RESULT – WIN 12-5
The offense showed up Saturday
night for the Red Sox and it’s a good thing because Ryan Dempster didn’t have
anything out there. The Sox banged out 13
hits and scored 12 times and were 5 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
The Twins banged out 12 hits but couldn’t
string anything together as they were only able to plate 5. Dempster gave up 8 of those hits and all 5 of
those runs. He couldn’t make it out of
the 5th going only 4 and 2/3 and throwing a ridiculous 127 pitches
in his short outing.
Dempster walked 6 batters on the
night and lacked any type of command on the night. Having been given a 7-2 lead to start the
fifth, it looked like Dempster would cruise to his 3rd victory of
the year but after giving up a lead-off double then 2 quick outs, things got
out of hand quickly for the right-hander.
He walked the next batter, his sixth walk on the night, then gave up
back-to-back RBI singles to Pedro Florimon and Jamey Caroll.
He was at 127 pitches and finally
John Farrell had seen enough. Farrell
came out the batter before and must have been talked into letting Dempster stay
because he didn’t pull him. I would bet
he was trying to get Dempster the win but he clearly didn’t have it and needed
to be removed.
The bullpen came in and didn’t
allow a run the rest of the game. Craig
Breslow got out of a bases loaded one out situation in the fourth when Dustin
Pedroia made a really nice basket catch in short right field. He then spinned and fired home to Ryan
Lavarnway to nail Doumit attempting to tag up and score. There was a collision at the plate but
Lavarnway held onto the ball for the double play and seemed to give the Sox
momentum going into the late innings.
Breslow looked good going 1 and
2/3 innings giving up only 1 hit and 1 walk.
Alex Wilson pitched 2 scoreless innings to seal it giving up only 1 hit
and struck out 2. His season ERA is now
down to 1.26 and he has become very reliable in the pen.
The story of the night was
offense and the headliner was Big Papi – David Ortiz. Ortiz slugged 2 homers and se the franchise
record for multihomer games by a Red Sox.
It was the 38th time he’s done it in a Red Sox uniform. Ortiz finished the night 3 for 4 with 6
RBI. He has 7 homeruns and 29 RBI in
only 25 games this year.
Ortiz seems to love hitting vs.
his former team as he know is hitting .332 with 15 home runs and 42 RBI in 53
career games vs. the Twins. He has a
.500 average with 5 home runs and 16 RBI at Target Field.
Dustin Pedroia went 2 for 3 with an RBI and Daniel Nava went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI, doubling and homering. Will Middlebrooks was on base 3 times and Ryan Lavarnway knocked in 2 with a big 2-out single. I hope Lavarnway can come around because he has so much promise and another big bat in the lineup would really help this team.
Pedro Ciriaco was the only Sox
player without a hit on the night taking a 0 for 5. Mike Napoli went 1 for 2 but walked 3
times. Mike’s been quiet as of late and I
expect hit to breakout soon. He is a
very streaky player and he usually follows up a quiet week with a big week.
The Sox go for the sweep of the Twins
Sunday afternoon with John Lackey taking the hill in search of his 2nd
win of the season. Lackey has looked
good lately and hopefully he can keep it going.
He’ll be opposed by Pedro Hernandez who is 2-0 on the year but has a 5
ERA.
SHAVING CREAM PIE TO THE FACE –
GAME MVP
David Ortiz. Is there any doubt? 38th career multi-homer game and
new record holder for the big lefty. When
you really think about, that’s a great accomplishment. Ted Williams, Jim Rice, Yaz, ELBOW TO THE FACE – GAME LVP
Ryan Dempster. When a team stake’s you to a 7-2 lead and you can’t get through the 5th to get the win you’ll get an elbow to the face. Dempster’s command was terrible as he walked 6 batters and threw 126 in only 4 and 2/3 innings. The offense basically gave him an easy win and get couldn’t get out of the 5th. Hopefully it’s just a tiny blip on his season but it is troublesome.
PLAY OF THE GAME
The 2nd home-run by
Big Papi. It was the nail in the coffin
for the Twins and set a new Red Sox record.
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