Projo Sox Blog

BOSTON - The Red Sox tasted a little magic again last night, coming from behind to beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Fenway Park as David Ortiz slammed a 2-run homer in the bottom of the ninth for a 5-4 win. It was Ortiz' 10th walk-off homer of his Red Sox career.
Red Sox starter Jon Lester surrendered four runs in the very first inning. Red-hot Carlos Pena singled in one run and B.J. Upton cracked a 2-run homer. Lester threw 32 pitches in the frame.
The lefty settled down, but continued to struggle with walks (4) and ended up allowing 8 hits in his 3.2 innings. The good news is he also blanked Tampa for his remaining 2.2 innings and the Boston bullpen came on and shut out the visitors over the final five innings.
Ortiz also smacked a 3-run home run in the third inning to cut Tampa's lead to 4-3.

Kevin McNamara

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