Saturday, April 14, 2012

Sox Bats Explode Again; Bury Rays, 13-5

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Home cooking, apparently, is a good thing. The Red Sox scored in double-digits for the second straight day, clouting five home runs in a rout of Tampa (13-5). Salty, Pedey, Papi, Aviles, and Ross were today's Murderers' Row—each going yard. But, as impressive as the offensive onslaught was, it was Clay Buchholz and the bullpen that settled down after a bad first inning (down 4-0), that essentially shut down the Rays from that point on. Back to the "O"—David Ortiz was 4-5 with 5 RBIs; Aviles 3-4 with an RBI and two doubles; and Cody Ross mastered his Fenway Swing by knocking in four.