BOSTON -- Saturday didn’t start well for Rick Porcello, but it couldn’t have ended any better. There were two reasons for this in what wound up a 9-5 victory for the surging Red Sox over the slumping Mariners at Fenway Park. The first would be Boston’s offense, and the utter
BOSTON -- Saturday didn’t start well for Rick Porcello, but it couldn’t have ended any better.
There were two reasons for this in what wound up a 9-5 victory for the surging Red Sox over the slumping Mariners at Fenway Park.
The first would be Boston’s offense, and the utter dominance it displayed in an eight-run third inning.
The second is that Porcello righted himself in every way for the rest of the day.
The turnaround was dramatic when you consider that Jay Bruce, the sixth batter of the game, belted a two-run homer that pinned Porcello in a 4-0 hole before the Red Sox had even taken their first swing of the game.
Forget about not giving up another run. Porcello didn’t so much give up another hit. After the Bruce homer, Porcello had a 19-batter span in which the only batter to reach base was on an error.
Porcello went 6 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out five to earn the victory.
Mitch Moreland clubbed his 12th homer of the season, and second in the last two days, to get the Red Sox on the board in the second.
The fun started soon thereafter when when the Red Sox had a monster third inning for the second straight Saturday.
The light-hitting Sandy Leon capped the damage with a three-run homer over the Green Monster, his first of the season.
Ian Browne has covered the Red Sox for MLB.com since 2002. Follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne and Facebook.
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2019-05-11 19:09:10Z
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