WASHINGTON -- We’re not even at the halfway point of the season. I
get that. But we’re not far from it either. And right now, the Washington Nationals have the look of a team that’s about to disappear. In a good way.
Following a 4-2 victory Wednesday that gave them a sweep of the New York Mets
-- you know, the team that was supposed to be Washington’s foil but
instead is falling apart faster than a homemade burrito -- the Nats now
have a 5 1/2-game lead in the National League East. And the team that’s
directly behind them isn’t even the Mets anymore. Instead, it’s the Miami Marlins.
That’s how badly the Nats beat up on their injury-riddled archrivals,
outscoring them 20-6 during the three-game set to bump them all the way
down to third place.
“It's nice to win three in a row, four if you count the Milwaukee game,” said Daniel Murphy,
who homered twice against his former team Wednesday and now has 14 on
the season, tying a career high. “We weren't playing the greatest
baseball coming in, but it was nice to get home -- I thought the fans
were awesome. And any time you can take three from a division opponent, a
division opponent as good as the Mets, it's a good series. So we'll
take it.”
“It's great to have this momentum,” added ace Max Scherzer, who struck out 10 and allowed just two hits in 7 1/3 scoreless innings. “Hopefully we can keep going forward.”
Of
course, that was the general idea 10 days ago, when Washington had a
six-game lead and looked like it was about to dust the division, then
promptly lost seven straight. Difference is, 10 days ago the Nats had
just flown across the country and were in the early stages of a 10-game
road trip that would feature, among other things, a date with Clayton Kershaw that was part of a three-game set with a Dodgers team that’s been one of the best in baseball at protecting its home turf.
That’s
a far cry from Wednesday, when Washington has to be licking its chops
over the thought of seven straight home games against the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers,
two teams that are a combined 28 games under .500. If ever there was
some time for the Nats to put some serious distance between themselves
and the rest of the division, this is it.
Not that Dusty Baker wants to hear it.
“You
can’t overlook anybody,” said the Nats manager. “I mean, the Reds
almost swept us up in Cincinnati and Milwaukee almost swept us up in
Milwaukee.”
But that was then and this is now. Which is to say,
that was away and this is home. When it comes to the Reds and Brewers --
who have the two worst road records in the National League -- that
matters.
Another thing that matters is that the Nationals, who
rebuilt their division lead despite missing some key pieces, are about
to get a whole lot healthier. Stephen Strasburg,
one of baseball’s best pitchers but who has been on the disabled list
since June 16, is eligible to be activated on Friday. Closer Jonathan Papelbon, out since June 13, threw a simulated game Wednesday and is close to returning. And that doesn’t even include stud prospect Lucas Giolito, who impressed in his big league debut on Tuesday and could be a regular part of the rotation before too long.
Add
it all up, and the Nationals have the look of an extremely dangerous
team. In a lackluster division where the overachieving Phillies have
fallen off, the Braves were never in it, the Mets are banged up beyond
recognition and the Marlins are, well, the Marlins, it’s conceivable
that Washington could have a double-digit lead by the All-Star break.
For the time being, they’ll have to settle for half of that.
“We’ll take it at the halfway point,” said Murphy, jumping the gun by two games. “And we’re hoping to increase it.”
Thursday, June 30, 2016
A big win -- or a big tease? -- for the Yankees
NEW YORK -- OK, so we've all seen this movie before -- several times this season alone, in fact. You know, the one in which the New York Yankees,
a team everyone has counted out many times over its first three months,
comes back to do something completely unexpected, igniting the hope
that this time, they really, truly mean to make something of a generally
miserable season.
They did it in the first series of the season, when they took two of three from the Houston Astros, the team that ended their 2015 postseason in slightly over three hours. They did it again in mid-May, when they strung together six consecutive victories, their longest winning streak of the season, and again about three weeks ago, when they swept a four-game series from the Angels.
Each time, it has turned out to be a snare and a delusion, and the transitory pleasure of becoming a .500 team -- a modest goal at best -- soon melted away in the despair of yet another losing streak.
And so things seemed to be headed south Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees found themselves three outs away from a third straight loss to the mighty Texas Rangers -- the fourth consecutive game in which they had allowed at least seven runs, a dubious distinction they hadn't achieved in nearly six years. A defeat would have dropped them a whopping 10 games behind the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles, and that would have been their biggest deficit since Sept. 7, 2014.
But then strange things began to happen. Sam Dyson -- the Rangers' closer who had blown just one save all season, had allowed just four earned runs in his previous 26 appearances and had every reason to believe he would not be used on this night with his team leading 7-3 -- was pressed into service when the first two Yankees reached base in the ninth inning.
The wheels immediately began to come off for Dyson and the Rangers. Brett Gardner singled and center fielder Ian Desmond fumbled the ball, allowing a run to score. Alex Rodriguez lined hard to second, but what looked like a potential double-play ball, or maybe even a game-ending triple play, went for just one out as the Yankees baserunners fortuitously held their positions.
