Damn, what a game to miss!
Gabbard (7-3-0-2-6, 80) got his first major league win, Mike Timlin (2-1-0-0-1) piked up the save, david Ortiz returned to the lineup and the Red Sox won one of seven shutouts in the majors last night.
Trot Nixon doubled off the Wall in the fourth and scored on Coco Crisp's two-out, RBI single to center. ... Only one White Sox runner reached third base.
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Javier Vazquez (4.98) / Kason Gabbard (6.35), 7 PM
Papi tonight?
3 comments:
Good God, what is it with the quasi-minor league spot starters kicking ass this week? Gabbard = 0 runs, 3 hits, 2 walks after SEVEN.
This is only slight cherry-picking:
SLG.-H-2B-3B-HR-RBI
PLR.A.-.427-93-21-0-7-48
PLR.B.-.410-93-20-2-9-43
Player A is Trot Nixon, Player B is Alex Gonzalez.
Nixon has morphed into a singles hitter with little speed and an injury pattern that can only be described as predictable. He's got to go. The Sox have to get better in right field production.
On a totally unrelated note, why should anyone accept a discount to work for billionaires? Pay people what they are worth.
Further, the Sox already have one sentimental contract tied up in Wakefield. This has the additional unintended consequence of requiring a catching specialist who unfortunately is not good enough to step in as a real back-up. Sox should pay for performance on the field.
Jack, we could argue endlessly and pointlessly about Wakefield. Let's just say I've heard him say too many times that he has no idea where the ball is going when it leaves his hand, and I believe him. That scares me. The scariest moments for me in the entire 04 playoffs were Varitek trying to catch Wake in extras vs the Yanks. Jesus.
As for Bard, fully agree. That whole scenario, complete with giving up Meredith and the police escort was pure show biz, not baseball. I thought Theo came back for less of that, not more.
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