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“DIARY OF A WINNER” |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ... April 27, 2018 ... A strong start by Blake Snell and a few home runs were enough for Tampa Bay to extend its winning streak to seven. Snell struck out nine while pitching into the eighth inning for the first time in his career and the Rays held on to beat the the Red Sox 4-3. Wilson Ramos hit a two-run homer in the first inning for the Rays, who added solo homers by Rob Refsnyder and Daniel Robertson while handing the Red Sox just their second loss at home this season. Snell (4-1) struck out five straight during a stretch in the first three innings and didn’t allow a baserunner until the fourth. Snell allowed two runs on five hits and one walk in 7 1/3 innings. Alex Colome worked the ninth for his fifth save in seven opportunities, striking out pinch-hitter Andrew Benintendi looking to end it. Xander Bogaerts, back in the lineup for the first time in nearly three weeks, had The Sox’s first hit off Snell, a leadoff single in the fifth. Bogaerts finished 3 for 4 in his first action since missing 15 games with a broken bone in his left ankle. He struck out in his first at-bat, one of many victims to Snell’s curveball. Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez hit RBI doubles for the Red Sox, who have lost four of six. The Sox left five runners on base, including Bogaerts in the ninth, and the Red Sox struck out 11 times. Drew Pomeranz (0-1) lasted five innings in his second start of the season. Pomeranz, who missed the first 18 games with a forearm injury, allowed four runs – all on homers – struck out four and walked two. Ramos’ two-out blast over the Green Monster scored C.J. Cron in the first. Refsnyder led off the third with another shot over the Monster. Robertson led off the fourth with another homer to left. The Sox didn’t have a baserunner until Snell walked Betts to start the fourth. Snell took a shutout into the sixth, when Christian Vazquez led off with a double off the wall in left and scored on Betts’ one-out double to center. Martinez drove in Betts with a two-out double down the line in right. Betts doubled again in the eighth off Chaz Roe and scored on a single by Martinez. Bogaerts made a great defensive play in the sixth with a diving stop on a hard grounder, then threw out Ramos from his knees. The Sox placed Brock Holt on the 10-day DL because of a strained left hamstring. |
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