And then Brian McCann, brought here on a four-year deal specifically to exploit the stadium's short right-field wall, powered one over that wall -- his second of the game and in fact second in the final two innings -- to tie the game at 7. Dyson, rattled, walked Starlin Castro and then hung a changeup to Didi Gregorius, who lined it into the right-field seats.
Just like that, the Yankees had a 9-7 win, and not just any win, but an improbable, rousing, tantalizing and quite possibly horribly misleading win.
"Probably the biggest win of the year for us," Rodriguez said.
"A win we really had to fight for. They should be excited in there," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, adding he hoped the quick turnaround before Thursday's 1:05 p.m. ET start would help the feeling carry over.
"This one can be huge," said McCann, a man not given to overstatement, or, to be honest, much statement of any kind.
And it might well be. But as noted earlier, we've seen this movie before, and it has yet to have a happy ending. And for eight innings, even this one was a bit of a horror show. Masahiro Tanaka once again was ineffective working on "regular" four days' rest, allowing six earned runs in six innings, four of them in a third inning in which the Rangers were playing pinball with his splitter. Aside from Chase Headley's second-inning home run, the offense wasn't doing much, managing only three hits off Texas starter Nick Martinez, who came in with a 5.54 ERA. They scraped across a second run in the sixth and a third on McCann's first home run of the night, but this one had all the makings of another dispiriting loss and a looming Rangers sweep in Thursday afternoon's series finale.
But sometimes movies take unexpected plot twists, and this one took a doozy. Credit not only goes to Gregorius and McCann, but to Jacoby Ellsbury, who easily could have been doubled off on A-Rod's lineout, which might well have been a backbreaker. And believe it or not -- and considering the way the Yankees have played for much of this season, it's probably easy to believe -- but this was the first time all season the Yankees had come back to win a game they were trailing after eight innings; previously, they had been 0-36. It was also the first time they scored six runs in the ninth inning of a game since May 12, 2010.
Add it all up and it comes out to a win that could be a season-changer.
Or it could be just another cruel tease, that moment of false hope just before the hero falls down an open elevator shaft.
"Well, it feels better [than just another win], and you hope it gives you some momentum," said Girardi, who has been let down too many times already this season to react with unbridled enthusiasm.
Not so for Gregorius, for whom this was the first walk-off home run in the major leagues, and indeed his only walk-off, with the exception of one for the Dutch national team in 2010, one of the pre-MLB exploits that earned him the soubriquet "Sir Didi."
Sir Didi refused to anoint this the biggest Yankees win of the season for a most optimistic reason. Having been a member of the cast that has let its fan base down more often than not over the first 77 games, Gregorius believes that this time the ending will be different.
“I’ll say the biggest is yet to come," he said. "I think we’re a team trying to play better, so a lot of stuff is going to happen. We’re going to play better baseball from now on, so a lot more to come.”
They did it in the first series of the season, when they took two of three from the Houston Astros, the team that ended their 2015 postseason in slightly over three hours. They did it again in mid-May, when they strung together six consecutive victories, their longest winning streak of the season, and again about three weeks ago, when they swept a four-game series from the Angels.
Each time, it has turned out to be a snare and a delusion, and the transitory pleasure of becoming a .500 team -- a modest goal at best -- soon melted away in the despair of yet another losing streak.
And so things seemed to be headed south Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium, where the Yankees found themselves three outs away from a third straight loss to the mighty Texas Rangers -- the fourth consecutive game in which they had allowed at least seven runs, a dubious distinction they hadn't achieved in nearly six years. A defeat would have dropped them a whopping 10 games behind the American League East-leading Baltimore Orioles, and that would have been their biggest deficit since Sept. 7, 2014.
But then strange things began to happen. Sam Dyson -- the Rangers' closer who had blown just one save all season, had allowed just four earned runs in his previous 26 appearances and had every reason to believe he would not be used on this night with his team leading 7-3 -- was pressed into service when the first two Yankees reached base in the ninth inning.
The wheels immediately began to come off for Dyson and the Rangers. Brett Gardner singled and center fielder Ian Desmond fumbled the ball, allowing a run to score. Alex Rodriguez lined hard to second, but what looked like a potential double-play ball, or maybe even a game-ending triple play, went for just one out as the Yankees baserunners fortuitously held their positions.
And then Brian McCann, brought here on a four-year deal specifically to exploit the stadium's short right-field wall, powered one over that wall -- his second of the game and in fact second in the final two innings -- to tie the game at 7. Dyson, rattled, walked Starlin Castro and then hung a changeup to Didi Gregorius, who lined it into the right-field seats.
Just like that, the Yankees had a 9-7 win, and not just any win, but an improbable, rousing, tantalizing and quite possibly horribly misleading win.
"Probably the biggest win of the year for us," Rodriguez said.
