But if Ramirez can continue last season's renaissance and offer the occasional Ortiz impersonation - be it on the field or in the clubhouse - there will be more wins like yesterday's on the horizon.
The Red Sox' first run in the second was fairly routine, arising from a pair of clean doubles leading to no chance for defensive prowess - if the triple is said to be the most exciting play in baseball, doubles can be among the least interesting ways to score a run.
Tampa Bay Rays' Peter Bourjos hits a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Thursday, April 13, 2017, in New York.
Chris Sale was at his brilliant best as the Boston Red Sox edged at the Tampa Bay Rays, while Kris Bryant went long for the Chicago Cubs. Here are my three final thoughts. His first full season of work came in 2014, and he improved in the following years.
With ten strikeouts today, his stuff was working. "As far as I know we're going to carry that all of our road trips". He'd walk another in the fourth, but quickly erased that by stabbing a comeback liner and doubling off the runner at first base. Darvish (1-1) struck out 10 and limited the Angels to 5 singles and 2 walks. The Mets bullpen was outstanding in this game, seven relievers combinng to throw ten innings of scoreless ball after starter Robert Gsellman allowed a career-high eight runs in just 4 2/3 innings, but all's well that ends well for the exhausted but streaking NY Mets. This line is basically a microcosm of the Drew Pomeranz experience in Boston. There's obviously something from today's game to build on, but we've been saying that after nearly all of his starts. "We have in the past had some guys get sick when we've been here". That didn't go as well, as Farquhar loaded the bases with one out on two singles (one an infield squibber) then a walk. The homer and double tied him for the major-league lead in extra base hits with Padres' first baseman Wil Myers. He's given up just three runs in 212/3 innings.
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Astros 10, A's 6: George Springer hit a two-run homer in the eighth after Nori Aoki put Houston ahead with one of his two RBIs in a rally from a five-run hole. His 4 1/3-inning failure came two games after Boston's Steven Wright allowed four homers in 1 1/3 innings against Baltimore in a 12-5 Orioles win. His one-year, $5.5 million contract didn't garner much attention in the offseason, but he's quickly becoming one of the team's most valuable assets. It looked like they might finally start to roll. "But at the same time you have to be happy with the way we competed".
Well, they started to move in the right direction today. Farrell gave struggling 3B Pablo Sandoval the day off.
It was another game they were in until near the end. The problem is that they've only had 97 at-bats with runners on second or third.
Mookie Betts seemingly refuses to strike out, which is very good news for the Red Sox offense.
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