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Ladies and gentlemen: meet your new ace. Knuckle-baller
Steven Wright continued his amazing season, tossing a complete game victory tonight at Yankee Stadium—
beating The Empire, 5-1. Wright had a shutout going with two outs in the ninth, hurling 101 pitches—striking out seven and walking just one. He moves to 3-3 on the season—
with a staff-leading 1.52 ERA. Boston's entire scoring offense came on the long ball:
Dustin Pedroia (2-run HR);
David Ortiz (
two solo HRs) and
Xander Bogaerts (solo HR). Also,
Jackie Bradley, Jr. was 2-3 and raised his average to .288.
The Carmine Hose upped their record to 18-13—staying just one-half game behind the Birds of Baltimore. They return home to Fenway Park for
13 of the next 16 games. Time to make hay.
