Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 12, 2008
The Runs Keep Coming

Dustin Pedroia just picked up his fifth hit of the night, driving in Jacoby Ellsbury with a double off the wall. That ties the game at sixteen, and matches him with Marlon Byrd for the most hits in the game. After an intentional walk to Ortiz, Youkilis homers over the Green Monster to put the Red Sox up 19-16. That gives Kevin two homers in the game and five RBI. The 3-4 hitters for the Red Sox drove in eleven runs tonight. Can Texas come back again?

Update: I heard on the broadcast that this is the first time since 1918 that a pitcher gave up 12 runs in a game and didn't get the loss.

Update: Papelbon gets the last two outs with a fly to right and a soft liner to second. The Red Sox win a wild one 19-17.

Update: The Rangers are not dead yet. Papelbon strikes out the first batter, but Byrd reaches on an error by Youkilis at third and Boggs doubles him in. That brings the tying run to the plate.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:47 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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Boston pulled off 2 big late inning wins in a row and has a favorable home schedule the rest of the way. This is one only redeemed by putting up a W. Let's give out a player of the game to the guy who contributed the most to the other teams effort - it's a tough choice but I'll have to go with Frank Francisco over Feldman, Vazquez, Zink, DelCarmen, Crisp. Youkilis actually kept both teams in the game before cracking that last HR.

Posted by: Bandit at August 13, 2008 08:13 AM
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