Boston took a 2-0 lead in the first on a two-run first-inning double by Ramirez.
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Clutch: Rajai Davis hit a two-out, two-run home run to tie the game, 2-2, in the fifth inning. David Ortiz homered while Xander Bogaerts and Rusney Castillo each had three hits in Boston’s second win in 11 road games. Brock Holt then singled in Bradley, bringing the Red Sox lead to five.
The slugger also has his defense to offer, having a great glove, and a good stretch at first bas, according to Mass Live.
Kelly, who had won just once in his last six starts, didn’t mind being a pest as Boston defeated the Tigers for the third time in four meetings. That sort of personality – a willingness to embrace a demanding baseball environment and thrive there – merits consideration for the Red Sox given the poor returns on a number of their largest deals in recent years.
Johnson, 30, was one of the Braves’ most surprising players after being acquired from Arizona in 2013, hitting a career-best.
Ortiz’s. 823 OPS is his worst mark in 13 seasons with the Red Sox (49-62) while the Tigers have dropped all five home outings by Verlander (1-4, 5.05 ERA), who is 0-3 with a 7.76 ERA in them.
They rejected plea deals that would have meant five years in prison for Fryar and three for McGhee. He batted just.228/.311/.377 with 113 runs scored, 32 home runs and 113 RBIs in 272 games with Cleveland.
“He was a core member of that team on the field, in the clubhouse, the unity in which that team was so strong”, Boston manager John Farrell said.
Considering it is only early August, Ortiz will likely earn himself even more money for next season as the Red Sox play out the rest of the 2015 schedule.
“Big Papi” may like his chances of continuing his surge since he is hitting.
WASHINGTON – Drew Storen allowed Carlos Gonzalez’s eighth-inning grand slam, and Washington blew a four-run lead in the loss to Colorado. The Detroit Tigers have split their last 10 home games.
“Going into this game I thought my last few starts I was overthrowing so going into this one I told myself to take it a couple of gears down and try to make my pitches”, Greene said. “That’s when location becomes much more important”. Detroit was unable to get him in until designated hitter Victor Martinez lined a two-out single to center.
The Tigers bounced back one game after a dugout scrap between shortstop Jose Iglesias and catcher James McCann was caught on camera. Simon gave up back-to-back singles to Alejando De Aza and Nick Swihart with no outs.
Verlander allowed four hits, walked three and struck out seven while giving up a pair of unearned runs in six innings before being replaced by Tom Gorzelanny.
Owens may want to be careful with Iglesias, a. 370 hitter versus southpaws.
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Bradley also got an RBI for drawing bases loaded walk off Verlander in the second inning, when the Red Sox scored twice without hitting the ball out of the infield thanks in part to a two-out error by Tigers second basemen Ian Kinsler.
