BOSTON -- David Ortiz went from gesturing up at an official scorer one
at-bat earlier to pumping his fist toward his teammates after his
game-tying homer.
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Three pitches later, he was hugging Mike Napoli at home plate after his
teammates winning home run.
Napoli and Ortiz hit consecutive homers with one out in the 10th inning
and the Boston Red Sox rallied past Minnesota 2-1 Wednesday, sending the
Twins to their fifth straight loss.
"We havent been able to produce. Our pitching has been outstanding
lately, but we havent been able to hit," Ortiz said. "To come back and
win the game, that was big."
Boston was held to one hit -- a fifth-inning double by Daniel Nava --
before the homers.
The Twins took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 10th on Chris Parmelees
two-out home run off Red Sox closer Koji Uehara (2-1).
But after Dustin Pedroia flied out to begin the Boston 10th, the Red Sox
connected against Casey Fien (3-4) to complete a three-game sweep.
Twins closer Glen Perkins was unavailable with a sore back.
Ortiz hit his drive down the right-field line and pumped his right fist
toward the dugout as he headed toward first base. Napoli hit his shot
into the centre-field bleachers.
Three innings earlier, Ortiz felt like he had a hit taken away when he
reached on what was ruled an error by official scorer Bob Ellis after
the ball deflected off first baseman Joe Mauers glove in the seventh
inning. When he walked off the field following Napolis double-play
grounder, Ortiz was glaring and waving his arm up at the press box.
"You hope they have your back at home and it never happens," Ortiz said.
"Ive been here more than a decade and the scoring, its home, man. What
do you want Mauer to do? He dove for the ball. He knocked it down."
"I always look like Im the bad guy, but they always end up changing it.
Its not that we need to check on Papi. Check on the scorer to see what
hes doing wrong," he said.
Earlier this year, Major League Baseball changed a scorers ruling and
later gave Ortiz a single in a game in which Yu Darvish had a no-hit bid
for Texas.
Parmelee also had two singles as Minnesota finished a 3-6 road trip.
"Were glad were going home," Parmelee said. "Its kind of tough end to
the long road trip, but were headed home and were excited to get back
home."
Uehara had a scoreless streak snapped at 21 2/3 innings when Parmelee
homered into the Red Sox bullpen over the leap of right fielder
Brock Holt.
"Unfortunately, one extra split to Parmelee gives them the upper hand,
but a dramatic finish on our part," Boston manager John Farrell said.
"David comes up big once again."
Like the previous two games of the series, both one-run wins by Boston,
neither team had much offence going. The Twins entered the day with
seven combined hits and one run in the first two games and Boston scored
just three total runs.
The Red Sox were on the verge of being shut out until the improbable
ending.
"Its the worst feeling in the world," Fien said. "When youve got a
pitching staff that threw like that and then they ask me to come up big
and do my part. You come out with the L. Its not a good feeling."
Bostons John Lackey and Minnesotas Kyle Gibson kept up the trend with
strong pitching performances.
Lackey gave up three singles over nine innings, striking out nine and
walking one. Hes allowed three or fewer runs in six straight starts, and
12th of 15 this season.
Gibson pitched seven shutout innings for the third consecutive start,
allowing only Navas double, while striking out eight without walking
anyone.
Gibson retired the first 14 batters before Nava lined a double near the
base of the right-field wall that bounced in Bostons bullpen for a
ground-rule double.
Pedroia had his streak of reaching in every career start against the
Twins snapped at 30 after he went 0 for 4.
NOTES: Red Sox starters held an opponent to three runs or fewer for the
12th consecutive home game. ... A day after designating him for
assignment, the Red Sox released struggling OF Grady Sizemore from the
roster. ... Red Sox pitcher Brandon Workman lost an appeal of his
six-game suspension for throwing near the head of Tampa Bays
Evan Longoria on May 30, and the right-hander began serving it
Wednesday. ... RHP Yohan Pino makes his major league debut, facing
Chicagos Jose Quintana (3-7, 3.98 ERA) Thursday as the Twins open a
four- game series at home against the White Sox. ... Jake Peavy (1-4,
4.53 ERA) goes for Boston Thursday against Oaklands Scott Kazmir (8-2,
2.05) as the Red Sox begin a 10-game road trip.
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