Since the shellacking they received on July 2nd by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Red Sox are now 11-2, including sweeps of the Tampa Bay Rays and the San Francisco Giants.
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It doesn’t work for him that way.
The Giants allowed five homers and hit two in a 11-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday, with Hanley Ramirez turning three horsehide spheres into Yawkey Way souvenirs.
By his own admission, Wright had been guilty of throwing too many fastballs – and throwing them in predictable counts – over the last few weeks. “You’ve got three already”‘.
The Minnesota Twins and Boston Red Sox play game two of their series early Friday night.
After legging out an infield hit, Pedroia hit two singles and two doubles, and he also scored three runs. Manager John Farrell said Swihart started feeling the soreness as he increased the intensity of his workouts. “He’ll be back out there in five days”.
Boston opened an 8-0 lead and held on to win for the eighth time in nine games and move a half-game ahead of the Baltimore Orioles, who lost 5-0 to the Yankees.
And Ramirez was the biggest reason why.
Betts hit the first pitch Duffey threw out to left, then led off the third with a single as Boston added three more runs and led 6-0.
“You see the red seat where Ted Williams hit the ball (for his final home run), and you know the Babe played here”, Williamson said. He hit two-run shots in the second, third and sixth inning. Aaron Hill pinch-hit for Ramirez in the eighth and popped out.
Gibson surrendered five runs on seven hits and a walk with a pair of punch outs in a 5 2/3-inning loss against Boston on June 11.
It was a 92 miles per hour fastball to leadoff batter Mookie Betts, who blasted the pitch 383 feet for a solo home run and the first of 13 runs the Red Sox would score in a blowout win.
Barnes added a scoreless seventh, getting Brandon Belt on a check-swing strikeout with two on to end it, and a flawless eighth.
Matt Cain only lasted into the third inning and the Giants almost erased an 8-0 deficit before Ramirez s third two-run blast of the night virtually ensured that Bruce Bochy s team would leave Fenway Park still looking for their first victory here in 101 years.
Trevor Brown had three hits for the Giants.
No Twins starter had been chased this quickly since the New York Yankees pinned seven earned runs on left-hander Pat Dean in just 2ƒ innings on June 17 at Target Field.
Twins hitters could join Duffey in the postgame therapy session, for they flailed and flailed away at Steven Wright’s knuckleball.
Minnesota Twins great Rod Carew throws out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins at Fenway Park, Thursday, July 21, 2016, in Boston.
Every win recently seems to provide another standout offensive performance by a member of the Boston Red Sox. 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.
The visitors managed to out-shout the home fans often, including in the fourth inning, when San Francisco scored five runs, and the fifth, when they added two more to make it an 8-7 game.
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The nonwaiver trade deadline is rapidly approaching, and things might start to get interesting as the Twins look to deal players. The Giants challenged the out call on Brandon Belt at the plate, but the call stood upon further review.