"A win we really had to fight for. They should be excited in there," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, adding he hoped the quick turnaround before Thursday's 1:05 p.m. ET start would help the feeling carry over.
"This one can be huge," said McCann, a man not given to overstatement, or, to be honest, much statement of any kind.
And it might well be. But as noted earlier, we've seen this movie before, and it has yet to have a happy ending. And for eight innings, even this one was a bit of a horror show. Masahiro Tanaka once again was ineffective working on "regular" four days' rest, allowing six earned runs in six innings, four of them in a third inning in which the Rangers were playing pinball with his splitter. Aside from Chase Headley's second-inning home run, the offense wasn't doing much, managing only three hits off Texas starter Nick Martinez, who came in with a 5.54 ERA. They scraped across a second run in the sixth and a third on McCann's first home run of the night, but this one had all the makings of another dispiriting loss and a looming Rangers sweep in Thursday afternoon's series finale.
But sometimes movies take unexpected plot twists, and this one took a doozy. Credit not only goes to Gregorius and McCann, but to Jacoby Ellsbury, who easily could have been doubled off on A-Rod's lineout, which might well have been a backbreaker. And believe it or not -- and considering the way the Yankees have played for much of this season, it's probably easy to believe -- but this was the first time all season the Yankees had come back to win a game they were trailing after eight innings; previously, they had been 0-36. It was also the first time they scored six runs in the ninth inning of a game since May 12, 2010.
Add it all up and it comes out to a win that could be a season-changer.
Or it could be just another cruel tease, that moment of false hope just before the hero falls down an open elevator shaft.
"Well, it feels better [than just another win], and you hope it gives you some momentum," said Girardi, who has been let down too many times already this season to react with unbridled enthusiasm.
Not so for Gregorius, for whom this was the first walk-off home run in the major leagues, and indeed his only walk-off, with the exception of one for the Dutch national team in 2010, one of the pre-MLB exploits that earned him the soubriquet "Sir Didi."
Sir Didi refused to anoint this the biggest Yankees win of the season for a most optimistic reason. Having been a member of the cast that has let its fan base down more often than not over the first 77 games, Gregorius believes that this time the ending will be different.
“I’ll say the biggest is yet to come," he said. "I think we’re a team trying to play better, so a lot of stuff is going to happen. We’re going to play better baseball from now on, so a lot more to come.”
- McCann briefly grabbed his knee rounding first after hitting his eighth-inning home run. He said he has been suffering from patella tendinitis and that the injury "grabbed" on him running the bases. But after testing it with some squats in the dugout between innings, the 32-year-old determined it was well enough to play on, and he went out to hit the game-tying home run. "It's fine," he said. "It's nothing unusual for a catcher to have."
HRs by McCann, Gregorius in 9th rally Yanks past Rangers 9-7
NEW YORK -- Trailing by four runs in the ninth inning, the somnambulant New York Yankees
were on the verge of falling 10 games behind division-leading Baltimore
in the AL East. Many in the crowd of 39,875 already had streamed out,
convinced they had seen another listless loss in a season filled with
them.
Those who left early missed an astonishing comeback the Yankees hope sparks the turnaround that has eluded them.
New York's first three batters reached, cutting the deficit by a run, and an electric seven-pitch span unfolded.
Brian McCann hit a tying, three-run homer off Sam Dyson, Starlin Castro walked and Didi Gregorius capped the six-run inning with his two-run shot, lifting the Yankees to a 9-7 win over the Texas Rangers, the team with American League's best record.
"Probably the biggest win of the year for us," Alex Rodriguez said.
New York trailed 7-2 Wednesday night and had a 1.2 percent win probability, according to Fangraphs, before McCann's solo homer with one out in the eighth off Cesar Ramos. McCann, bothered by patellar tendinitis, grabbed his left knee while rounding first and limped as he circled the bases.
Matt Bush came in and escaped a two-on jam, and the 30-year-old rookie, seeking his first big league save, was left in for the ninth.
Win probability was up to only 1.8 percent before Rob Refsnyder singled leading off the ninth. Jacoby Ellsbury followed with a walk, and Dyson (1-2) relieved.
New York had been 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position before Brett Gardner singled, and Refsnyder came home when center fielder Ian Desmond bobbled the ball for an error.
After Rodriguez lined out, McCann lined a 97 mph, 1-0 fastball on the inside of the plate above the knees and sent it about six rows deep into the right-field seats. Castro walked on five pitches, and Gregorius drove Dyson's first offering, an outside changeup at the knees, into the first row above the right-field scoreboard, where the ball ricocheted off a fan's glove and back onto the field.
"I didn't know it was gone like right away. After I stepped on first, that's when I saw it," Gregorius said. "I didn't smile because I didn't want to smile, but as soon as I rounded third, see all the guys there, everybody cheering, I had to smile right there."
