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Article: Giant Killers - Resurgent bats, Pineiro's arm help Red Sox finish sweep
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 18, 2007
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The situation was delicate. Seventh inning, three-run lead, bases
loaded and, though Barry Bonds had already been dispatched on a four-
pitch unintentional (but careful) walk, Bengie Molina was at the
plate.
Not quite the same as Bonds, who had already lofted home run No.
748 into the record books, but a hitter near .300 on the season
nevertheless. And he would be facing righthanded reliever Joel
Pineiro, the $4 million man whose effectiveness in tight situations
has not been often tested in his first season in Boston.
Molina's numbers, 5 for 28 (.179) with one home run, against
Pineiro clearly played a role in manager Terry Francona's decision to
bring in the reliever after Javier Lopez had ...