by shawn medeiros | Apr 20, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez
The Boston Red Sox can win without Manny Ramirez. Arguing a called third strike, Ramirez, was tossed out of the ball game by home plate umpire Paul Emmell and the Red Sox offense suffered until the seventh and eighth inning. Down 5-0 entering the seventh inning David...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 20, 2008 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Millwood, Manny Ramirez, Texas Rangers, Tim Wakefield
Manny Ramirez said after the game that if Ortiz is not hitting, he will hit for him. Ramirez did just that. David Ortiz drove in Dustin Pedroia on an RBI infield single deep into the shift in right field tying it at three apiece.
by shawn medeiros | Apr 18, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia
David Ortiz, even in a slump, will always be clutch. With two out and the bases loaded and the Red Sox down 1-0 Ortiz launched a grand slam over the Green Monster to give Boston a 4-1 lead and more importantly get the monkey off his back. Dustin Pedroia also got in on...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 18, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Manny Ramirez, Melky Cabrera, Mike Mussina, New York Yankees
Mike Mussina DID get lucky last time out against the Boston Red Sox, but tonight Mussina’s luck ran out after facing Manny Ramirez. Ramirez jacked two home runs off of Mussina and “Moose” was chased from the game after three innings of work. The...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 16, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, David Aardsma, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Mike Mussina, Mike Timlin, New York Yankees
Up 9-7 entering the bottom of the fifth inning the Boston Red Sox had a cushion to work with, but Julian Tavarez could not hold the lead. Giving up two runs on a Jorge Posada RBI double and Robinson Cano notched an RBI single tying it up at 9 apiece. Then another two...