Saturday, April 18, 2015

Ubaldo Ejected, Bogaerts Gets Walk-Off Hit

It was a typical tough game against the O's.  For going in hard to 2nd base to break up a double play, the Panda got hit high on the shoulder his next time at bat.  Jimenez was promptly ejected from the mound as the home plate umpire felt that Ubaldo intentionally threw at Sandoval & the pitch itself was very close, too close to his head.  Fast forward to the 9th in a 2-2 game (thanks to a 2-run shot by Ryan Hanigan) & Xander Bogaerts collects his 2nd hit of the game, a bloop to right that scores Mike Napoli.  Red Sox win 3-2.  Joe Kelly worked hard to get through 5 2/3, but he gave a solid outing.  Then the bullpen kept the O's off the board the rest of the way.  Small point - Daniel Nava's sacrifice bunt in the 9th got Nap to 2nd, paving the way for the walk-off win.  You have to do the little things right to win tight games.  This was an excellent game by 2 good teams.  But we won!    

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