It was the first game-ending homer of Gregorius' career; he said his only other one was for the Netherlands national team in October 2010 against Taiwan in the Intercontinental Cup.
"Threw some quality pitches down in the zone and they got hit. That's the end of it," said Dyson, who blew a save for the second time in 18 chances. "I kind of came in and let everybody down."
New York (38-39), which has never been more than two games above .500 this year, had lost the series opener, wasting a ninth-inning lead after a 3 1/2-hour rain delay in a game that ended at 2:44 a.m. Cole Hamels shut down the Yankees on Tuesday, extending their losing streak to three.
"There's a sense of urgency," manager Joe Girardi said before the game. "As days tick away, you start to run out of time, and you don't want to bury yourself."
Texas opened a 5-1 lead in the third against Masahiro Tanaka when Nomar Mazara, a 21-year-old rookie who is the youngest position player in the majors, hit a three-run double and scored on Prince Fielder's single off a diving Refsnyder at first.
Rougned Odor added his 15th homer in the sixth, an opposite-field drive to left, and Adrian Beltre hit an opposite-field homer to right in the eighth off Luis Cessa (1-0), who allowed one run in three innings for his first big league win.
Chase Headley had homered in the second against Nick Martinez, who played college ball in the Bronx with Fordham, and had a sacrifice fly in the sixth off Ramos. The drama was yet to come. New York had not won this year when trailing after eight innings.
"It can be huge," McCann said. "We dug ourselves a hole early in April, and we're getting out of it right now."
Gregorius hoped the comeback was just a prelude.
"I would say the biggest is yet to come," he said.
RARE FEATS
Before McCann, the previous Yankees player to homer in the eighth and ninth innings of a game was Tony Clark in 2004, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. ... The Yankees had not won when trailing by four runs in the ninth inning or later since beating Oakland 10-9 on Sept. 22, 2012, when they allowed four runs in the 13th, tied the score in the bottom half and prevailed 10-9 in the 14th.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: After leaving Tuesday's game in the first inning with a tight right hamstring, Carlos Beltran probably won't be available through at least Thursday, according to Girardi.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Michael Pineda (3-7) starts Thursday's series finale against RHP A.J. Griffin (3-0). Pineda is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his last four starts. Griffin returned from a stint on the DL caused by shoulder soreness and allowed two runs over 4 1/3 innings against Boston last Saturday.
Texas Rangers
Those who left early missed an astonishing comeback the Yankees hope sparks the turnaround that has eluded them.
New York's first three batters reached, cutting the deficit by a run, and an electric seven-pitch span unfolded.
Brian McCann hit a tying, three-run homer off Sam Dyson, Starlin Castro walked and Didi Gregorius capped the six-run inning with his two-run shot, lifting the Yankees to a 9-7 win over the Texas Rangers, the team with American League's best record.
"Probably the biggest win of the year for us," Alex Rodriguez said.
New York trailed 7-2 Wednesday night and had a 1.2 percent win probability, according to Fangraphs, before McCann's solo homer with one out in the eighth off Cesar Ramos. McCann, bothered by patellar tendinitis, grabbed his left knee while rounding first and limped as he circled the bases.
Matt Bush came in and escaped a two-on jam, and the 30-year-old rookie, seeking his first big league save, was left in for the ninth.
Win probability was up to only 1.8 percent before Rob Refsnyder singled leading off the ninth. Jacoby Ellsbury followed with a walk, and Dyson (1-2) relieved.
New York had been 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position before Brett Gardner singled, and Refsnyder came home when center fielder Ian Desmond bobbled the ball for an error.
After Rodriguez lined out, McCann lined a 97 mph, 1-0 fastball on the inside of the plate above the knees and sent it about six rows deep into the right-field seats. Castro walked on five pitches, and Gregorius drove Dyson's first offering, an outside changeup at the knees, into the first row above the right-field scoreboard, where the ball ricocheted off a fan's glove and back onto the field.
"I didn't know it was gone like right away. After I stepped on first, that's when I saw it," Gregorius said. "I didn't smile because I didn't want to smile, but as soon as I rounded third, see all the guys there, everybody cheering, I had to smile right there."
It was the first game-ending homer of Gregorius' career; he said his only other one was for the Netherlands national team in October 2010 against Taiwan in the Intercontinental Cup.
"Threw some quality pitches down in the zone and they got hit. That's the end of it," said Dyson, who blew a save for the second time in 18 chances. "I kind of came in and let everybody down."
New York (38-39), which has never been more than two games above .500 this year, had lost the series opener, wasting a ninth-inning lead after a 3 1/2-hour rain delay in a game that ended at 2:44 a.m. Cole Hamels shut down the Yankees on Tuesday, extending their losing streak to three.
"There's a sense of urgency," manager Joe Girardi said before the game. "As days tick away, you start to run out of time, and you don't want to bury yourself."
