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MLB Blog:Middlebrooks' three-hit night powers Red Sox

Morales to get another start after yielding three runs, fanning eight

BOSTON -- Will Middlebrooks made another strong case to remain in the Red Sox's lineup and Franklin Morales proved his worth once more as a starter on Saturday night.

Middlebrooks homered, drove in two runs and had three hits to push the Sox past the Braves, 8-4, at Fenway Park. Boston improved to 8-2 in its past last 10 games and moved to 4-1 on its current nine-game homestand.

Morales made his second straight start in place of the injured Josh Beckett, stifling the Braves over six innings. The former Boston reliever allowed three runs on seven hits, striking out eight against one walk and throwing 86 pitches (62 strikes).

He built off Sunday's five-inning, nine-strikeout performance vs. the Cubs and won his first game as a Red Sox starter.

"Right now I feel more confident in myself and I feel like it's a good opportunity for me to be a starter," said Morales, who began his career as a starter with the Rockies before moving to the bullpen. "When I was younger I tried to do too much. Now I don't try to do everything. I'm letting go of my fastball and I believe in what I've got right now."

Did Morales earn another start with his outing on Saturday?

"Yes, most assuredly," said manager Bobby Valentine. "For him to maintain his velocity now twice is very impressive and that's more than I expected."

In his third straight start at third base, Middlebrooks fell a triple shy of the cycle. He's making it tough on the Red Sox to find a spot for Kevin Youkilis these days. The two had been splitting time recently, but Middlebrooks has outperformed the veteran of late.

"I come here every day and prepare like I'm playing, even if I'm not," said Middlebrooks, who is hitting .331 with nine homers and 33 RBIs in 40 games. "I'm ready to go every day."

The rookie has been tearing the cover off the ball during the homestand, going 10-for-14 with three homers, three doubles and nine RBIs in five games. He's had an extra-base hit in five straight games, the second time he's done that this year.

"I'm just comfortable. I feel like I'm in a groove, feel good," he said. "Seeing the ball well. It's pretty simple. I'm just seeing it and hitting it right now. Just getting good pitches to hit and not missing them."

On Saturday, Middlebrooks had an RBI double in the first, a solo home run over the Green Monster to lead off the third and a single in the fifth.

"Like all good hitters he's seeing the ball well right now," Valentine said. "A lot of time those home run hitters bunch them [together] and the last thing you want to do is get him out of the lineup when he's hitting home runs."

While Middlebrooks is convincing Valentine to keep him in the lineup, Morales has made a seamless transition out of the bullpen.

Morales looked shaky to start the game, though. The first three batters reached, including an RBI single from Brian McCann. But the left-hander rebounded and retired 11 of the next 12, striking out six.

"After that inning I had confidence back, threw my fastball for strikes and tried to make my first pitch a strike and use both sides of the plate," Morales said.

The Braves didn't score again until the fifth, when Jason Heyward reached on an error by first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and scored on an RBI single by Michael Bourn.

"We should have gotten more out of the first than we did," Braves third baseman Chipper Jones said. "We really had a chance to set the tone for the ballgame and have them play catch-up and hopefully give our young guy some breathing room. Unfortunately we only got the one and they come out in the top of the first really feeling good about things, as opposed to being down two or three runs."

Jones crushed an RBI double in the sixth to make it 6-3. Morales escaped the inning without further damage and Scott Atchison replaced him to start the seventh.

Atchison quickly got into trouble, allowing one run on two hits before he got an out. Andrew Miller relieved him with two men on base and got McCann to line into a double play to first to escape the threat.

"Andrew Miller came in and McCann is as tough a hitter as they have in the lineup, and he got him out in front on a breaking ball off the end of the bat," Valentine said. "I didn't think we were going to get that kind of double play to get out of it, but it worked perfectly."

One night after Braves starter Jair Jurrjens held them to a lone run, the Red Sox pounded out 14 hits and feasted on Atlanta pitching. Starter Randall Delgado allowed four runs on six hits in 1 1/3 innings.

Dustin Pedroia broke out of a 9-for-62 (.145) slump with three hits, his most in a game since May 11 vs. the Indians. The second baseman belted a two-run double in the second to go along with two singles and a walk.

"When it rains it pours, you go from cold to real hot. It's coming," Pedroia said. "The last few days I've swung the bat good and I just didn't get any hits. That's the tough part to deal with mentally, when you have good at-bats and quality at-bats and don't get any hits. You just have to know that they are coming and they will. Once you find it you just take off."

