NEW YORK -- Presumably, there will come a time when it doesnt feel like an event every time the Red Sox have a big night offensively. But for now, games like Sunday night -- an 8-5 victory over the Yankees in which all nine starters had at least one hit -- are to be savored. Coming in, the Sox had scored three runs or fewer in 12 of their last 14 games. In this one, they already had four on the board by the third inning. Top prospect Mookie Betts made his Major League debut, belting his first Major League hit while also adding a walk and a run scored. David Ortiz launched career home run No. 450, a three-run shot in the third. Dustin Pedroia had a three-hit game while also making a couple of dazzling plays on defense. Mike Napoli, the Yankee killer, added a pair of hits and a walk. John Lackey labored, but did enough to win. The righty went five innings, giving up six hits and five runs, four of them earned. He walked one and struck out two. Though the 4-6 road trip wasnt what the Red Sox had hoped for, they at least finished by taking two out of three against their rivals in the Bronx. The Boston bats got rolling early. Napoli opened the second with a double to left and Stephen Drew delivered a one-out RBI single to give Boston a 1-0 lead. Ortiz took one powerful swing in the third and launched a three-run homer into the bleachers in right-center. Brock Holt (walk) and Pedroia (single) set up Big Papis moonshot, which gave Lackey a 4-0 lead. The cushion turned out to be a good thing on a night Lackey didnt have his best stuff. Derek Jeters RBI single in the third put the Yankees on the board. In the fourth, Betts created some excitement with his first Major League hit, a hard grounder up the middle. However, the Yankees quickly erased Betts when he was caught stealing. Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran launched solo shots in the fourth, and it was a 4-3 game. But some big-time wildness by the Yankees in the fifth allowed the Red Sox to open it back up. Jackie Bradley Jr. led off the inning with a walk, and that was all for Yankees starter Chase Whitley. Shawn Kelley didnt fare much better, walking Holt and Daniel Nava to load them up. The suddenly red-hot Pedroia blooped one into right for a two-run single. Though the Yankees wound up picking Pedroia off, it was not a smart play. As Pedroia got caught between first and second, he bought enough time for Nava to race home from third to make it 7-3. The Yankees kept after it against Lackey in the fifth. Ichiro Suzuki laced one into right that Betts missed on the dive, and it turned into a triple. Brett Gardner followed with an RBI double to right. Jacoby Ellsburys dribbler to Lackey resulted in an RBI that made it 7-5. Again though, the Boston bats rallied. Betts started the sixth with a walk. Bradley dumped one into left for a single. Holts single loaded the bases. Pedroias sacrifice fly boosted the lead back to three runs.mlb.mlb/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_29_bosmlb_nyamlb_1&mode=video#gid=2014_06_29_bosmlb_nyamlb_1&mode=recap&c_id=bos
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:10:05 +0000
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