Red Sox pitchers come up huge with three straight shutouts

The first acquisition might come off the field, albeit not far from it.

Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts leaped and ended up over the wall as he robbed Baltimore Orioles first baseman Chris Davis of a home run for the final out of a 7-0 Boston victory on Friday night.

The Boston Globe reported last week that the Padres were aggressively pursuing Orsillo.

It’s been an emotional month for Don Orsillo. Orsillo will replace legendary announcer Dick Enberg after the 2016 season, according to ESPN’s Gordon Edes. The connection, however, is obvious.

Since Dave Dombrowski took over on August. 18, the Red Sox have gone 22-14 (.611), which projects to a 99-win pace over a full season.

The Padres are not alone in their admiration. After the break, Orsillo’s broadcast partner Jerry Remy talked about the video, and Orsillo had every opportunity to talk about himself or the network’s decision to replace him. There are no less than nine petitions at Change.org, but the main one has over 62,000 signatures.

He joined owner John Henry and chairman Tom Werner on the mound, where he was presented a Red Sox jersey with the No. 16 and Lucchino on the back. Thank u for letting me be a part of your family. “None of it is finalized but I plan to stay in a few emeritus role”, Lucchino said. The tweet included a YouTube link to Andrea Bocelli’s “Time to Say Goodbye”.

The big left-hander mustered 1-2-3 innings in both the fourth and fifth stanzas while stranding Machado at second base to escape from his only jam unscathed in the sixth inning.

Only once before had the Orioles been shut out three games in a row – July 29-31, 1957, when they were blanked once by the Chicago White Sox and twice by the Cleveland Indians. Lovullo said it’s “very doubtful” Buchholz will pitch again this season.

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“I’m a lot more comfortable than I was at the start of the season”, Owens said.

It was just after 10:30 a.m. when Orsillo strolled out to the Green Monster, where members of the camera crew, audio staff and other technicians had asked him to pose with them for a group photo. That stings, and it also serves as another red flag that Remy, who has an option year left on his contract, is hardly assured of retaining his place in the booth. “Yeah if I had one good, original idea in 37 years in baseball it was for a traditional, old-fashioned ballpark with modern amenities”, he chuckled.

“When you think about the direction this organization is going in …” His passion for baseball, his business acumen, his extraordinary and positive energy, and his ability to develop relationships have been constants throughout his career.