The Boston Red Sox are switching up their lineup for their series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays. David Ortiz will get a day off Thursday, which is unsurprising given the Red Sox are playing an afternoon game after a night game. Hanley Ramirez will return to the lineup as the designated hitter and bat in the cleanup spot. Travis Shaw will take Ramirez’s post at first base and bat eighth, while Aaron Hill will slot in at third base and bat seventh. Chris Young also will start in left field and bat sixth after Andrew Benintendi injured his knee during Wednesday night’s game. Drew Pomeranz is on the mound for the Red
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Who’s To Blame For The Boston Red Sox’s Late-Season Bullpen Woes?
Share this: The Red Sox’s bullpen has picked up a nasty habit of blowing leads in the latter part of Boston’s 2016 season, and everyone already is looking for someone to blame. Make no mistake, Thursday’s 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers did feel like the last straw in many ways. The Red Sox struck for two runs in the top of the eighth to take a 3-1 lead, and in the very next half inning, Junichi Tazawa and Brad Ziegler negated all that by giving up three runs, blowing a lead in the seventh inning or later for the third time in eight days. But at the end of the day, there’s not necessarily only one person to blame. The fingers Thursday immediately
Red Sox Notes: David Ortiz, Jackie Bradley Jr. Lead Boston To Fourth Straight Wi…
Share this: Even when David Ortiz is slumping, he still finds ways to come up big for Boston. The Red Sox slugger was batting just .216 in August heading into Monday’s game against the Cleveland Indians and was obviously frustrated after his first two at-bats, during which he popped out and grounded into a double play. But Ortiz turned that all around in the sixth inning by hitting a monster 442-foot homer to put two runs on the board and give the Red Sox the lead. Jackie Bradley Jr. followed that up with a solo shot two batters later, and those three runs wound up being all the Red Sox needed to give starter Drew Pomeranz his first win with Boston. It also