BOSTON — The Red Sox were riding high going into the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. The club had just turned in a three-run fifth inning to pull ahead of the defending World Series champs, and starter Eduardo Rodriguez, though shaky through the first couple innings, had been getting the Royals to put some weak contact on the ball to hold them at bay from the third on. And then he walked Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer to start the sixth inning. While leadoff walks generally are a bad sign, this one set off a chain reaction. Rodriguez gave up a ground-rule double to designated hitter Kendrys Morales before walking
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Red Sox Wrap: Mookie Betts’ Heroics Lead Boston To Another Wild Win
Share this: Another night, another dramatic, come-from-behind win for the Boston Red Sox. Monday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners was all about pitching through the first six innings, but both offenses picked up the slack from there. Aaron Hill tied the game with a solo home run in the eighth, and Mookie Betts lifted Boston to a 2-1 win with a solo shot of his own in the top of the ninth. Here’s how it all went down at Safeco Field. GAME IN A WORDEfficient. There wasn’t a lot of offense in this one, but that’s OK. The pitching on both sides was superb, and the game ended in under three hours. IT WAS OVER WHEN …Mookie Betts did Mookie Betts things. Betts put the Red
Red Sox Notes: Drew Pomeranz’s First Three Starts With Boston A ‘Mixed Bag’
Share this: Drew Pomeranz’s first three starts in a Boston Red Sox uniform couldn’t have been more different. In his Boston debut, Pomeranz pitched well for three innings, but it all came apart for him in the fourth. Start No. 2 went much better, as he allowed only two runs in six innings. The third? Well, as Red Sox manager John Farrell said, it was somewhere “in between” the other two. Pomeranz allowed five earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks in 5 1/3 innings in Boston’s 5-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. “Overall, he probably wasn’t as sharp as he was last time out,” Farrell said on NESN’s “Red Sox Extra Innings. “And when they created some damage against
Red Sox Notes: Boston’s Struggles In Close Games A Cause For Concern
Share this: BOSTON — The mark of any good baseball team is its ability to win all different types of games, from close contests to blowouts. The Red Sox have done just fine this season in the latter category. The former? Not as much. Boston lost another close one to the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park on Tuesday, rallying on two separate occasions before falling to a 9-8 loss. After this defeat and the team’s 4-2 loss to the Tigers on Monday, the Red Sox’s last five losses have been by two runs or fewer. “We play the game and the situation that’s in front of us,” manager John Farrell said after the game. “Sometimes it doesn’t work in our favor. Sometimes you find yourself in a
Red Sox Wrap: Boston’s Comebacks Go For Naught In 9-8 Loss To Tigers
Share this: BOSTON — The Red Sox have had trouble getting their hitting and pitching on the same page lately. On the heels of Monday night’s 4-2 loss, the Red Sox’s offense came up big Tuesday at Fenway Park with eight runs on eight hits. But that still wasn’t enough, as the Detroit Tigers roughed up starter Steven Wright for eight runs and squeaked an extra run off Boston’s bullpen to hand the Sox a 9-8 defeat. Boston has lost four of its last five games, and all of those losses have been by two runs or fewer. Here’s how this one went down. GAME IN A WORDSlugfest. The Red Sox came back from four-run and three-run deficits, amassed eight hits and two homers — and still
David Ortiz Wore 2013 Boston Marathon Medal During Red Sox-Twins Game
by Zack Cox on Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:55AM 2,493 Share this: David Ortiz’s wardrobe for Sunday’s Boston Red Sox-Minnesota Twins game at Fenway Park included a unique accessory. Ortiz, who did not play in the game, was spotted in the dugout wearing a 2013 Boston Marathon medal. ‘‘A friend of mine that ran the marathon gave it to me,’’ the Red Sox designated hitter told reporters, via The Associated Press. ‘‘I wear my jewelry on different days. I just put it on.’’ Ortiz was a major figure in Boston in the days following the 2013 marathon bombing, delivering his immediately iconic “This is our (expletive) city” speech before the first Red Sox home following the attack. With Ortiz sitting out Sunday’s game, Hanley Ramirez filled in as Boston’s
Red Sox Wrap: All-Around Rough Pitching Gives Boston 11-9 Loss To Twins
Share this: BOSTON — Saturday’s Red Sox game against the Minnesota Twins certainly didn’t unfold the way anyone expected it to. After high winds made for a bad start for both teams, the Red Sox seemed to have plenty of cushion with an 8-5 lead going into the seventh inning. However, some bad relief performances put the Twins ahead 10-8, and they never let go of the lead en route to an 11-9 win over Boston. Here’s how it all went down. GAME IN A WORDLong. Besides the actual time of game, this contest really felt like two games in one. The score was 6-4 Red Sox in just the second inning thanks in part to some intense winds swirling at Fenway Park. But when they