It was Big Papi’s 504th career homer, tying him with former Indian Eddie Murray for 26th on baseball’s all-time home run list.
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Cold weather and a colder Tribe offense was more than fitting for what was the coldest Opening Day in Indians history Tuesday. For the new Boston southpaw, Progressive Field continues to be a priceless commodity, improving to an unbeaten 5-0 and a 2.27 ERA in seven starts at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario in his career. But the Indians did not make the wait worth it in a 6-2 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
In the top of the 7th the Sox had the bases loaded with one out, but were unable to bring anyone to the plate. No matter what amount of experience a starter has, they will eventually run into some trouble, but finding a way out of the trouble can be the make or break factor in a game. Replay umpires in NY ruled that Bautista did indeed slide inside the bag to illegally hinder Forsythe. The 40-year-old slugger went 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI’s and was intentionally walked once. He got what the game needs right now, you know what I’m saying? Holt wasted no time driving in his first run of the year with his second single of the game. He pulled of the defensive play of the game. Napoli wearing down a pitcher and Santana either doing the same or knocking runners home with a moonshot should be a common sight over the next 161 games.
Correa also homered off Masahiro Tanaka and drove in two runs. Six of his 10 strikeouts were swinging. If this team is on a mission, it’s not simply to go from worst-to-first, or to win another World Series.
PIRATES 6, CARDINALS 5 (11) Jordy Mercer singled home Gregory Polanco from second base with one out in the 11th inning to lift host Pittsburgh to a victory over St. Louis.
When Bauer entered the Indians’ season opener in the ninth inning as a member of the bullpen, it didn’t quite seem like the promising fireballer was in a rhythm out of the pen.
Cueto (1-0) was the centerpiece of the Giants’ offseason rotation overhaul when he signed a $130 million, six-year deal after winning a championship with Kansas City.
Communication Director Curtis Danburg adds, “The last thing we wanted to have happen, is what happened yesterday, with all that build up and excitement for opening day, to disappoint the fans”. “You’ve just got to be able to step back and take a deep breath and focus on that next pitch”.
Ortiz has hit five career Opening Day homers, most among active players, according to ESPN Stats & Information, three shy of the all-time mark set by Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey Jr., and Frank Robinson. The revamped Boston pen came in and shut the Indians down, with Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara and Craig Kimbrel taking care of the seventh, eighth and ninth innings.
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Major League Baseball’s season has always been referred to as being a marathon, but it is first and foremost an arms race.
