Wakefield was all by himself today. No offense supporting him, no defense behind him. Wake went the full 9, allowing 2 earned runs. Normally, that'd be good enough to win. However, the Red Sox effort at the plate and in the field was, in a word, insignificant.
At the plate, the Red Sox went 5 for 32. The 1 thru 6 hitters went 2 for 22 with no extra basehits.
The Red Sox had a threat in the first. Ortiz singled, Ramirez singled. With runners on the corners and two outs, Youkilis grounded out to end the inning.
In the 2nd, Snow led off with a walk. Pena hit what might have been a triple, and what would have at least been an RBI double, but it bounced on the warning track and into the stands for a ground rule double. Bard worked a walk in a 12 pitch at-bat. Bases loaded and nobody out. Gonzalez struck out, Stern struck out, and Cora grounded out.
The Sox wouldn't threaten again until the 7th when they had 2 on and 1 out. But that rally never got past second base.
The Mariners rally came in the 2nd inning. Betencourt led off with a double. Wakefield struck out Ichiro, but Bard let the ball get away. Betencourt advanced to 3rd and Ichiro reached. Ichiro promptly stole second base. Another passed ball allowed Betencourt to score and Ichiro to move to 3rd. Ibanez hit a long shot to right that probably should have been caught but Pena took a strange route to the ball. It bounced into the stands for a ground rule double. Sexson then hit a single to knock in Ibanez.
In the inning, there should have been 1 out with the K of Ichiro. Another out should have been the catch of Ibanez's fly ball. Throw that in with Youkilis's nice catch on a liner and that is 3 outs. The defense just wasn't there for Wakefield.
The Man of the Game goes to Wakefield who went 9, allowed 2 earned runs, and probably shouldn't have allowed any if his defense supported him.
Now for the B*tch-Goat:
Stern: 0.2 - 0 for 5, 3 K, 5 LOB
Cora: 0.2 - 0 for 5, 5 LOB
Youkilis: 0.1 - 0 for 4, 2 LOB
Gonzalez: 0.2 - 0 for 3, 5 LOB
Bard: 0.2 - 1 for 4, 2 Passed Balls
Pena: 0.1 - misplayed fly ball turned into double
Beckett vs. Washburn tomorrow afternoon.
what in the heck is going on ----loretta and lowell are getting paid "big bucks" and they are sitting on the bench---the manager says, they need a rest----give me a break it is april and they have played only 10 games----what is going to happen in the "dog days" of august --- a week off on the cape----remember last year when sox had chance to put "yanks" away on a sunday afternoon in the bronx and our skipper thought the best clutch hitter in sox history needed a day off??----when asked why, ortiz said "ask the man"---this guy won a world series but please put the nine best out there and let them play ----if he is such a "stat" man let him take a look at the successful managers of long ago and today --- you don't see them resting regulars in the "dog days" of august yet alone 10 games into the season or a crucial game in yankee stadium in the middle of a pennant race----this guy like most "lousy" managers "over manages."
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