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Well, now your 2014
Carmine Hose have won
four out of their last five! It didn't seem like today's matinee would result in a win, as substitute closer
Edward Mujica gave up
two singles to start the ninth. But, he bowed his back and got three straight outs to secure the
5-4 Boston win. Boston is now finally at .500 in one-run games (23-23), and need just 16 more wins to
pass the 'Valentine Line' of 69 victories. On a
major down note,
Yoenis Cespedes left the game with a bruised hand—no word yet on the severity of the injury. Boston jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first with RBIs by
Daniel Nava and
Mike Napoli.
Anthony Ranaudo gave back three runs in the third and fourth—including back-to-back solo HRs (one by pitcher
Mike Leake). Boston regained the lead for good in the fifth with a Cespedes RBI and a two-run HR by Napoli. Ranaudo ended up getting his second MLB win—going six innings and giving up four earned runs. Boston returns home to face the Astros.
