Game 6: Red Sox 2, Orioles 1
The Red Sox picked up another win in a close game this afternoon. I'm gaining more and more faith in how good this team is daily.
Wakefield rebounded from a tough first start, allowing only one uneared run the entire game, and consistently pitching out of trouble. In the bottom of the sixth, he had runners on second and third with no outs, and he struck out the side. He only retired the Baltimore side in one inning (third). Wakefield's only charged run came in the first on a Tejada single. It was unearned because of Loretta's first fielding error of the season.
Crisp didn't play this afternoon due to jamming his finger on his caught stealing at third base last night, but Adam Stern filled in nicely in the leadoff spot, going two for five with 2 RBIs. Crisp is day-to-day, and with the offday tomorrow, I expect to see him in the lineup on Tuesday. Loretta had the other Sox RBI on a lineout that scored Josh Bard.
Speaking of Bard, he looked a little better today catching Wakefield.
Papelbon continues to look like a dominating closer. Yes, he let two runners reach base in the bottom of the ninth, but he retired who he needed to. He got Kevin Millar to pop out on the first pitch to end the game... how fitting. Timlin pitched the seventh, allowing a single to Jay Gibbons and a walk to Kevin Millar, but nobody scored on him.
Keith Foulke had an impressive eighth inning. His velocity looked good, he was hitting his spots and most importantly, batters were swinging and missing his changeups. Our bullpen could be filthy ridiculous if we can get him back to 100% healthy. I still stand by J-Paps as the closer though. Julian Tavarez will be back Thursday from his suspension as well.
A sweep over Baltimore is a good thing. We always dominate them at Camden, and they come into Fenway and own us.
I am very impressed with this team's 5-1 start. I haven't felt this good about a Red Sox team this early since the '99 team, who coincidently were the last team to start off 5-1. The Yankees are off to a slow 2-4 start, but I think I read the last time they started off 2-4 was 1998, and we all know what happened that year. I will never, ever count the Yankees out until the 162nd game of the season is over, but I like the direction that my team is going in right now. First place feels nice, even if it is the first week of the season.
Wakefield rebounded from a tough first start, allowing only one uneared run the entire game, and consistently pitching out of trouble. In the bottom of the sixth, he had runners on second and third with no outs, and he struck out the side. He only retired the Baltimore side in one inning (third). Wakefield's only charged run came in the first on a Tejada single. It was unearned because of Loretta's first fielding error of the season.
Crisp didn't play this afternoon due to jamming his finger on his caught stealing at third base last night, but Adam Stern filled in nicely in the leadoff spot, going two for five with 2 RBIs. Crisp is day-to-day, and with the offday tomorrow, I expect to see him in the lineup on Tuesday. Loretta had the other Sox RBI on a lineout that scored Josh Bard.
Speaking of Bard, he looked a little better today catching Wakefield.
Papelbon continues to look like a dominating closer. Yes, he let two runners reach base in the bottom of the ninth, but he retired who he needed to. He got Kevin Millar to pop out on the first pitch to end the game... how fitting. Timlin pitched the seventh, allowing a single to Jay Gibbons and a walk to Kevin Millar, but nobody scored on him.
Keith Foulke had an impressive eighth inning. His velocity looked good, he was hitting his spots and most importantly, batters were swinging and missing his changeups. Our bullpen could be filthy ridiculous if we can get him back to 100% healthy. I still stand by J-Paps as the closer though. Julian Tavarez will be back Thursday from his suspension as well.
A sweep over Baltimore is a good thing. We always dominate them at Camden, and they come into Fenway and own us.
I am very impressed with this team's 5-1 start. I haven't felt this good about a Red Sox team this early since the '99 team, who coincidently were the last team to start off 5-1. The Yankees are off to a slow 2-4 start, but I think I read the last time they started off 2-4 was 1998, and we all know what happened that year. I will never, ever count the Yankees out until the 162nd game of the season is over, but I like the direction that my team is going in right now. First place feels nice, even if it is the first week of the season.
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