Now he’s content to check it off the list and leave town.
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Big Papi’s double was one of 13 hits for the Red Sox, who became the third team this century to reach double figures in hits 30 times in their first 46 games of the season.
Jackie Bradley Jr. had a pair of hits in extending his hitting streak to 28 games – half the number Joe DiMaggio had in his Major League Baseball record 56-game run in 1941 – to help host Boston beat Colorado 8-3 on Tuesday night. Veteran infielder Mark Reynolds has the most experience against the right-hander, going 5-for-15 against him with a double and two home runs.
“Still believe in myself”, he said. “I need to be better there executing those pitches with two outs”.
(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson). Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jon Gray throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, May 19, 2016, in St. Louis. He then came around to score on David Ortiz’s two-run homer into the bullpen.
“These kids, they work extremely hard”.
“I’m having so much fun watching it”, said Ortiz, who had two hits and four RBIs. Right now lead the league gets it again leads the league average mean it would have been better forgot the last sort of hope that that yeah he got – I guess what they – and caught it I was like there’s no chance I wasn’t even anxious about it but it – throws pretty – over there and I was right after you’re charged – an – makes a spectacular play – on me it was it was – he’s one of the best of – it – that we have – the field means. I didn’t have any feel for the zone. Clay Buchholz (2-4, 5.92) will pitch for Boston.
In his most recent outing, Wright pitched 8.0 innings, allowing three runs, striking out six and walking one in a 3-2 loss to the Royals. “The bond (between us) was there from the get-go”, Clemens said. “If I don’t get nine innings, I’m a little disappointed, because I want to be able to go out there and pitch as many innings as I can”.
Prior to the game, the Red Sox honored about 30 members for the 30th anniversary of the 1986 American League Championship team, which came within one strike of winning the Word Series that year.
“Their offense got going and it was tough to stop”, manager Walt Weiss said.
“I’m just trying to battle, you know?” The Red Sox are reporting that Pedroia was removed for precautionary reasons.
The inning resumed and Dustin Garneau flied out to center field to end the inning for real.
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Rockies: Colorado reinstated RHP Jason Motte from the 15-day disabled list (right shoulder strain) and placed left-handed pitcher Boone Logan on the 15-day disabled list with left shoulder inflammation, retroactive to May 18. RHP Jordan Lyles, who hit Pittsburgh RHP Ryan Vogelsong in the face with a pitch Monday, was sent to Triple-A to make room for the return of LHP Jorge De La Cruz from the disabled list.
