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| Benintendi Goes Yard |
Previous to yesterday, the Red Sox had not scored more than nine runs in a
game all year. Today, they tallied
ten runs in the ninth inning alone, on the way to
a stunning 17-6 win over Minnesota. In the
last two games they have scored 28 runs. Talk about an offensive group of guys!
Chris Sale was able to snag his third win of the year—despite giving up an uncharacteristic four earned runs in six innings. The lanky lefty did strike out ten batters (his fifth straight game doing at
least that). It's hard to summarize the offense, but here goes:
Mookie Betts went 3-6 with a solo HR;
both Keith Moreland and
Sandy León had
four RBIs each; other HRs came from León (2 jacks),
Dustin Pedroia and
Andrew Benintendi (2 RBIs). Oh, and
Xander Bogaerts and
Chris Young each had two RBIs as well. Yikes! Another key was
Craig Kimbrel striking out two batters with the (at the time) tying run on third.
The Carmine Hose have a well-deserved day off in Milwaukee on Monday, then play some dumb inter-league games.