Texas opened a 5-1 lead in the third against Masahiro Tanaka when Nomar Mazara, a 21-year-old rookie who is the youngest position player in the majors, hit a three-run double and scored on Prince Fielder's single off a diving Refsnyder at first.
Rougned Odor added his 15th homer in the sixth, an opposite-field drive to left, and Adrian Beltre hit an opposite-field homer to right in the eighth off Luis Cessa (1-0), who allowed one run in three innings for his first big league win.
Chase Headley had homered in the second against Nick Martinez, who played college ball in the Bronx with Fordham, and had a sacrifice fly in the sixth off Ramos. The drama was yet to come. New York had not won this year when trailing after eight innings.
"It can be huge," McCann said. "We dug ourselves a hole early in April, and we're getting out of it right now."
Gregorius hoped the comeback was just a prelude.
"I would say the biggest is yet to come," he said.
RARE FEATS
Before McCann, the previous Yankees player to homer in the eighth and ninth innings of a game was Tony Clark in 2004, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. ... The Yankees had not won when trailing by four runs in the ninth inning or later since beating Oakland 10-9 on Sept. 22, 2012, when they allowed four runs in the 13th, tied the score in the bottom half and prevailed 10-9 in the 14th.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Yankees: After leaving Tuesday's game in the first inning with a tight right hamstring, Carlos Beltran probably won't be available through at least Thursday, according to Girardi.
UP NEXT
Yankees RHP Michael Pineda (3-7) starts Thursday's series finale against RHP A.J. Griffin (3-0). Pineda is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his last four starts. Griffin returned from a stint on the DL caused by shoulder soreness and allowed two runs over 4 1/3 innings against Boston last Saturday.
7:05PM,EDT,June 29,2016
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Texas - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara safe at first on error by first baseman Refsnyder. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré grounded out to second. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Ellsbury singled to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Ellsbury stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Gardner grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| Rodriguez grounded into double play, third to second to first, Gardner out at second, Ellsbury to third. | 0 | 0 |
| McCann walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Castro lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Fielder doubled to deep left center. | 0 | 0 |
| Odor grounded out to second, Fielder to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus singled to left center, Fielder scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Andrus caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Moreland struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Gregorius struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Headley homered to right (396 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Hicks lined out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Refsnyder walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Refsnyder stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Ellsbury walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Gardner flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Chirinos singled to left center. | 1 | 1 |
| Choo singled to right, Chirinos to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond walked, Chirinos to third, Choo to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Mazara doubled to deep center, Chirinos, Choo and Desmond scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Beltré flied out to center, Mazara to third. | 4 | 1 |
| Fielder reached on infield single to shortstop, Mazara scored. | 5 | 1 |
| Odor lined out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Andrus popped out to second. | 5 | 1 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Rodriguez grounded out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| McCann flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Castro struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Moreland grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Chirinos struck out swinging. | 5 | 1 |
| Choo singled to left. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Gregorius flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Headley lined out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| Hicks walked. | 5 | 1 |
| Refsnyder grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Hicks out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Mazara grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 1 |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Fielder flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Ellsbury fouled out to third. | 5 | 1 |
| Gardner grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Rodriguez flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Masahiro Tanaka pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Odor homered to left (373 feet). | 6 | 1 |
| Andrus flied out to right. | 6 | 1 |
| Moreland struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Chirinos struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Nick Martinez pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| McCann walked. | 6 | 1 |
| Castro singled to left, McCann to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Ramos relieved Martinez. | 6 | 1 |
| Gregorius grounded into fielder's choice to first, Castro out at second, McCann to third. | 6 | 1 |
| Headley hit sacrifice fly to right, McCann scored. | 6 | 2 |
| Hicks lined out to center. | 6 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Cessa relieved Tanaka. | 6 | 2 |
| Choo lined out to left. | 6 | 2 |
| Desmond grounded out to second. | 6 | 2 |
| Mazara struck out looking. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cesar Ramos pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Refsnyder grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 2 |
| Ellsbury lined out to right. | 6 | 2 |
| Gardner grounded out to second. | 6 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Beltré homered to right (345 feet). | 7 | 2 |
| Fielder flied out to center. | 7 | 2 |
| Odor grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 2 |
| Andrus walked. | 7 | 2 |
