Share this: Now that’s how you win a ballgame. The Boston Red Sox entered the ninth inning of Thursday’s game against the New York Yankees trailing by three runs. They went home with a 7-5 win thanks to a monstrous walk-off blast off the bat of Hanley Ramirez with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The win pushed the Yankees back five games in the AL East standings, which Boston leads, and spoiled a stellar start from New York starter Masahiro Tanaka, who went seven innings and allowed just one run on four hits for New York. Thumbnail photo via David Butler II/USA TODAY Sports Images More Stories Source link
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Four on the floor for Simone Biles; Bolt coasts in 200 heat
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Simone Biles closed her Rio Olympics with more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt breezed through another sprint as he makes a run at one final Olympic title in his favorite race. Bolt easily won a qualifying race Tuesday in the 200 meters, the first step in his bid for the gold Thursday. His prowess on the track is the dominant story line of the final week of the Olympics along with Biles’ great success in gymnastics. “I came out here to qualify,” Bolt said, “and that’s what I did.” Biles won the floor exercise Tuesday, her fourth gold of the games. She is only the fourth Olympic gymnast to accomplish that feat.RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 16:
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
John Farrell: Red Sox Got ‘A Good Win’ In Close Decision Vs. Mariners
Now that’s how you win a close game. David Price tossed eight strong innings of one-run ball, Mookie Betts hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning, and Craig Kimbrel shut the door in the ninth to earn Boston a 2-1 win, it’s 39th of the season. Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell was asked how important it was to win a close game like that during his postgame news conference, as seen on NESN’s “Red Sox Final.” Check out his answer in the video above. Thumbnail photo via Winslow Townson/USA TODAY Sports Images ...
Bill Belichick Taunts Colts-Fan David Letterman: ‘It Was Only A 38-Point Win’
Bill Belichick might have smiled more in his appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman” than in all of 2014 combined. The New England Patriots head coach was funny and laid back in his talk show appearance, and some of his best moments came when he was taunting Letterman, a huge Indianapolis Colts fan. “You pretty much extinguished my Colts,” Letterman said. “How do you feel about that?” “Well, it was only a 38-point win,” Belichick said smiling about the Patriots’ 45-7 AFC Championship Game win. When the subject turned to running back LeGarrette Blount, Belichick got another dig in. “He had a good gam...