The Red Sox offense attacked early on the second inning with Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts hitting back-to-back doubles to give the Red Sox a 2-0 lead. It’s the first time they’ve been six games under. “Enough’s enough”, he said. A-Rod was bullish after the game Wednesday about both his own future and his team’s, “We got to keep perspective, the team’s playing with a lot of effort and running into a little tough luck….” “Track record tells you it’s going to turn around”, Girardi said.
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Alex Rodriguez moved into 20th place in the all-time hits list with a solo homer for the Yankees, who lost for the 11th time in 15 games.
In his last four starts throwing to Christian Vazquez, Porcello has allowed only 17 hits and six earned runs over 26⅔ innings while striking out 29. “We’ve had kind of a frustrating two weeks”.
I’ve been watching all evening, though I just got home in time to see David Ortiz hit his second home run of the series, this one of Johnny Barbato. They went hitless after the sixth inning.
Rodriguez drove in two more runs in the fifth and then scored to make it 6-4 on Mark Teixeira’s single.
“Hey, like I said, those games between us and the Yankees, everybody’s on their toes”, he said. He doesn’t have a clean image, but he does have a clear understanding of how to give back and how to make people feel good.
“But while the game is going on, I’m not thinking about it, to be honest with you“. The 23-year-old lefty will be making just his second start of the season, and will be looking to rebound from a rough first outing, in which he lasted only 3 1/3 innings and labored for 86 pitches.
Pineda (1-3, 6.33 ERA) kept Boston in the ballpark, but he had two other problems.
The pitching has not been flawless, as Saturday’s 8-0 defeat at the hands of the surging Boston Red Sox would indicate.
Washington Nationals’ Jayson Werth, right, is congratulated by third base coach Bob Henley after hitting a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday, April 30, 2016, … Ortiz recounted the Moss family’s story to Rodriguez, and the Yankees designated hitter greeted David before his first at-bat of the game in the top of the second inning. Things only got really hairy for him once, when, on a single from Chase Headley in the fifth, Didi Gregorius made an aggressive attempt at third. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, Boston is favored at home today, as the Red Sox are getting odds of -125 to win, while the Yankees are getting a money line of +115 to win.
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The Red Sox had to nervously wait out a replay to confirm that the go-ahead run had scored; David Ortiz barely crossed the plate before Ramirez was tagged out attempting to advance to third base for the third out.
