Blue Jays - 250 000 000 - 7 14 0 Red Sox - 110 000 000 - 2 7 0An ugly afternoon, as Lester allowed seven hits (including back-to-back home runs) and two walks in the first two innings. He pitched into the seventh, though: 6.1-10-7-2-3, 106.
Jonny Gomes had a two-out, RBI single in the first and Xander Bogaerts homered in the second.
Pedroia, 2BDay Baseball!
Victorino, RF
Ortiz, DH
Gomes, LF
Pierzynski, C
Bogaerts, SS
Carp, 1B
Holt, 3B
Bradley, CF
Gordon Edes, ESPNBoston:
If the Sox lose [Thursday afternoon], it will be only the second time in their history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that they will have lost every game in a homestand lasting six games or longer. In 1994, the Sons of Butch Hobson lost six straight from June 10-15, getting swept by both the Orioles and Twins.Toronto starter Mark Buehrle has a 2.11 ERA (#2 in the AL) in nine starts. ... On April 25, Boston scored seven runs against Buehrle in 5.1 innings.
Jon Lester has a 1.80 ERA in three May starts, with 30 strikeouts and only eight walks.
Clay Buchholz's 6.32 ERA is the second-worst among all major league qualifiers, and his 1.85 WHIP is the worst in MLB. Manager John Farrell says there are no plans to remove Buchholz from the rotation.
I am stunned at how bad this team looks. Loosing our CF was a huge blow and should probably have signed Salty....but who knows.
ReplyDeleteA few more losses and we could be looking at a "bridge year"?
Blue Jays tho can certainly rake!
Everything went right last year - and everything seems to be going wrong this year. A team-wide slump - or inability to hit RHP is a big culprit. Ortiz said after yesterday's loss that it's like a disease has hit the team.
ReplyDeleteYou know when they run thousands of simulations of seasons and the wins range from 110 to 70 - just by random chance. Sometimes it feels like we are in one of the low-win seasons, where things simply don't fall our way.