video: Pedroia Homers, Red Sox Cruise Past Rays 9-0
Sunday, September 10, 2017
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Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run home run and Chris Sale struck out eight over six innings as the
Boston Red Sox cruised past the Tampa Bay Rays 9-0 at Fenway Park on Saturday.
This was the second consecutive game in which the Red Sox scored nine runs off Rays pitching.
The Red Sox have now won four straight games and improve to 81-61 on the season. They maintain a 4.5 game lead over the New York Yankees in the AL East.
Red Sox Roll
Following an Eduardo Nunez single, Pedroia hit a home run into the first row of the Green Monster to give Boston a 2-0 lead. The Red Sox would add a third run on a groundout by Mitch Moreland.
In the second inning, Boston would blow the game open.
Andrew Benintendi hit a two-run double off the Green Monster and Moreland followed up with a two-run single.
The Red Sox would add a fifth run in the inning on a throwing error by Evan Longoria.
Boston would add one more run in the third inning and cruise to the 9-0 win.
Series Continues
The Red Sox and Rays wrap up their series on Sunday, September 10 at 1:30 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Rick Porcello against Tampa’s Alex Cobb.
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Casey At The Bat
Casey at the Bat was written on August 14, 1863 on Chatham Street in Worcester by Ernest Thayer under the penname “Phineas.” The 150th anniversary of the poem is being celebrated in 2013.
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First Perfect Game
The first perfect game in the history of Major League Baseball was pitched in Worcester, on June 12, 1880, by J. Lee Richmond for the Worcester Worcesters – also known at various times as the Brown Stockings and the Ruby Legs - versus the Cleveland Blues at the Worcester Driving Park Grounds, located in the Worcester Agricultural Fairgrounds near Elm Park. Worcester joined the National League in 1880, replacing the failed Syracuse Stars.
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Industrial League
In Greater Worcester, there was a deep history of participation in Industrial League Baseball. Locally, teams included Norton Co., Town Talk Baking Co. and Whitin Machine Works (shown here).
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Honorary NL Membership
Worcester’s National League team was suspended in 1882 and replaced by the Philadelphia Quakers, who later became the Philadelphia Phillies. Worcester maintains an honorary lifetime NL membership.
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NE Collegiate Baseball
A New England Collegiate Baseball League team played in Leominster from 1995 to 1999. Called the Central Mass. Collegians, they won the NECBL Championship in both 1995 and 1996, and During the 1995 season, they played a game against the Cuban National Youth Team in Worcester.
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Worcester Tornadoes
The now-defunct Worcester Tornadoes of the Can-Am League played for eight seasons, from 2005 through 2012. Former Tornadoes emcee Dave Peterson is general manager of Worcester’s new team in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
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Wachusett Dirt Dawgs
The Wachusett Dirt Dawgs, who play at historic, and newly renovated, Doyle Field in Leominster, are a 2012 expansion franchise in the now-three-year-old Futures Collegiate Baseball League.The Dirt Dawgs’ 2013 season swung into action on June 5 with big expectations, but ended on August 8 with those hopes being dashed. They finished in the basement, with a record of 20-31 - 14 games behind first-place the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks (38-18). The team is owned by prominent Leominster businessman John Morrison, who also founded, owns and operates Fosta-Tek Optics in Leominster.
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Worcester Baseball
Last month, the Futures Collegiate Baseball League announced the formation of the Worcester Baseball franchise, which will play its first season next summer. The team is owned by the family that owns and operates Creedon and Co. The prominent Worcester catering service will be the food-and-beverage vendor at home games at Fitton Field, at the College of the Holy Cross. Through Octobert 25, Worcester Baseball is conducting a name-the-team competition.