| Moreland grounded out to second. | 7 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Cesar Ramos pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop. | 7 | 2 |
| McCann homered to right (356 feet). | 7 | 3 |
| Castro singled to right. | 7 | 3 |
| Gregorius singled to right, Castro to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Bush relieved Ramos. | 7 | 3 |
| Headley flied out to left. | 7 | 3 |
| Hicks struck out looking. | 7 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Luis Cessa pitching for New York | TEX | NYY |
| Chirinos lined out to third. | 7 | 3 |
| Choo struck out swinging. | 7 | 3 |
| Desmond walked. | 7 | 3 |
| Desmond stole second, Desmond safe at third on throwing error by catcher McCann. | 7 | 3 |
| Mazara grounded out to second. | 7 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bush pitching for Texas | TEX | NYY |
| Refsnyder singled to center. | 7 | 3 |
| Ellsbury walked, Refsnyder to second. | 7 | 3 |
| Dyson relieved Bush. | 7 | 3 |
| Gardner singled to center, Refsnyder to third, Ellsbury to second, Refsnyder scored on error by center fielder Desmond. | 7 | 4 |
| Rodriguez lined out to second. | 7 | 4 |
| McCann homered to right (381 feet), Ellsbury and Gardner scored. | 7 | 7 |
| Castro walked. | 7 | 7 |
| Gregorius homered to right (365 feet), Castro scored. | 7 | 9 |
| 6 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
Texas Rangers
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choo RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .273 | .404 | .429 |
| Desmond CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | .322 | .377 | .528 |
| Mazara LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .287 | .339 | .437 |
| Beltré 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .284 | .333 | .464 |
| Fielder DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .221 | .293 | .351 |
| Odor 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .271 | .292 | .486 |
| Andrus SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | .284 | .339 | .394 |
| Moreland 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .227 | .295 | .416 |
| Chirinos C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .184 | .298 | .469 |
| Totals | 36 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 159 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Fielder (15, Tanaka); Mazara (7, Tanaka) HR: Odor (15, 6th inning off Tanaka 0 on, 0 Out); Beltré (12, 8th inning off Cessa 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Andrus (34), Mazara 3 (35), Fielder (41), Odor (39), Beltré (52) Rangers RISP: 3-6 (Andrus 1-1, Fielder 1-1, Odor 0-1, Beltré 0-1, Mazara 1-2) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Desmond (14, 2nd base off Cessa/McCann) CS: Andrus (6, 2nd base by Tanaka/McCann) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Desmond (6, bobble) DP: 1 (Beltré-Odor-Moreland). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium, New York, NY |
| Attendance | 39,875 (80.3% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:19 |
| Weather | 81 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mark Wegner, First Base - Alan Porter, Second Base - John Tumpane, Third Base - Paul Nauert |
Moore outpitches Price, Rays shut down Red Sox 4-0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Matt Moore insisted it didn't give him any extra satisfaction to outpitch David Price.
"I might be different than a lot of guys. I really don't think about it as Moore vs. Price," the Tampa Bay Rays left-hander said after stringing together seven spotless innings to beat the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner and Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Wednesday.
"I think of it as myself vs. the Red Sox, that matchup," Moore added. "But it was a little bit different getting to square up against one of your buddies."
Moore (4-5) allowed three singles, walked two and struck out five to outperform Price (8-5), the former Rays ace who fell to 1/3 in five career starts against his old team.
"That is great. I think everybody in this building has admiration for David Price and what he means to the organization," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
"Any time you compete against him is special. ... Matt Moore was a young pitcher when he was here," Cash added. "They follow him, listen to him, and to go toe-to-toe with that guy has to be special for Matt. And he was outstanding."
Brandon Guyer homered and drove in two runs in his return from a three-week stint on the disabled list. Tampa Bay took two of three from the Red Sox on the heels of an 11-game losing streak.
Guyer, who missed 23 games with a left hamstring strain, led off the second inning with his seventh homer. He doubled down the left-field line to make it 4-1 in the third.
Moore, meanwhile, held the Red Sox hitless until Christian Vazquez singled leading off the sixth. Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts followed with hits to load the bases with one out, but David Ortiz popped up and Hanley Ramirez hit a routine fly that ended the threat.
"Moore was very good. ... We have the big opportunity with David and Hanley in the middle of the order," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "You figure that's the time we cash in. But that wasn't the case."
Price was beaten by the Rays for the second time this season, yielding four runs and nine hits over 6 1/3 innings. The left-hander, who walked one and struck out 10, also lost to Tampa Bay 12-8 at Fenway Park on April 21.
"I need to pitch better. It's nothing else, it's not bad luck -- it's me. I've got to get better," Price said, adding that the way he's pitched this season has been "unacceptable."
"I'm just putting us behind the 8-ball in a lot of games. I'm not setting the tone the way that I need to," he said. "It's crushing me right now, but I'll get there."
Boston was shut out for the third time this season. The Rays, who ended a streak of 13 consecutive games in which the pitching staff gave up five or more runs, also blanked the Red Sox 3-0 in 10 innings on April 19.
Moore allowed three runners through five innings, with Dustin Pedroia reaching on an error in the first and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Bryce Brentz drawing walks in the fifth.
The closest the Red Sox came to getting a hit before Vazquez singled was Ramirez's fifth-inning fly that center fielder Desmond Jennings caught at the wall.
Rays reliever Erasmo Ramirez allowed an eighth-inning single to Pedroia, and Xavier Cedeno gave up a leadoff single to Ortiz in the ninth before finishing the five-hitter.
