White Sox - 200 101 300 0 - 7 15 2
Red Sox - 000 014 110 1 - 8 12 1
The Red Sox trailed 4-1 in the sixth inning and 7-5 in the seventh, but rallied to tie the game. Xander Bogaerts got the game-winning hit in the tenth, knocking in Mookie Betts as Boston avoided a four-game sweep by the White Sox. Craig Kimbrel pitched two innings of relief, escaping a bases-loaded/no-outs jam in the top of the tenth.
James Shields / Rick Porcello
Betts, RF
Pedroia, 2B
Bogaerts, SS
Ortiz, DH
Young, LF
Bradley, CF
Ramirez, 1B
Vazquez, C
Hernandez, 3B
Since being traded from the Padres to Chicago, "Big ERA James" has allowed 22 runs in 8.2 innings.
Elias:
ReplyDeleteDavid Ortiz gave the Red Sox a 3-2 lead with an RBI single in the third inning [last night], the 60th run he has knocked in this season in just his 65th game. Ortiz is the first player to reach 60 RBIs in a season in 65 or fewer games at 40 years or older. Only one other player did so in 70 or fewer games at that age; Harold Baines reached 60 RBIs in 69 games as a member of the Orioles in the 1999 season (also at 40 years old).
I'm amused by the fact that almost every statistic quoted by Elias this season about Big Papi relates to it being his "40 and over" season. What he's doing is amazing, no doubt, but you can almost read it as: "hey, look what the old fart can still do... amazing!"
ReplyDeletePlease, please, PLEASE do not get swept by the Pale Hose
ReplyDeleteJohn Hand, WEEI:
ReplyDelete"Against the White Sox, Porcello is 10-8 in 21 career starts with a 4.09 ERA"
Because what he did on July 26, 1999 facing Jim Thome, Scott Podsednik, and Jermaine Dye has actual relevance to today's start.