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DUSTIN PEDROIA |
BOSTON STRONG -
THE ROAD TO REDEMPTION
The Red Sox are
the first
team to win 20 games
May 2, 2013 ...
It wasn't easy, but the Red Sox continued their hot ways and became the first team in baseball to record 20 wins.
Starter Ryan Dempster didn't dominate the same way Clay Buchholz did, but the veteran persevered and did enough to help Boston win its fourth road series of the year. It's the first time since 1982 the Sox have won all four road sets to begin a season.
Dempster tossed six innings of one-run ball to earn his second victory of the season and guide the Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays in front of 25,851 at Rogers Centre. Dempster became the first Canadian-born Red Sox pitcher to start and win a game in
Canada since Rheal Cormier on Aug. 5, 1995.
The Red Sox have beat up on the Blue Jays over the six contests the teams have played this season, all of which have been in Toronto. Boston, which took two of three in the series, has won five of six overall and hit a whopping 16 home runs at Rogers Centre this
season. It's not just power and exceptional pitching that has helped the Red Sox dominate the Blue Jays this year. It has also been patience and smart at-bats, as Boston drew 10 walks. David Ross had three of them, which matched a career high.
Joel Hanrahan, and not Andrew Bailey, was called upon to secure the win, and after allowing a leadoff single, Hanrahan got pinch-hitter Rajai Davis to pop out and then got Munenori Kawasaki to hit into an inning-ending double to notch his 100th save. Bailey
wasn't available due to discomfort in his biceps, which he has been feeling for a couple days. |
