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“DIARY OF A WINNER”
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BOSTON STRONG - July 9, 2013 ... The American League's winningest team ended a three-game losing streak, by erupting for 16 hits, beating the Mariners, 11-8, at Safeco Field to tie the four-game series at one win apiece. The Red Sox overcame an early 5-1 deficit by scoring in five different innings while the bullpen held together just long enough to get the job done. Allen Webster got shelled in his sixth career start, allowing seven of the first 11 batters he faced on base. He gave up seven runs in just 2 1/3 innings of work, his second shortest outing of the season. Webster has a 9.57 earned run average in six starts and has given up seven home runs over 26 1/3 innings. Kendrys Morales fired the first volley, a two-run homer in the first inning to score Nick Franklin. After David Ortiz opened the second with a homer to cut Seattle's lead to a run, rookie Brad Miller made it a 5-1 ballgame with a bases-clearing double. Things were just getting started at a ballpark that is notoriously hard on hitters. After Shane Victorino led off the third with a single, Dustin Pedroia and Mike Napoli sandwiched a pair of two-run home runs around an Ortiz double to tie the game at five. Jose Iglesias kept the inning alive by making it to first after a wild pitch, which allowed Boston to take the lead on Brock Holt's sacrifice fly to right that scored Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Morales hit a second homer to lead off the third, and Kyle Seager followed with a single. Justin Smoak hit a line drive to right field that nearly dropped in for a hit and Webster's night was done. The Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma also struggled in his first start since being selected to his first All-Star Game. The Japanese righty lasted three innings, giving up six runs on eight hits. Playing with only 11 pitchers in order to get some outfield depth, Boston had a tentative bullpen situation all night long. After Webster exited the game, long reliever Alfredo Aceves was only able to finish the third inning before leaving in pain. Rookie Jackie Bradley Jr. made his presence felt just hours after getting recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket. After a strikeout and a groundout in his first two at-bats, the 23-year-old gave the Red Sox an 8-7 lead with a go-ahead homer in the fifth inning off Blake Beavan. Boston added three more in the eighth to put the game out of reach. On a night where offense was the name of the game, Ortiz still stood out. With his son D'Angelo watching from the stands, Ortiz went 4-for-5 with a home run, a pair of doubles and a single. The single gave him 1,688 career hits, tying Harold Baines for the most by a designated hitter. The best work was done by the overworked and undermanned bullpen. Five relievers combined to allow one run over 6 2/3 innings. Craig Breslow got the win and Koji Uehara his sixth save. Breslow gave a yeoman's effort, throwing 43 pitches and taking the Red Sox into the sixth. After 2 1/3 scoreless innings, Andrew Bailey relieved Breslow after he gave up a double to Miller. Bailey would allow just one hit over 1 2/3 shutout frames, Junichi Tazawa allowed one run in the eighth and then Koji Uehara pitched a scoreless ninth to notch the save. When Stephen Drew strained his right hamstring June 28, the Sox shifted Jose Iglesias to shortstop. Jonathan Diaz, Brandon Snyder, and now Brock Holt have played third base. The Red Sox recalled outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. and purchased the contract of righthander Brandon Workman. Both were with Triple A Pawtucket. Righthanded relievers Jose De La Torre and Alex Wilson were taken off the roster. De La Torre was optioned back to Pawtucket and Wilson was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained right thumb. Workman was a second-round pick out of the University of Texas in 2010 and has moved steadily through the system since. He was 8-2 with a 3.21 earned run average in 17 games for Double A Portland and Pawtucket. Over 101 innings he allowed 90 hits and struck out 108. |
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