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DANIEL NAVA |
ON THIS DATE (April 20, 2013) ...
With four outs remaining, Boston needed a big hit to make it a winning day. And Daniel Nava provided it, clocking a three-run homer into the Boston bullpen, fueling a 4-3 victory by the Red Sox, who have won seven in a row.
When the switch-hitter stepped to the plate against Kelvin Herrera with two outs in the eighth, the Red Sox were down 2-1. But Nava absolutely unloaded, giving the Fenway fans one more reason to roar.
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DAVID ORTIZ'S PRE-GAME SPEECH |
This was the first home game for
the Red Sox since the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon killed
three people and injured 176 others. After a stirring pregame
tribute, capped with David Ortiz reminding everyone that "This is our
… city", the Red Sox turned their attention to baseball.
In the end Nava made things right for a crowd of 35,152 that buzzed with support throughout the day.
Ortiz went 2 for 4 in his 2013
debut after Achilles' issues. With a doubleheader Sunday, look for
Ortiz to play in only one of the two games. Ortiz had some good
at-bats against James Shields and knocked in run to tie it at 1-1. |
