The Red Sox earn their first
sweep of the season as the walk-off on the Braves 4-3 at Fenway Park. The walk-off ended up being a hit and then an
error to get the winning run in but the Sox will take it either way as the Sox
run their winning streak to 4.
David Ortiz missed the game with
a right calf strain and it will be something that will need to be watched as
the Sox already have starters Napoli, Victorino and Middlebrooks on the DL as
well as 2 pitchers (Buchholz and Doubront).
So with 4 starters out, the Sox still come out on top and the offense
did pretty well without them.
The Sox banged out 4 runs on 12
hits and walked 3 times. They were 5 for
12 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. I’m a little upset at all the men left on
base but you have to be happy with the hits they are getting with runners in
scoring position. Those hits were not
happening during the terrible 10 game losing streak.
Brock Holt went 3 for 4 with a
run scored, an RBI, a double and a walk.
He’s been doing really well out of the lead-off spot and if he doesn’t
stick with the big league club when Stephen Drew is ready, it’ll be a
crime. He’s now hitting .315 at the
plate and has been by far the most consistent hitter on the Sox.
Xander Bogaerts went 3 for 5 with
a double, run scored and an RBI. He was
at the plate in the bottom of the ninth with a chance to win the game. With 2 walks to start the inning by the
usually reliable Craig Kimbrel, Bogaerts came up with a chance to win the
game. He delivered by hitting a shot to
third which Johnson was able to dive for but his throw to 2nd to try
and force out Holt, skipped past La Stella and into right field, Bradley Jr.
would motor home to score the winning run.
A.J. Pierzynski went 2 for 4, and
Pedroia, Gomes, Sizemore and Ross all chipped in with his of their own. Ross had a run scored and double as
well. Jackie Bradley Jr. walked once as
did David Ortiz who pinch hit and was immediately replaced by Mike Carp.
The top 2 in the order (Holt
& Bogaerts) went a combined 6 for 9 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI as well as
walking once. With that type of
production out of your two top spots, you’re bound to pull in a victory.
For the third straight game,
Boston’s starter did very well as Jake Peavy pitched a hell of a game on
Thursday night, going 8 innings and giving the bullpen some much needed rest
going into the weekend series. In his 8
innings, he allowed just 3 runs on 8 hits while walking 1 and striking out 4.
Like Lackey the night before,
Peavy was able to get ahead of Atlanta hitters and was aggressive with his
fastball. It was nice to see his command
back as his last 2 outings he had a ton of walks.
Koji Uehara pitched the ninth and
worked around 1 hit and struck out 1 for his first win of the season.
While the 9th inning
was nice, the 8th inning was where the action was as the Sox scored
2 in the inning to tie it up. It was
started by Brock Holt who singled and moved to second on an error by the
left-fielder Upton. Bogaerts then
singled him in to make it a 2-run game.
Pedroia followed with a single of his own to put runners at 1st
and 2nd with no one out and Pierzynski at the plate. A.J. delivered with a single of his own to
center which Bogaerts was able to score on by an error on B.J. Upton in center
field. The defense would settle down
however and the Sox would get no more.
It was a nice win to build upon
going into a tough weekend series against the Tampa Bay Rays, a team the Sox
were just swept by last weekend. The Sox
will send Brandon Workman (0-0, 3.18) to the mound again for his 2nd
start of the year. He didn’t do too bad
in his last outing but only went 5 innings.
I’d like to see him go a little deeper in the game and am excited to see
the young arms contribute at the major league level.
The Rays will counter with David
Price (4-4, 4.42) who the Sox knocked around last Saturday, scoring 5 runs off
him in the first inning. He would settle
down but it’s encouraging that the Sox were able to score some runs on him and
hopefully they can do it again.
SHAVING CREAM PIE TO THE FACE –
GAME MVP
Xander Bogaerts. The X-man had 3 hits and an RBI including the
game winner.
ELBOW TO THE FACE – GAME LVP
Daniel Nava. Nava went 0 for 2 with a strikeout after
taking over for Ryan Lavarnway who started at first base. Nava has still not looked all that great
since being recalled to Boston.
PLAY OF THE GAME
Bogaerts single then error to end
the game in the bottom of the ninth.
NEXT
Friday, May 30th at
Home vs. the Tampa Bay Rays.
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