Red Sox Offense Comes Alive in 11-6 Win Over Texas
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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Boston Red Sox scored three runs in the fifth and four runs in the sixth en route to an 11-6 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night at Fenway Park.
Rick Porcello picked up his third win of the season, but only his second at Fenway. He went 6 2/3 innings giving up 11 hits and five runs while striking out four.
Red Sox Offense Takes Over
With the game tied at 2 in the fifth, the Red Sox rallied for three wins with the bases loaded and nobody out.
Devin Marrero and Mookie Betts began the rally with back-to-back singles and Dustin Pedroia walked to load the bases for Xander Bogaerts.
Bogaerts drove in Marrero and Betts with a single to left field giving the Red Sox a 4-2 lead.
Rangers pitcher Andrew Cashner walked Andrew Benintendi to load the bases again and Bogaerts scored on a sacrifice by Mitch Moreland to put the Red Sox up 5-2.
The Red Sox would add to their lead in the sixth inning.
Pedroia sparked a four run rally with a two RBI double while Moreland added an RBI single to give Boston an 8-2 lead. Benintendi would score on a balk by Texas pitcher Alex Claudio.
The Rangers would rally with two runs in the seventh inning and another in the third, but the Red Sox would add two runs of their own in the 8th to win the game 11-6.
Series Continues
The Red Sox and Rangers continue their series on Wednesday, May 24 at 7 p.m.
The pitching matchup is Boston’s Chris Sale against Texas’ Martin Perez.
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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.