"I hope, obviously, that winning a series after losing 11 in a row is going to mean something for us," Moore said. "I don't know if you can say for sure what's going to happen, but I know it feels good heading into a new series."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: 1B Hanley Ramirez felt some discomfort on his right side after swinging and missing in the sixth inning. He was removed for as a precaution in the eighth and is day to day. ... Farrell said discussions about the status of INF Brock Holt (concussion) and C Ryan Hanigan (strained neck) will take place on Thursday's off day. "They're getting close," Farrell said.
Rays: RF Oswaldo Arcia (illness) was a late scratch. . With Guyer being reinstated from the disabled list, OF Jaff Decker was designated for assignment. ... RF Steven Souza Jr. (strained left hip) will hit Thursday against RHPs Alex Cobb and Chase Whitley, who are both recovering from Tommy John surgery.
STARTING TIME
The Red Sox have not announced who will take LHP Eduardo Rodriguez's spot in the rotation, but Farrell said the replacement will pitch Sunday against the Angels. Rodriguez was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket after allowing nine runs over 2 2/3 innings in Monday's 13-7 loss to the Rays.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: After an off day, Boston opens a nine-game homestand leading into the All-Star break. RHP Steven Wright (8-5, 2.18 ERA) starts Friday against the Angels, who counter with RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-6, 5.64).
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-3, 3.93) starts the opener of a four-game series against Detroit. RHP Jordan Zimmermann seeks his 10th victory for the Tigers.
Boston Red Sox
"I might be different than a lot of guys. I really don't think about it as Moore vs. Price," the Tampa Bay Rays left-hander said after stringing together seven spotless innings to beat the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner and Boston Red Sox 4-0 on Wednesday.
"I think of it as myself vs. the Red Sox, that matchup," Moore added. "But it was a little bit different getting to square up against one of your buddies."
Moore (4-5) allowed three singles, walked two and struck out five to outperform Price (8-5), the former Rays ace who fell to 1/3 in five career starts against his old team.
"That is great. I think everybody in this building has admiration for David Price and what he means to the organization," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
"Any time you compete against him is special. ... Matt Moore was a young pitcher when he was here," Cash added. "They follow him, listen to him, and to go toe-to-toe with that guy has to be special for Matt. And he was outstanding."
Brandon Guyer homered and drove in two runs in his return from a three-week stint on the disabled list. Tampa Bay took two of three from the Red Sox on the heels of an 11-game losing streak.
Guyer, who missed 23 games with a left hamstring strain, led off the second inning with his seventh homer. He doubled down the left-field line to make it 4-1 in the third.
Moore, meanwhile, held the Red Sox hitless until Christian Vazquez singled leading off the sixth. Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts followed with hits to load the bases with one out, but David Ortiz popped up and Hanley Ramirez hit a routine fly that ended the threat.
"Moore was very good. ... We have the big opportunity with David and Hanley in the middle of the order," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "You figure that's the time we cash in. But that wasn't the case."
Price was beaten by the Rays for the second time this season, yielding four runs and nine hits over 6 1/3 innings. The left-hander, who walked one and struck out 10, also lost to Tampa Bay 12-8 at Fenway Park on April 21.
"I need to pitch better. It's nothing else, it's not bad luck -- it's me. I've got to get better," Price said, adding that the way he's pitched this season has been "unacceptable."
"I'm just putting us behind the 8-ball in a lot of games. I'm not setting the tone the way that I need to," he said. "It's crushing me right now, but I'll get there."
Boston was shut out for the third time this season. The Rays, who ended a streak of 13 consecutive games in which the pitching staff gave up five or more runs, also blanked the Red Sox 3-0 in 10 innings on April 19.
Moore allowed three runners through five innings, with Dustin Pedroia reaching on an error in the first and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Bryce Brentz drawing walks in the fifth.
The closest the Red Sox came to getting a hit before Vazquez singled was Ramirez's fifth-inning fly that center fielder Desmond Jennings caught at the wall.
Rays reliever Erasmo Ramirez allowed an eighth-inning single to Pedroia, and Xavier Cedeno gave up a leadoff single to Ortiz in the ninth before finishing the five-hitter.
"I hope, obviously, that winning a series after losing 11 in a row is going to mean something for us," Moore said. "I don't know if you can say for sure what's going to happen, but I know it feels good heading into a new series."
TRAINER'S ROOM
Red Sox: 1B Hanley Ramirez felt some discomfort on his right side after swinging and missing in the sixth inning. He was removed for as a precaution in the eighth and is day to day. ... Farrell said discussions about the status of INF Brock Holt (concussion) and C Ryan Hanigan (strained neck) will take place on Thursday's off day. "They're getting close," Farrell said.
