RESULT – WIN 7-3
When the Red Sox signed David Ross I scratched my
head a bit. Why were the Red Sox signing
a 36 year old back-up catcher when they already had Jarrod Saltalamacchia and
Ryan Lavarnway? I didn’t see anything in
Ross so far in this young season, he seemed more of a defensive first kind of
guy and I’ve learned that if he gets a hit or two then that’s just a bonus.
Well last night, David Ross had himself a
night. He hit two towering home runs
over the Green Monster that I’m still not sure have come down. He also had 2 other hits on the night and had
his first career four hit game. Not too
shabby for a back-up, defense first catcher.
Ross’ average rose almost one hundred points and he looks to be out of
that beginning of the year slump.
The long ball was the theme of the night, in
addition to Ross’ two bombs, Will Middlebrooks and David Ortiz also added solo
shots in the game. The Sox banged out 17
hits (season high) and had 9 extra base hits (2 doubles each by Pedroia and
Napoli). Pedro Ciriaco went 2 for 4 with
a triple and Jacoby Ellsbury had 2 hits and his 11th stolen base of
the year and 200th of his career.
It was a great hitting night at Fenway and with all those hits; the game
was one of the longest played this year clocking in at three hours and 49
minutes. I’ll take it though, the more
hits the better! Daniel Nava was the
only Sox player without a hit on the night.
Ryan Dempster finally got some run support and
did what he does best, strike people out!
Dempster had only received 2.63 runs of support through his first four
starts. The veteran righty only went 6
innings but struck out 10 and is second in the league with 43 total K’s. He walked 3 and let up 4 hits but looked
really good again. He got his first win
of the year and lowered his ERA to 3.30.
The bullpen was strong again with only Clayton
Mortensen allowing a run through the last 3 innings. Tazawa and Uehara again shut down the
opposition and Alex Wilson came on in the ninth to close it out. I like what I’ve seen from Alex Wilson so
far. He’s been very good and has not
allowed a run so far this year.
The Astros struck out 14 times on the night and
only mustered 7 hits and 3 runs all day.
Jaason Castro and Matt Dominguez both had 2 hits on the night but this
Astros offense has been really bad this year and they continue to falter at the
plate. Let’s hope this continues two
more days.
SHAVING CREAM PIE TO THE FACE – GAME MVP
David Ross.
First career 4 hit game and 2 absolute bombs over the Green
Monster. Though he’s been splitting time
with Salty, Jarrod better start hitting or they may opt to go more the veteran
back stopper.
ELBOW TO THE FACE – GAME LVP
Daniel Nava.
Daniel was the only starter without a hit on the night and he also
struck out twice. He’s been pretty good
this year so far so I guess we can forgive him every once in awhile when he
brings a 0-4.
PLAY OF THE GAME
Bottom of the fourth after a Will Middlebrooks HR
to left to put the Sox up 4-1, David Ross stepped to the plate and hit a
towering moon shot, his second of the night.
It put the Sox up 5-1 and the game was pretty much out of reach from
there. It started a great night for Ross
who had a career best showing.
NEXT
Today, Saturday, 4/27 at 7:05 vs. the Houston
Astros again.
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