Gonzalez, Mike Aviles and Cody Ross each had two hits, with Gonzalez adding an RBI. Ross doubled twice and drove in one. Daniel Nava contributed a two-run single in the seventh for insurance.

Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.MLB Blog

MLB Blog:After late burst, Yanks hold on to deny Mets

NEW YORK -- The Yankees love to wear their reliance on the home run like a badge of honor, and a pair of big blasts from Raul Ibanez and Eric Chavez gave them more reasons to be proud on Saturday.

Ibanez crushed a key three-run homer and Chavez cracked a go-ahead shot as the Yankees rallied for four runs in the seventh inning, holding on to stun the Mets with a 4-3 victory at Citi Field.

"We definitely have an offense that can get explosive," Ibanez said. "Having that power as a team is a nice thing to have, for sure."

Ibanez's blast inside the right-field foul pole sparked the Bombers' offense after they had been blanked by right-hander Chris Young through the first six frames.

The Yankees knew the gap could be closed with just a few timely swings. It was a formula that worked during their Subway Series sweep at Yankee Stadium earlier this month, when the Bombers hit eight homers to account for 12 of their 18 runs.

"When you think about our club, they're in scoring position when they walk to the plate," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "That's the type of club that we have."

Mark Teixeira started the seventh with a walk -- one pitch after nearly striking out on a foul tip that catcher Josh Thole couldn't hold -- and Nick Swisher sliced a ball that right fielder Lucas Duda broke back on, misplaying it into a double, the 1,000th hit of Swisher's career.

Ibanez took advantage of the breaks and laced the first pitch he saw down the right-field line, clearing the eight-foot fence to tie the game and knock Young out of the contest with a no-decision.

"I was just trying to get a guy in," Ibanez said. "When I hit it, I thought I was going to have to run hard to try to get two [bases]. Fortunately for us, it went out of the park."

Chavez then gave the Yankees the lead when he blasted his first career pinch-hit homer down the left-field line off reliever Jon Rauch (3-7), ripping an 0-2 pitch.

"He hit a good pitch," Rauch said. "He takes a panic swing and somehow barreled it. I think everybody in this clubhouse is amazed that he was able to do that with that pitch."

For Chavez, the owner of 237 Major League home runs, the blast was the first career pinch-hit shot in 64 such at-bats.

"Pinch-hitting is hard just in general," Chavez said. "You're just trying to make contact up there, really. ... The one thing that we have is the players to do it. We feel like we're in every game, regardless of what the score is."

Rafael Soriano picked up his 18th save with a scoreless ninth, helping the Yankees secure their fourth win in five Subway Series meetings with their crosstown rivals this season.

The biggest outs might have come in relief of starter Ivan Nova, as Clay Rapada (2-0) got the final out of the sixth, Boone Logan struck out both batters he faced in the seventh and David Robertson fanned the side in the eighth around two walks. The Mets struck out 15 times in all, tying their season high.

"It felt good," Robertson said. "The atmosphere was really intense tonight. Everybody came in and got their job done and got the tough outs to help push us forward to a win."

The Mets touched Nova for three runs (two earned) in 5 2/3 innings, including a run-scoring single by Young in the sixth inning that knocked Nova out of the game, snapping his five-start winning streak.

"I thought he threw a pretty good game; he didn't give up a lot of hits," Girardi said.

Kirk Nieuwenhuis slugged a solo homer off Nova in the third inning and an Alex Rodriguez error led to an unearned run in the fourth, as Rodriguez booted Scott Hairston's grounder and the run scored on a groundout.

Nova's 99th and final pitch was laced into right field by Young after an intentional walk to get to the pitcher, and Nova said he'd made the offering too comfortable for Young.

"That's the only pitch I questioned myself," Nova said.

The hit would prove to be little consolation for Young once the seventh-inning lead evaporated, something that brought cheers from Nova's corner of the visitors' clubhouse.

"After I came out, I was thinking that we have to wake up now," Nova said. "We have to win."

The victory seemed to put the Yankees back on track, stopping a three-game losing skid from growing any larger following the club's season-high 10-game winning streak that stretched into the earlier part of the week.

"You definitely don't want that to happen, especially after winning 10 in a row," Ibanez said. "Today was a big win for us."MLB Blog

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