Aaron Hill picked the flawless time to end a hitless drought.Mired in an 0-for-20 slump, the veteran infielder singled home the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox rebounded after squandering a two-run lead to pull out an 8-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in the rubber game of a three-game series on Wednesday.Jackie Bradley, who hit his 22nd home run, provided insurance with an RBI double.Hanley Ramirez, who hit a grand slam to wipe out a 4-1 deficit in the fifth inning, walked against Erasmo Ramirez (7-10) and took second on a sacrifice by Sandy Leon.
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As ecstatic as it is to know Shaw pretty much saved the Red Sox from a huge void, we can not ignore the weak ending to this season.
This time followed by a save from the Boston bats.
“Really impressed with the offense that they came right back and got two quick runs to tie it back up”, Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Red Sox: RHP Steven Wright (13-6, 3.18) will make his first career start against the Rays.
– Jarrod Saltalamacchia helped the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox, 4-3, by smashing his fourth-career go-ahead home run in the eighth inning or later (second time this season). The Sox scored again in the inning when Brock Holt hit an RBI single to score Yound.
“It was fair to say that the first inning or two. he was trying to establish a release point after some down time”, manager John Farrell said before Tuesday night’s game.
Hanigan, who has played three rehab games, is scheduled to DH for Lowell on Tuesday then join the Red Sox for the West Coast trip. The Red Sox never really meant to move forward with him as the starting third baseman.
Since moving to the leadoff spot August 10, Pedroia’s hit.458 (33 for 72).
Hill lined a single to the opposite field for an RBI single and a 7-6 lead.
Luke Maile of the Rays hit a two-run homer with two outs in the seventh.
Down 4-1 in the fifth, the Sox loaded the bases for Ramirez, who crushed a grand slam off a high-and-tight fastball from Drew Smyly for his 19th homer of the season.
Odorizzi got the first out in the fifth before Ramirez hit a fly ball down the right-field line that squeezed around the fabled Pesky Pole for his 18th homer of the season.
The Red Sox will promote Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada from Double-A Portland before Friday’s game at Oakland.
WHO IS THE MVP FOR THE RED SOX?: The contributions from other members of the Red Sox bolstered the team’s bid for the postseason, but they could hurt Betts’s chances at winning the MVP. “That’s why he’s such a special player”, Cash said.
It was easy peasy for number one womens’ seed Serena Williams in her first round match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament yesterday.
Craig Kimbrel closed for his 24th save. “I could have took a few quick outs in places to get a couple more innings out there”.
“Given where things are shaping up, a series win here is a big one”, Farrell said. In two starts since his return, he has permitted nine earned runs on 14 hits, including four homers, in 10 innings. Groome started twice in the GCL, allowing one run on three hits over four innings and struck out eight without a walk.
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“It is disappointing”, Pomeranz said of the loss. And while he seems to be on the outside looking in on the AL MVP debate, he’s most certainly in the conversation for Red Sox MVP.
