It was the fourth home run of the season for Martinez
The Boston Red Sox offense picked up where it left off Friday night thanks to J.D. Martinez.
The Red Sox designated hitter blasted a 404-foot home run to left field to put Boston ahead 1-0 against the Texas Rangers on Saturday. It was Martinez’s fourth home run of the season.
Martinez extended his hitting streak to 15 games. The Red Sox have now homered in seven of their last 13 games (seven total HR), after hitting 1 HR in their prior 11.