Branford Red Sox fan recovering after being hit by foul ball
The Red Sox were then guilty of three straight infield miscues, two of them by first baseman Mike Napoli, and Rodriguez capped the rally with his walk.
Manager John Farrell said he was waiting to see how Ortiz felt before posting the lineup.
Boston does not need any problems with its pitching staff as it’s already thin with Buchholz as the Red Sox ace.
First pitch is at 1:35 p.m. with broadcasts on NESN, TBS, and WEEI.
Refsnyder started instead of primary second baseman Stephen Drew, who is hitting.182/.257/.372 with 12 home runs and 25 RBI in 78 games.
Big Papi was out with a respiratory illness and the rest of his teammates didn’t fare well in his absence, dropping the finale of a three-game series 8-6 to the New York Yankees on Sunday afternoon.
Rob Refsnyder is spending the All-Star break in New York, helping his fiancée move into a new apartment. Ramirez (2-for-4) hit his 19th home run of the season and drove in his team-leading 44th and 45th RBIs on the 1-0 fastball he sent to right center to give them a 3-1 lead. Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of a right flexor muscle strain after leaving Friday’s game. 230 in the month of July, but the team is finding ways to score runs, averaging at least five per game. He allowed solo homers to Alex Rodriguez and Jacoby Ellsbury – just the third time in nine career starts that he has given up two runs or more. Thankfully it did not come to that when she was struck by a foul ball during the Red Sox vs. Yankees game at Fenway Park. “But I think the biggest thing (Saturday) are the two balls he hits the other way with authority”.
“He grinds out every at-bat and expects a lot from himself”, Joe Girardi said before the game.
On the Yankees’ first 2015 visit to Fenway in May, Rodriguez drilled a bullet that got over the Green Monster in the blink of an eye. Anyone else notice that Alex has given his batting gloves to little kids in the front row after homering in each of the last two games?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book GT Bets, the Red Sox are -108 money line favorites over the Yankees, who are -102 money line road underdogs. He gave up two runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings against Oakland and has allowed just six runs over his last four starts. The Red Sox have begun to play better of late, however, in large because Ramirez has been tearing the cover off the baseball. As reported by ESPN Buchholz had been on a roll for the Red Sox, winning his last five decisions before Friday night.
Red Sox: Play four games in Anaheim against the Angels after the break.