John Lackey had a bad first
inning and Andrew Bailey had a bad last inning but the Sox held on to beat the
O’s 5-4 on Saturday.
By the time Lackey had his first
out of the game the Sox were already down 2-0 as he allowed 4 straight hits to
open up the game. It looked like it was
going to be a rough outing but he settled down and only allowed 3 more hits the
rest of his outing which last 7 innings.
Lackey (4-5, 3.08) shut down the
O’s after that bad first innings. He
needed 24 pitches in that frame alone but was efficient after that as he only
threw 101 pitches on the day. His final
line ended up looking really good as he went 7 innings giving up 2 runs on 7
hits. He walked only 1 and struck out
4. Lackey again gave the bullpen some
much needed rest.
Koji Uehara was impressive yet
again striking out all 3 batters he faced in the eighth inning.
Andrew Bailey came on in the 9th
to close out the game but had a shaky outing.
He gave up a lead-off single to Adam Jones but got Chris Davis swinging
for the first out. Matt Wieters followed
with a 2-run homer to cut the lead to 1 run at 5-4. J.J. Hardy then followed that up with a
single to right and was lifted for pitch hitter Alexi Casilla. Ryan Flaherty then lined out to right field
but Casilla kept running and was doubled off at first to end the game and give
Bailey his 8th save of the year.
It wasn’t pretty but it got the job done.
Offensively, the Sox were good
enough as they recorded 5 runs on 9 hits and walked twice. They were again terrible with runners in
scoring position going 1 for 7 but only left 4 men on base. Jonny Gomes went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored
and an RBI. He also hit his 4th
homer of the year. Mike Carp went 1 for
3 with a homer, his 8th of the year.
Big Papi had one hit on the
night, his 2nd triple of the year.
Drew added a big 2-out RBI double for his only hit on the day.
The only Sox starter without a
hit on the afternoon was Jarrod Saltalamacchia who went 0 for 4 with 2
strikeouts.
Ellsbury stole his 31st
base of the year and Jose Iglesias continues to be red hot as he went 1 for 3
with a walk.
The Sox will go for the series
split on Sunday with their ace Jon Lester taking the mound. Lester has had a tough go at it lately and I’m
hoping he gets out of it very soon. Mike
Naploli who came out of the game Thursday was sent back to Boston
SHAVING CREAM PIE TO THE FACE –
GAME MVP
Mike Carp. Carp continues to be a big part of the Red
Sox offense. He hit his 8th homer
of the year and drove in 2 runs. If
ELBOW TO THE FACE – GAME LVP
Andrew Bailey. We don’t need heart attacks at the end of
ball games and Bailey almost blew the game for us in the 9th. He gives up a lot of homers and for fans that’s
not what you want your closer doing.
PLAY OF THE GAME
The double-play to end the
game. I’m not sure if Alexi Casilla
thought there were 2 outs or thought the ball was dropping in but you can’t
make the last out of the ball game on a play like that. There will be some fines in kangaroo court
for that bone head move.
NEXT
Today, Sunday, June 16th
in 
No comments:
Post a Comment