Final
Ortiz homers, Buchholz solid in Red Sox victory
Jun 16, 2010 - 3:07 AMVideo
BOSTON(AP) -- David Ortiz's first-inning homer helped the Red Sox open a big early lead and gave the Boston fans a chance to watch the Celtics in the NBA finals.
Clay Buchholz didn't mind it, either.
"That's big, going out to a three- or four-run cushion," the Red Sox right-hander said Tuesday night after pitching Boston to a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
"He's a key to the success of this team. Whenever that guy's hitting, it's just a different lineup."
Buchholz (9-4) allowed three runs on seven hits and a walk, striking out eight in 5 2-3 innings for his sixth win in seven starts. Jonathan Papelbon pitched the ninth to earn his 14th save and send the Diamondbacks to their 11th straight road loss.
Ian Kennedy (3-4) gave up six runs on nine hits and a walk, striking out six in six innings while also throwing two wild pitches and hitting a batter. He is 0-3 with two no-decisions since May 19.
"I don't know if he was pitching away from the Monster or if he was trying to be fine when he was going away from these guys," Diamondbacks manager A.J. Hinch said. "When they get their arms extended, it's pretty lethal."
Dustin Pedroia, who batted .213 in May, had a pair of hits and scored three runs. He is batting .310 in June, with multiple hits in four of his last five games.
"That's the last guy I worry about," Ortiz said.
Pedroia was hit by a pitch in the first inning, and Ortiz followed with his first homer since June 2 - his 13th of the season. In the third, Pedroia doubled in a run, Daniel Nava scored on a wild pitch and then Pedroia scored to make it 5-1 on an infield single by Victor Martinez that resulted in a close play for first base umpire Jim Joyce.
Replays showed he was right.
The Fenway Park crowd began a "Beat L.A.!" chant right around tipoff time for the Game 6 of the NBA finals between the Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. It was 6-3 in the fifth when empty seats began appearing, and most of those in the luxury seats cleared out as fans left or went inside to watch TV.
It also helped calm down Buchholz.
"It's a good way to play," Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "When your pitching's holding them down, every time you score after that (helps)."
Arizona scored two in the fourth to make it 6-3 when Miguel Montero doubled and took third on Chris Young's single. Young stole second, and they both scored on Justin Upton's double.
But Pedroia singled to lead off the bottom of the fifth, moved up on a groundout and scored on Kevin Youkilis' double.
"After the fourth, we didn't do much after that," Hinch said. "(Buchholz) settled in and made pitches. He lasted long enough to hand the ball to their bullpen and they completely shut us down."
Youkilis let Montero's first-inning grounder go through his legs at first base - his first error of the season and first at first base since April 8 of last year.
But he also made two nice plays to field grounders to his right in the second inning, tossing to Buchholz at the bag for a 3-1 putout reminiscent of Joyce's blown call that cost Detroit's Armando Galarraga a perfect game. Neither one was as close as Martinez's infield hit on a grounder to shortstop in the third inning.
NOTES: The Diamondbacks traded OF Conor Jackson to Oakland for minor league closer Sam Demel. Demel will report to the team in Boston on Wednesday, and the team will need to make another roster move then. ... Red Sox SS Marco Scutaro received a cortisone injection in the side of his neck on Monday to ease pains in his neck as well as elbow trouble. Scutaro wanted to play on Tuesday, but the Red Sox gave him another day to rest. ... Martinez, a native of Venezuela, was watching the Brazil World Cup match before the game, wearing a team shirt and colorful hat. ... Brothers J.D. and Stephen Drew faced each other for the 16th time.
- Red Sox 6, Diamondbacks 3 - FINAL
ARIZONA ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
K Johnson 2b 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 .277
S Drew ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .276
M Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .218
A LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .258
M Montero c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .429
C Young cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 .277
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Jun 15 10:15 PM - ML
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY KEVIN YOUKILIS SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K YOUKILIS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3
BOSTON 6 BOTTOM,5TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: V MARTINEZ (.303, 1-FOR-2, RBI)
Diamondbacks 3, Red Sox 6 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 15 9:01 PM - ML
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JUSTIN UPTON SCORED CHRIS YOUNG AND MIGUEL
MONTERO
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J UPTON ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 3
BOSTON 5 TOP,4TH
DUE UP FOR ARIZONA: T ABREU (.309, 0-FOR-1)
Diamondbacks 3, Red Sox 5 Top 4, 0 OutsJun 15 8:27 PM - ML
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY VICTOR MARTINEZ SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, V MARTINEZ ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
BOSTON 5 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.277, 1-FOR-1)
Diamondbacks 1, Red Sox 5 Bot 3, 0 OutsJun 15 8:11 PM - ML
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
WILD PITCH BY IAN KENNEDY ALLOWED DANIEL NAVA TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D PEDROIA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
BOSTON 4 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.315, 0-FOR-1)
Diamondbacks 1, Red Sox 4 Bot 3, 0 OutsJun 15 8:08 PM - ML
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED MIKE CAMERON
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D PEDROIA ON SECOND, D NAVA ON THIRD, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1
BOSTON 3 BOTTOM,3RD
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D ORTIZ (.255, 1-FOR-1, HR, 2 RBI)
Diamondbacks 1, Red Sox 3 Bot 3, 0 OutsJun 15 8:05 PM - ML
AT BOSTON - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY DAVID ORTIZ (13) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 1
OUT IN THE 1ST OFF IAN KENNEDY SCORED DUSTIN PEDROIA.
CURRENT SCORE: ARIZONA 1, BOSTON 2
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.316, 12 HR, 40 RBI)
Diamondbacks 1, Red Sox 2 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 15 7:34 PM - ML
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
ARIZONA 1 1 2 0
BOSTON 0 0 1 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: ARI - IAN KENNEDY
BOS - CLAY BUCHHOLZ
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: D NAVA (.500, 1 HR, 5 RBI)
D PEDROIA (.263, 8 HR, 31 RBI)
D ORTIZ (.251, 12 HR, 39 RBI)
Diamondbacks 1, Red Sox 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 15 7:26 PM
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