Rays: RF Oswaldo Arcia (illness) was a late scratch. . With Guyer being reinstated from the disabled list, OF Jaff Decker was designated for assignment. ... RF Steven Souza Jr. (strained left hip) will hit Thursday against RHPs Alex Cobb and Chase Whitley, who are both recovering from Tommy John surgery.
STARTING TIME
The Red Sox have not announced who will take LHP Eduardo Rodriguez's spot in the rotation, but Farrell said the replacement will pitch Sunday against the Angels. Rodriguez was optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket after allowing nine runs over 2 2/3 innings in Monday's 13-7 loss to the Rays.
UP NEXT
Red Sox: After an off day, Boston opens a nine-game homestand leading into the All-Star break. RHP Steven Wright (8-5, 2.18 ERA) starts Friday against the Angels, who counter with RHP Jhoulys Chacin (3-6, 5.64).
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-3, 3.93) starts the opener of a four-game series against Detroit. RHP Jordan Zimmermann seeks his 10th victory for the Tigers.
12:10PM,EDT,June 29,2016
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Boston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Betts flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Pedroia safe at first on error by second baseman Forsythe. | 0 | 0 |
| Bogaerts struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| Ortiz grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Forsythe hit a ground rule double to deep right center. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller flied out to center, Forsythe to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria popped out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Jennings grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Ramírez grounded out to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Jr. flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Shaw struck out looking. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Guyer homered to left center (425 feet). | 0 | 1 |
| Franklin struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Casali struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Brentz struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Vázquez flied out to left. | 0 | 1 |
| Betts popped out to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Motter struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Forsythe singled to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Miller singled to left center, Forsythe to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Longoria doubled to left, Forsythe scored, Miller to third. | 0 | 2 |
| Jennings grounded out to second, Miller scored. | 0 | 3 |
| Guyer doubled to left, Longoria scored. | 0 | 4 |
| Franklin struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Pedroia grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Bogaerts struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Ortiz grounded out to first. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Casali struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Motter struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Ramírez flied out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Bradley Jr. walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Shaw struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Brentz walked, Bradley Jr. to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Bradley Jr. caught stealing third, pitcher to third. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Forsythe flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Miller walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Longoria popped out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Jennings struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Vázquez singled to left center. | 0 | 4 |
| Betts singled to right center, Vázquez to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Pedroia flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Bogaerts singled to left, Vázquez to third, Betts to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Ortiz popped out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Ramírez flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Guyer flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Franklin singled to right. | 0 | 4 |
| Casali doubled to left, Franklin to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Beckham struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Motter grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Matt Moore pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Bradley Jr. struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Shaw flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Brentz popped out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| David Price pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Forsythe lined out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Miller singled to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Hembree relieved Price. | 0 | 4 |
| Longoria lined out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Jennings flied out to right. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Ramírez relieved Moore. | 0 | 4 |
| León hit for Vázquez. | 0 | 4 |
| León struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Betts flied out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Pedroia reached on infield single to third. | 0 | 4 |
| Bogaerts struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Heath Hembree pitching for Boston | BOS | TB |
| Hernández at third base. | 0 | 4 |
| Shaw at first base. | 0 | 4 |
| León catching. | 0 | 4 |
| Guyer struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| Franklin grounded out to second. | 0 | 4 |
| Casali struck out looking. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Xavier Cedeno pitching for Tampa Bay | BOS | TB |
| Morrison at first base. | 0 | 4 |
| Motter in left field. | 0 | 4 |
| Cedeño relieved Ramírez. | 0 | 4 |
| Ortiz singled to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Hernández struck out swinging. | 0 | 4 |
| Bradley Jr. flied out to center. | 0 | 4 |
| Shaw grounded into fielder's choice to third, Ortiz out at second. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Boston Red Sox
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betts RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .287 | .327 | .501 |
| Pedroia 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .304 | .370 | .443 |
| Bogaerts SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .342 | .393 | .491 |
| Ortiz DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .336 | .431 | .672 |
| Ramírez 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .273 | .345 | .409 |
Hernández 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .325 | .361 |
| Bradley Jr. CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | .294 | .384 | .558 |
| Shaw 3B-1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | .269 | .333 | .448 |
| Brentz LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .318 | .348 | .545 |
| Vázquez C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .215 | .262 | .297 |
a-León PH-C
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .467 | .543 | .700 |
| Totals | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 138 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for C Vazquez in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING Red Sox RISP: 1-4 (Pedroia 0-1, Ramírez 0-1, Bogaerts 1-1, Ortiz 0-1) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Bradley Jr. (1, 3rd base by Moore/Casali) | ||||||||||
Game Notes
| 1B H. RAMIREZ (INJURY) LEFT GAME BOT 8TH |
Game Information
| Stadium | Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL |
| Attendance | 24,110 (77.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:49 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - John Hirschbeck, First Base - Tom Woodring, Second Base - Vic Carapazza, Third Base - D.J. Reyburn |
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