The Red Sox rode Ramirez to a turbulent 11-7 interleague victory against the San Francisco Giants, completing the two-game sweep over the NL West leaders and taking over first place in the AL East from the Baltimore Orioles with their earning their eighth win in nine games.
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Ramirez opened the scoring in the second inning, belting a 3-2 pitch from Matt Cain over the wall in right-center field following a leadoff walk to David Ortiz – a shot that measured at 396 feet.
Giants starter Matt Cain (1-6) gave up three homers and five runs in 2 1/3 innings.
Hanley Ramirez hit three home runs in this game.
“A great night for Hanley, both offensively and defensively”, Red Sox manager John Farrell said of Ramirez, who also flashed the leather and made some impressive plays in the field.
Dodgers (53-43) at Nationals (57-38), 12:05 p.m. ET: Looking to become the first pitcher to start the season 14-0 since Roger Clemens in 1986, Nats ace Stephen Strasburg (13-0, 2.51 ERA) toes the rubber against Dodgers rookie spot starter Julio Urias (1-2, 4.95 ERA), who gave up two runs over five innings against Washington on June 22.
Ramirez didn’t have a three-homer game to his credit until Wednesday night. Josh Osich was next to come in, and Sandy Leon took him deep for the seventh home run of the game. Let this be a lesson to any pitcher considering running one inside on Ramirez, it won’t end well for you.
Giants: Hunter Pence (surgery on right hamstring) isn’t ready to resume rehab with Triple-A Sacramento. The win also snaps the Lake Monsters’ three-game losing skid as they get a day off today before returning home to Centennial Field to face the Hudson Valley Renegades on Thursday. “I was going along pretty good through the first three (innings)”. Barnes was the star of a beat-up bullpen that is now missing Koji Uehara, Junichi Tazawa, and Craig Kimbrel.
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Bartolo Colon (8-4, 3.11) and the Mets close out a three-game series with the Cubs. He no longer has the luxury of pitching in the safety of Petco Park, but he will have the powerful Red Sox offense to save his bacon on off days like this one. It was boosted by many in Giants orange, matching the 1978-82 throwback jerseys worn by the team; Boston wore the tops from its 1975 World Series team. He dove to his right to stop a line drive in the first inning, and made a play to his right on a hard grounder from Grant Green.
