August 18, 2008
Bay City Bomber
Jon Lester and Jeremy Guthrie came through with their pitching duel. The Red Sox took a 2-1 lead into the top of the eighth on solo homers by Bay and Varitek, while Huff provided a long ball for the only Baltimore run. With Ortiz on first after an error, however, Rocky Cherry pitches to Jason Bay, and Bay delivers for the second time, a two run shot to put the Red Sox up 4-1 and give them some insurance for the eighth and ninth innings. Bay's 3 for 4 tonight and is now slugging .569 for Boston.
Posted by David Pinto at
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Bay's playing a little over his head for Boston, but not much: .972 OPS vs. career .894.
It could just be the switch from PNC to Fenway, and from the Pirates lineup to the Red Sox.