Red Sox - 011 001 400 - 7 15 2 Blue Jays - 001 000 100 - 2 7 0Clay Buchholz pitched eight strong innings (8-6-2-2-7, 108), Daniel Nava went 4-for-5, with three doubles and three runs scored, and Adrian Gonzalez (3-for-5) and David Ortiz (2-for-3) each drove in two runs.
In his last five starts, Buchholz has a 3.98 ERA.
Ortiz began the scoring with his 13th home run, a shot to left-center in the second inning.
In the third, Nava doubled with two outs and Gonzalez singled him in. Nava began the sixth-inning rally, as well. He singled, Gonzalez doubled, and Ortiz walked, loading the bases. Jarrod Saltalamacchia - the only Sock without a hit - grounded into a fielder's choice, and Nava scored (3-1).
Ryan Sweeney doubled to open the seventh, and after two were out, he scored on Scott Podsednik's single (4-1). The Sox put the game away in short order: Nava doubled (5-1), Gonzalez singled (6-1) and Ortiz singled (7-1).
The Blue Jays scored their runs on two solo home runs. ... Scott Atchison pitched the ninth inning.
Podsednik, CFThe Red Sox are on a short three-game road trip north of the border. The Blue Jays (27-24) finished a three-game sweep of the first-place Orioles and are 2 GB both Baltimore and Tampa Bay. The Red Sox (26-25) are 3 GB. According to run differential, the Blue Jays are the top team in the AL East. Toronto won two out of three against the Red Sox earlier this season (April 9-11).
Nava, LF
Gonzalez, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Saltalamacchia, C
Middlebrooks, 3B
Sweeney, RF
Aviles, SS
Punto, 2B
Boston will play with a short bench tonight, but may make a decision on Dustin Pedroia's right thumb this weekend. Or they may not. Bobby Valentine: "No one new is coming with us [to Toronto]. We have a plan. We don't want to put the plan in until we need to. I suspect before the weekend is over there will be another infielder, but maybe not."
Pitchers for this weekend (both games at 1 PM):
Saturday: Felix Doubront / Kyle Drabek
Sunday: Daniel Bard / Drew Hutchison
9 comments:
Are you going to the game?
No, I work Fri-Sat-Sun.
You'd think they could've been a little more considerate of your schedule.
You'd think they could've been a little more considerate of your schedule.
There have been several Sox-Jays weekday games that we've missed. Ticket prices are prohibitive right now.
And the Skydome experience sucks. Honestly, I'd rather be sitting in my chair at home.
"And the Skydome experience sucks. Honestly, I'd rather be sitting in my chair at home."
First e-mail exchange I ever had with Allan, c. April 2004 (in a nutshell):
Me: I'm going to Skydome, what should I expect?
Allan: "Now batting, Orlandoooooooo Hudson!"
Heh. I went to SkyDome with my parents in August of '04. By the third game, my father and I were yelling "Orlaaaandooooo" every time O. Cabrera came up.
laura k said...
Ticket prices are prohibitive right now.
that place is always 30% empty you would think they would give them away..
They actually raise ticket prices when the Sox and NYY are in town. Decent seats are $75 each.
We used to have a half-price ticket source... but no more. Oh well!
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