his final at-bat in the eighth, he grounded out weakly to the pitcher.
Hanley Ramirez hit three home runs in this game. “And, unfortunately, it was an early night for him”. “He’ll be back out there in five days”. Boston is on top, Baltimore drops a half-game behind and the New York Yankees are two games over.500 for the first time since April.
And Ramirez was the biggest reason why. Mac Williamson hit a three-run homer, and the San Francisco right fielder also went over the bullpen wall in pursuit of one of Ramirez’s homers.
Williamson said all the right things, but the competitor in him surely wanted that chance. This notched his first ever three home run game. After his extraordinary escape act, Barnes turned in two more scoreless innings of work, taking an out-of-control game and finally settling it down. Two innings later with a runner on, he sent a fastball into the right-field bleachers. Gyorko, dealt by the Padres in the offseason for outfielder Jon Jay, is 13 for 21 against his old team with six homers and 10 RBIs.
With Wednesday’s offensive barrage, Ramirez is now batting.285/.362/.451 with 11 home runs and 54 RBI in 370 plate appearances.
Starter Carlos Martinez (9-6) was dominant after a shaky first inning and a nosebleed in the second, and the hosts took the opener. Gyorko, Matt Holliday and Yadier Molina homered off Colin Rea (5-4). He now has a 2.83 ERA with 119 strikeouts and 43 walks in 105 innings. A third inning shot traveled more than 400 feet to center. Carlos Carrasco only allowed one hit in six shutout innings to improve to 7-3.
In Philadelphia, Jeremy Hellickson struck out eight in eight innings, Tyler Goeddel hit a two-run homer and the Phillies beat Miami. Mike Napoli went deep for the second straight day.
Rizzo also hit a two-run homer Monday in a victory as the Cubs rebounded from a four-game sweep in NY this month.
The first four homers were off Ian Kennedy (6-8), whose freakish line included eight strikeouts and only one walk.
In Phoenix, Toronto’s Josh Donaldson and Edwin Encarnacion each belted two-run homers.
With no outs and no men on, it was then time for Pomeranz to shake off the home run and handle the next batter, Grant Green. That was the first scoring since Minnesota’s Joe Mauer and Detroit’s Ian Kinsler homered in the first inning.
“I had a lot of positives”, said Cain, who pitched for San Francisco for the first time since June 13.
Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario homered off Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth, lifting Minnesota to a 4-1 win over the Tigers.
The Giants are 0-5 since the All-Star break after losing this two-game interleague series. “I thought he threw a very good curveball, particularly in the second and third innings”, said Farrell. Drew gave up a 3 run homer to Williamson and then a 2 run homer to Brown to now have the Sox lead to only 3.
Xander Bogaerts is 3-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBIs.
Carlos Torres (2-1) won in relief of Chase Anderson, who struggled once again but was bailed out by an offense that took it to Locke (8-6).
Ben Revere, Jayson Werth and Anthony Rendon also hit home runs and Trea Turner had an RBI triple and stole home for Washington. The left-hander allowed five runs in the third before getting pulled as the Giants cut the lead to 8-7.
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Doug Fister pitched seven innings and Jose Altuve continued his torrid hitting to help Houston beat Oakland. His night was done after three-plus innings and 80 pitches (48 strikes). The A’s failed to advance a runner past second base against Fister. Ramirez went 3 for 4 tonight with three home runs. He has 2,994 career hits in the major leagues. Evan Longoria kept up his hot hitting with two doubles as the Rays took two of three at Coors Field.
