Orioles - 000 110 000 - 2 5 0 Red Sox - 000 020 001 - 3 4 1Xander Bogaerts's one-out single in the bottom of the ninth scored Mike Napoli with the winning run.
Brian Matusz walked Napoli to start the ninth. Daniel Nava laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Napoli to second. Tommy Hunter came in to pitch. Bogaerts looked at a strike before delivering the game-winning hit, a blooper that fell into shallow right field.
Ryan Hanigan hit a two-run homer (with Bogaerts aboard) in the fifth.
The Red Sox are now 7-3.
Betts, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Ramirez, LF
Sandoval, 3B
Napoli, 1B
Victorino, RF
Bogaerts, SS
Hanigan, C
W L PCT GB RS RA DIF Red Sox 6 3 .667 --- 56 50 + 6 Rays 6 4 .600 0.5 44 44 0 Orioles 5 4 .556 1.0 47 46 + 1 Blue Jays 5 5 .500 1.5 55 43 +12 Yankees 3 6 .333 3.0 45 49 - 4
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Vintage Koji and a nice walk-off.
I share Allan's concerns about Jerry Remy, but I thought he had two good observations last night. One was the point about Sandoval's HBP being in retaliation for his aggressive slide at 2nd earlier. The second was him noticing that Napoli took off immediately (with one out) on Xander's bloop hit, and without the early jump he wouldn't have scored.
The HBP/retaliation seems obvious to me, but I will admit that in a few games, Remy has done a bit more than parrot Don's play-by-play. Blind squirrel, stopped clock, etc.
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