It seems that the steady recovery for Boston's recently beaten baseball franchise is actually going pretty well -- they have now climbed to over .500 in the win-loss ratio, with their 25th win (as opposed to their 24 losses). Besides the players, who else had a big role in rallying the Red Sox to their recent victory?
It would be easy to let that success fall in the claims of Bobby Valentine, the new manager of the
Boston Red Sox, and with good reason. Valentine has been at the head of the Red Sox revival, leading the team to enough wins to put them just three and a half games behind first place in the AL East division. Under Valentine, both the veterans and the students of the sport have improved their game, making them tough contenders for the season.
"Prince Fielder slugged a home run
in the sixth and added an RBI in the seventh to pull Detroit within 5-3
but David Ortiz hit a solo blast in the bottom of the seventh to extend
Boston's lead.
Ortiz went 3-for-4 with two doubles in the absence of team mate Dustin Pedroia, who suffered a thumb injury on Monday.
Daniel Bard tossed 5 1/3 innings to get the win for Boston, and Alfredo Aceves handled the ninth for his 12th save of the season.
Rain held up play for 38 minutes in the eighth inning before Boston resumed their march to victory."
