After talking mostly about the Red Sox' 17-8 win over the Angels Monday night at Fenway Park, second baseman Dustin Pedroia asked for one last audience to relay a message. "To the fans of New England," he began ...
“Everybody can be [expletive] happy when you’re [expletive] 30-1, but what is everybody going to do when we’re 12-14? Are you going to show up to work the next day and write an [expletive] story? Hell no. You’re going to write the best story of your life. We’re going to try and play the best [expletive] game of our life tomorrow. That’s what you’ve got to do when you’re 12-14. Don’t put your head down and mope. Grind it out. You believe. That’s what we’re built on.”
Pedroia was part of a 20-hit attack for the Red Sox, which included every member of the starting lineup notching at least one hit, with seven of them coming away with multi-hit games. The Sox' No. 2 hitter's primary contribution came in the form of his seventh home run of the season, which was one of four homers for the Sox on the evening.
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