Boston 10, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature:
73°
Umpires:
Home -
Manny Gonzalez, 1B -
Paul Schrieber, 2B -
Lazaro Diaz, 3B -
Mike Everitt
Attendance:
37367
By SportsDirect Inc.
Red Sox 10, White Sox 1: Cody Ross hit a pair of three-run homers while Adrian Gonzalez homered and drove in four runs as host Boston spoiled the major-league debut of Pedro Hernandez and pounded visiting Chicago.
Felix Doubront (10-4) pitched six strong innings and Jacoby Ellsbury went 3-for-4 with three runs scored for the Red Sox, who have taken two of three in the four-game series and four of six since the All-Star break.
Hernandez (0-1) became the 10th rookie to pitch in a game for the White Sox this season and did not make much of his opportunity. The 23-year-old left-hander was lit up for eight runs and 12 hits in four-plus innings, striking out a pair and walking one.
Ellsbury doubled and scored on Gonzalez’s single in the first to tie it at 1-1 and Boston broke the game open in the third inning. Ellsbury and Crawford led off with back-to-back singles in front of Ross, who hammered a 1-1 fastball down the line in left, sneaking it just inside the pole for the three-run blast.
Ross struck again in the following frame. Pedro Ciriaco and Ellsbury reached with singles and Crawford popped out in front of Ross, who went to left-center this time for his 15th homer and a 7-1 cushion.
Gonzalez followed with a solo blast - his eighth - off Hernandez to make it back-to-back shots.
Doubront was charged with one run and four hits while walking three and striking out two.
Gonzalez added a two-run single in the sixth and finished with three hits to raise his average .296, its highest point since April. The first baseman is 9-for-16 over the last four games.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Red Sox placed DH David Ortiz (right Achilles) on the disabled list and recalled INF Mauro Gomez from Triple-A Pawtucket. Ortiz got a second opinion on his Achilles on Wednesday and the result was the same, no tear or rupture. He will be shut down for 10 days before resuming baseball activities. … Boston 2B Dustin Pedroia (thumb) is expected to be activated off the DL on Thursday. … Wednesday marked the 2,000th game with the White Sox for All-Star Paul Konerko. That ranks third in franchise history.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Boston |
|
Pedro Hernandez |
Player |
Felix Doubront
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
4.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
12 |
Hits |
4 |
|
18.00 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
.138 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Boston
|
14 |
3 |
25 |
.368 |
18 |
6 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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