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WILSON RAMOS |
THE BEST RED SOX TEAM EVAH! ...
The Rays slam four homers and
knock out 18 hits to beat the Sox
April 28,
2018 ... Wilson
Ramos went deep again and scored on Denard
Span’s inside-the-park homer, helping Tampa
Bay beat the Red
Sox 12-6.
Johnny
Field and Carlos
Gomez also connected for Tampa Bay, and Matt
Duffy finished with four hits. Field’s
three-run drive in the ninth was his first career homer.
Ryan Yarbrough (1-1)
got his first career win with four innings in relief of rookie starter Yonny
Chirinos, who recorded just six outs. Yarbrough allowed
two runs and three hits, struck out six and walked none.
Rafael Devers homered
for The Sox, and David
Price (2-3) was charged with six runs, five earned, and
eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against his first major league team.
Gomez’s leadoff shot in the seventh made it 7-5, and Field extended Tampa
Bay’s lead with a drive to left against Brian
Johnson.
The first of the Rays’ three homers never left the park. Ramos led off the
second with a double and scored when Span’s sinking line drive got past Jackie
Bradley Jr. and rolled slowly to the wall in center.
Span was already at third by the time Andrew
Benintendi got over from left and fielded the ball.
Initially called a three-base error on Bradley, the call was changed the
following inning and Price was tagged with two earned runs.
The Red Sox loaded the bases with nobody out in the first and third but got
just one run in each inning. Benintendi hit a leadoff double in the third, Hanley
Ramirez singled and J.D.
Martinez drew a walk to load the bases for Xander
Bogaerts, who delivered an RBI single to left. That was
all for Chirinos. Yarbrough prevented any further damage with a pair of
strikeouts and a soft liner to shortstop.
The Sox lost for the fifth time in seven games. They also
had to replace star outfielder Mookie
Betts after the fourth inning due to tightness in his
right hamstring. Thy left 10 runners on base and struck out 14 times, including
one at the end of each inning.
Steven Wright was
reinstated from the disabled list, and then placed on the restricted list so he
can serve a 15-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s domestic
violence policy.
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