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ONE LAST RUN FOR A
RED SOX LEGEND - June 19, 2016 ... David Price found himself in another pitchers’ duel Sunday and spun one of his best starts of the season, pushing the Sox to a 2-1 win at Fenway. For the third straight start, Price went eight innings, allowing just one run on eight hits with seven strikeouts. Price has strung together eight straight quality starts, the longest active streak in the majors and the longest streak by a Sox starter since Jon Lester in 2014. The last Sox pitcher to throw at least eight innings in three straight starts was Tim Wakefield in 2008. Heading into his start this afternoon, the Red Sox ace had lost three straight outings despite holding opponents to three runs or fewer. The lone run Price allowed came on a homer by Franklin Gutierrez that drifted down the right-field line and sneaked inside Pesky’s Pole. The Sox answered by capitalizing on singles by Xander Bogaerts and David Ortiz to lead off the sixth. Bogaerts scored on a fielder’s choice by Hanley Ramirez to tie it. Then in the seventh, Betts put the Sox ahead with a solo homer to left, his 15th of the season. It was Betts’s first career go-ahead homer in the seventh inning or later. The Red Sox entered the game 1-12 when scoring fewer than three runs, but with Price putting them in position to change that, Betts was happy to provide support. The homer was a bit of a relief on an otherwise frustrating day for a Sox offense that went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base, despite putting up double-digit hits (11) for the 42d time this season. Price retired the side in order in the next inning. Ketel Marte grounded out to third base before Price struck out Franklin Gutierrez and Robinson Cano to preserve the lead. Price got big cheers for the strikeout of Gutierrez. The Mariners right fielder had hit multiple home runs in two of his last three games at Fenway Park It was the second time in the game that Price pitched a solid inning after the Sox had scored the inning before. In the seventh inning, with the Red Sox having just tied the game, Price overcame a leadoff single by Kyle Seager and got out of the inning in just 11 pitches. He had settled in, and finally the Red Sox did enough to reward him for it. Bogaerts went 1 for 3, making him the first player in the majors with 100 hits this season. The only player in team history to reach 100 hits in a season in fewer games was Tris Speaker (64) in 1912. Jackie Bradley (2 for 3) tripled to the triangle, giving him an extra-base hit in each of his last six games against Seattle. David Ortiz's steal of second base in the seventh inning lifted the crowd to its feet. It was the 40-year-old slugger's second steal of the season and 17th of his career after he was intentionally walked by Diaz. Ortiz received a standing ovation as he trotted back to the dugout. After rallying to win for the second straight day, the Sox have 16 come-from-behind victories this season. |
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