David Ortiz, while not very looking like the ofold.
David Ortiz, while not entirely like the hitter . Still was more than plentiful to virtually on its own-handedly helpthe Red Sox offense get even with the White Sox last nocturnal.
On a night when Daisuke Matsuzaka could toy with the White Soxlineup, Ortiz’ bases-clearing duple in the seventh more than plenty living room for the Red Sox in the 6-2 success.
Dustin Pedroia’s RBI single broke a 1-1 snarl and left the basesloaded to set the stage for Ortiz.
Jacoby Ellsbury added with a solo home run in the ,while Jim Thome in the for Chicago.
Matsuzaka sanctioned only one run and four hits in his eightinnings. He walked three batters and struck out four on 106 pitches.
Ortiz added two in a 3-for-5 evening and also scored thefirst run for the Red Sox in the inning. He the gamewith only two hits over his previous 20 at-bats five gamesand had been only .143 over his last nine cup to drop hisaverage from .265 to .249.
Since coming off the DL for his left hurt, Ortiz hasbatted .273 with one home run and 10 RBI in 14 sports event.
The game was stained by an ugly injury to White Sox first course Jose Contreras, who ruptured his left Achilles in the top of thesecond . On an Ellsbury pounded ball to first baseman Nick Swisher, Contreras hustled over to first base to cover but pulled upa duo of steps away from the bag. He dropped the soft toss fromSwisher and fell to the pulverized after getting grazed by Ellsbury.Contreras looked in palpable pain as he kept grabbing at his foot some minutes was aided off the field.
The White Sox gave no prospects but in the main it a minimumof nine months to come back from such an grievance. Former Red Sox andcurrent Brewers outfielder Gabe Kapler needed nine months to engagement from the gash he had to his Achilles in 2005.
Contreras left the game with runners on the corners and two outs.D.J. Carrasco replaced him and got Jason Varitek, a game asthe No. 9 for the first time since 2003, to pop out toshortstop.
Carrasco got through the next three score with little effort,although the Red Sox withered a talented scoring opening in thethird. J.D. Drew and Pedroia led off with a walk and a bloop solo,singly, but the affection of the regulation feeble.
Ortiz out , Kevin Youkilis up to first baseand Mike Lowell out swinging, as well.
The White Sox scored first in the fifth inning. Matsuzaka with a walk to Swisher (his third leadoff walk of the nightly),then Juan Uribe laid an unfieldable bunt down the base line.DeWayne Wise grounded into a infielder’s choice that put Swisher base and he scored from there on Orlando Cabrera’s blooper toright province.
The Red Sox washed out insignificant time tying it up in the sixth. Ortizled off with a solitary to root and one out future Lowell hit asingle to reasonable as Ortiz, display good get a move on, made it to thirdbase. The unmarried by Lowell completed an 0-for-17 skid.
Jason Bay then hit into what easily could have been an inning-closing stages twin play, but he beat the relay throw from next basemanAlexei Ramirez, allowing Ortiz to score.