to left before uncorking a wild pitch, and Saltalamacchia scored from third when shortstop Alexei Ramirez allowed Dustin Pedroia 's hard grounder to go through his legs for an error. Ortiz then grounded into a double play to end the rally
been dealing with, low back, I wasn't going to take any chances in that situation," manager John Farrell said. Dustin Pedroia is batting .449 during a 12-game hitting streak, his longest since a 15-game run from Aug. 21-Sept. 4
John Lackey allowed one hit over six innings before a three-hour rain delay, Dustin Pedroia and Will Middlebrooks homered and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 Sunday for their fifth straight win. The delay
longest ever at Target Field. Minnesota managed only a single hit against Red Sox starter John Lackey (2-4). Dustin Pedroia and Will Middlebrooks homered for Boston, which won its fifth straight. Pedro Hernandez (2-1) gave up three
anymore. I just go about my business. I try to hit the moon every time I go to hit anywhere. It's not new.'' Dustin Pedroia had two hits, two walks and an RBI, extending his hitting streak to 10 games. Daniel Nava also went deep for the
them to stay away from this guy, don't give in to him. And he keeps sending souvenirs.'' Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia is batting .475 during a 10-game hitting streak. Lackey (1-4, 4.05 ERA) has mostly pitched well but lost
consistent basis." Dempster has had tremendous success against Mauer, who is 1 for 10 with six strikeouts against him. Dustin Pedroia is a .405 hitter at Minnesota, going 7 for 19 over the past four visits. He went 0 for 3 versus Diamond earlier
double-clutched on his throw after bumping into left fielder Oswaldo Arcia. Hicks didn't have a chance to get the speedy Dustin Pedroia . ''I would have liked to have seen Hicks come up clean with that one and have a shot at throwing him out
Sometimes you lose control for a little bit, and you can find your way back to finish that inning.'' After walking Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz , Rodney struck out Mike Napoli before loading the bases with a walk to Daniel Nava . Stephen Drew
but Price said this week he'd never use that as an excuse for his performance. He gave up two-out doubles to Dustin Pedroia in the first and Will Middlebrooks in the second without allowing further damage. The Rays weren't as fortunate