Share this: The Boston Red Sox demolished the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, and it earned them a share of first place in the American League East. The Toronto Blue Jays lost to the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 while the Red Sox cruised to their third straight win in an 11-2 drubbing of the A’s. After those results, the Red Sox and Jays sit dead-even atop the AL East with 76-59 records, with the Baltimore Orioles knocking on the back door just two games behind. However, the Red Sox don’t want to celebrate just yet. The Major League Baseball schedule typically loads teams up with division games in September, and that’s no different in 2016. The Red Sox have a full slate of inter-division competition over
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Mookie Betts Joins Red Sox Teammate David Ortiz In 30 Home Run, 100 RBI Club
Share this: Mookie Betts keeps making his case for American League MVP stronger. The Boston Red Sox right fielder has been having a great season at the plate, and he emphasized that by collecting his 99th and 100th RBIs with a first-inning double against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday. The milestone means Betts hit the 30 home run, 100 RBI mark this season — he had exactly 30 homers going into Saturday’s game — and he’s only 23 years old. Betts is the third Red Sox player to get 30 home runs and 100 RBIs before the age of 25, joining Jim Rice and Ted Williams (who did it three times). He’s also the second Boston player to do it this season after David
David Ortiz Hits 534th Career Home Run, Ties Jimmie Foxx On All-Time List
Share this: BOSTON — David Ortiz might never stop producing. The Red Sox slugger hit home run No. 31 off Kansas City Royals starter Yordano Ventura on Sunday with a solo shot to the center field triangle at Fenway Park. It was Ortiz’s 534th career homer, tying former Red Sox Jimmie Foxx for 18th on the all-time list. Ortiz’s bomb also got out of the yard in one of the most unique ways you’ll ever see. Big Papi’s home run cut the Royals’ lead in half to 2-1 in the fourth inning. Thumbnail photo via Bob DeChiara/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link
How Undersized Mookie Betts Has Become One Of MLB’s Best Power Hitters
Share this: The Boston Red Sox’s best power hitter has clubbed home runs at a prolific rate this season. The craziest part? He’s six inches shorter and 50 pounds lighter than David Ortiz. We’re talking, of course, about Mookie Betts, the Red Sox’s All-Star right fielder whose size belies his surprising pop. Standing at just 5-foot-9 and 180 pounds, Betts leads the team with 28 home runs, five of which he’s clubbed in Boston’s last four games. His power numbers through Wednesday — 89 RBIs, .572 slugging percentage, .930 OPS — rank right up there with the game’s biggest sluggers, and he leads MLB with 67 extra-base hits. So, how does a guy who’d blend in at your local grocery store generate as much power
Vikings Quarterback Suffered Ankle Injury While Breaking Into Own Home
Taylor Heinicke might want to invest in Netflix. The Minnesota Vikings backup quarterback revealed Thursday that he suffered a leg injury a couple of weeks ago while trying to break into his own home following a late-night trip to the movies. “I was locked out of my house after a late-night movie,’’ Heinicke told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “I came back and there’s no one home, and I’m trying to nudge the door a little. It was one of those double doors. I thought it just needed a little nudge. “Me and my buddy were getting it going a little, but when I put my foot to the door, my foot kind
Red Sox Notes: Hanley Ramirez Tried To Hit Third Home Run ‘To The Moon’
Hanley Ramirez quite literally just had the game of his life. The Boston Red Sox’s first baseman blasted a career-high three home runs — to right field, center field and then left field — and added six RBIs in an 11-7 win over the San Francisco Giants. But it just represented a good night at the plate, not anything Ramirez was intentionally trying to do. … For the most part. In reality, he only wanted to help his team win and excite his teammates. He succeeded. “It was kind of motivation in the dugout for my teammates, but I was pretty calm,” Ramirez explained in the clubhouse after the victory. “That’s a good
Home Run Derby 2016 Results: Giancarlo Stanton Wins MLB All-Star Game Event
FINALS — TODD FRAZIERFrazier put on a nice show in the end, but his 13 home runs weren’t enough. Giancarlo Stanton is the new Home Run Derby champion and single-derby home run record holder. What an unbelievable performance. T-Mobile donates $ 582,000 to charity. That’ll do it for us tonight. Thanks for tuning in to NESN.com’s coverage of the 2016 Home Run Derby. FINALS — GIANCARLO STANTONStanton just hit 20 (!) home runs. In the finals. He also shattered the previous derby record of 41 home runs in any given year. He finishes with 61, barring a swing-off. He hit them ...