Victor Martinez Essentials Positions: Bats: B Throws: R 74 Weight: 235 Born: Saturday, December 23, 1978 in Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar Venezuela Died: in , Debut: 9/10/2002 Last Game: 9/22/2018 Full Name: Victor Jesus Martinez
It’s an eventful afternoon at New Yankee Stadium as the Yankees defeat the Tigers, 5 – 4. First, Alex Rodriguez hits his first homer of the year off Justin Verlander in the 2nd and in the process passes Stan Musial for 5th place on the all-time RBI list with 1,951. Then, leading off the 4th, Alfonso Soriano also goes deep off Verlander, for the 2,000th hit of his career. The Yankees hand a 4 – 2 lead to Mariano Rivera in the top of the 9th, but for the third straight time, Mariano blows the opportunity by allowing solo homers to Miguel Cabrera and Victor Martinez. However, Brett Gardner homers in turn, off José Veras with two outs in the bottom of the inning, ending the game.
Prince Fielder and the Tigers agree to a nine-year, $214 million contract, a move necessitated with the AL Central champion’s loss of Victor Martinez, who could miss the entire season after tearing his left ACL while conditioning in the off-season. As a child, Prince hit fence-clearing drives when taking batting practice with his dad, Cecil, who hit 51 home runs playing with Detroit in 1990.
On July 2, 2010 More injury woes for the Red Sox: after Dustin Pedroia, Victor Martinez and Jason Varitek landed on the disabled list earlier this week, joining four other regulars already in the infirmary, reliever Manny Delcarmen is now out of action with a strained right forearm. The Sox call up Robert Manuel from AAA Pawtucket to take his place, but they would probably be better…
On the day the struggling Boston Red Sox have to place two starting outfielders – Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron – on the disabled list, they eke out a dramatic 7 – 6 win over the Texas Rangers. Entering the game with a 4-9 record, they fall behind 5 – 1 and 6 – 2 while the Rangers run wild, stealing 9 bases against the duo of Tim Wakefield and Victor Martinez. the Rangers swipe nine bases, including a club-record of five in one inning, to establish a franchise mark. The number of stolen bases allowed by the Boston backstops ties the 1913 mark for the most ever yielded by the team in one game. They then mount a comeback when Darnell McDonald, called up earlier in the day from AAA Pawtucket, hits a two-run game-tying pinch homer in the 8th, then ends the game with a run-scoring single off the Green Monster in the bottom of the 9th.
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