David Ortiz Joins 500 Home Run Club!

Catcher J.P. Arencibia just got called up from Durham a few weeks back and has done nothing but hit.

Junichi Tazawa was charged with a blown save in his third straight appearance.

Tazawa’s recent efforts have raised the question of whether the right-hander might be wearing down in the final month of a long season.

“I wasn’t really thinking about it”, manager Kevin Cash said.

Moustakas singled home two runs in the sixth inning, hit his second career slam in the seventh and capped his record-setting performance with a three-run drive in the ninth.

Fittingly, it came in the bottom of the 12th inning and was his last home run as a Twins player. David Ortiz added his 495th home run in the series opener, but he’s 2 for 9 when facing Pineda.

Andrew Bellatti (3-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win.

Recently reacquired Rich Hill will make his first major league start since 2009 when the Red Sox close out a three-game series against the Rays and left-hander Drew Smyly on Sunday afternoon. Phil Gosselin led the Diamondbacks with a three-run homer and an RBI double. He was also intentionally walked.

Fall To The Boston Red Sox (68-74) at Tropicana FieldWP: (Heath Hembree 1-0, 4.50 ERA), LP: (Enny Romero 0-1, 5.32 ERA ) SV: Robbie Ross Jr. Ryan Hanigan gave Boston a 4-3 lead with a sacrifice fly off Brandon Gomes.

Tonight’s game was a good old fashion pitching duel. “He’s in tremendous shape, he wants to be in that moment”. His initial arrival, meanwhile, came as such a bargain – as did numerous following years – that it permitted the Red Sox all kinds of flexibility in the construction of a roster around him. Ortiz took a 93 miles per hour fastball and crushed it over the right field fence to give the Red Sox an early 3-0 lead. He moved past Chipper Jones into sole possession of 32nd place all-time with his 1,624th RBI.

Smyly, however, needs to rebound after he gave up a pair of two-run homers in five innings while not factoring into the decision of a 5-4 loss at Detroit on Monday.

The Red Sox didn’t hit a ball out of the infield in the first inning but picked up singles by Betts – extending his hitting streak to 17 games – and Xander Bogaerts, and Ortiz crushed a Moore fastball over the wall in right field.

Ortiz’s career has been a storied one – a leader, a fan favorite and a legend in Boston sports, he has been named to nine All-Star teams since 2004, the year the Red Sox ended their 86-year championship drought.

In Cincinnati, Skip Schumaker hit a three-run homer, rookie Anthony DeSclafani pitched six strong innings and the Reds beat St. Louis for the second time during the day. He moved past Dwight Evans into third on the Boston career list with 927 extra-base hits… Lovullo made his smartest move yet, placing the slugger in the cleanup spot in Boston’s batting order.