After winning the first game of a two-game set with the Rays, the Sox had a chance to move into a tie with the Yankees for first place tonight due to Seattle's 7-0 win over New York. Unfortunately for Boston, nothing went their way in a 9-4 loss to Tampa Bay.
Daisuke Matsuzaka had a fairly good outing, hurling 6 innings and yielding 3 earned runs. The dagger for the Sox was a 6-run eighth inning by the Rays offense during which Manny Delcarmen completely imploded. I'm about to recite Delcarmen's stats tonight. Hopefully they don't give you a hemorrhage:
0.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.
Do you know what his ERA was tonight? Infinity. Literally. His ERA was actually infinity. In the books it would go down as 99.99. But it was infinity. Didn't record an out. Delcarmen, who started the season so strong, has seen his ERA skyrocket to 4.59 over his recent struggles. That's something that needs to be figured out soon.
David Ortiz was one of the bright spots for the Red Sox, hitting 2 doubles and driving in 3 runs. Adrian Beltre had the other RBI for Boston.
Even with the disappointing loss, the Red Sox are just 1 game behind the Yankees and remain a game ahead of the Rays in the AL East. After a much needed day of rest, Boston will take on the last-place Orioles on Friday to round out the first half of the regular season.
I'm gunna buy a get well soon balloon for my neighbor and put it on his front steps. hopefully cheers him up and he doesnt throw shitty again haha
ReplyDeleteHahaha, you really should do that. That would be so epic.
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