Finally, a Win
A threatening lineup put out by Francona: Cora, Loretta, Ortiz, Pena, Nixon, Lowell, Hinske, Mirabelli, Murphy. The Yankees lineup read like this: Damon, Jeter, Abreu, A-Rod, Giambi, Cano, Matsui, Cabrera, Fasano. About the only weak spot there is Fasano. I hate them!
Beckett had a 1-2-3 first, so my dream about him loading the bases with no outs did not come true. That was good. However, a Cano 2-run HR the next inning was not so good. JB then proceeded to load the bases (with an out), but he got a double play out of Damon.
Wily Mo struck out TWICE with men on 2nd and 3rd. Pressure?
Nixon led off the 4th with a double, then ended up getting to 3rd on a Jeter throwing error when Hinske hit a single. Then Mirabelli singled to send Trot home. David Murphy got his second hit of the game which was also his first RBI of his career to tie it 2-2. Cora grounded out but Mirabelli did score on it, 3-2.
Bases loaded with one for the Sox in the 7th. A walk forced in a run, but Lowell and Hinske both struck out afterwards.
Bryan Corey came in in the 7th, after Beckett's fine outing. The Cano HR was the only negative spot in Beckett's performance (he did give up 5 walks, but 4 of them didn't matter), which is nice to see considering that utterly awful outing against NY that we all remember.
Foulke was tres interesting. He put men on 1st and 2nd then got 3 outs in a row. In the 9th, Loretta doubled and Ortiz was IBBed to start, then Wily Mo struck out (again), Nixon grounded into a force out, a wild pitched scored Loretta, Lowell BBed, and Carlos Pena grounded out to end the inning. 5-2.
Timlin pitched the 9th and immediately gave up a hit to Bernie. Gabe Kapler caught a Damon ball that was hit well for one out, and Take-a-Seater struck out. Then Posada was called out on strikes and Boston won! FINALLY!
Notes:
- Jeter apparently tapped Ortiz in a friendly manner when he was coming on the field. Nice to see they aren't blowing things out of proportion like some really stupid people (I guess they forgot about the part where Ortiz already clarified himself and praised Jeter). Even Joe Torre has defended Ortiz, on more than one occasion nonetheless, so I don't know why reporters have to harp on it. Aren't there more important things?
- From redsox.com, "The Red Sox could go into 2007 with a rotation of Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, Papelbon, Tim Wakefield and Matt Clement." A reliable bunch of folks, right?
Beckett had a 1-2-3 first, so my dream about him loading the bases with no outs did not come true. That was good. However, a Cano 2-run HR the next inning was not so good. JB then proceeded to load the bases (with an out), but he got a double play out of Damon.
Wily Mo struck out TWICE with men on 2nd and 3rd. Pressure?
Nixon led off the 4th with a double, then ended up getting to 3rd on a Jeter throwing error when Hinske hit a single. Then Mirabelli singled to send Trot home. David Murphy got his second hit of the game which was also his first RBI of his career to tie it 2-2. Cora grounded out but Mirabelli did score on it, 3-2.
Bases loaded with one for the Sox in the 7th. A walk forced in a run, but Lowell and Hinske both struck out afterwards.
Bryan Corey came in in the 7th, after Beckett's fine outing. The Cano HR was the only negative spot in Beckett's performance (he did give up 5 walks, but 4 of them didn't matter), which is nice to see considering that utterly awful outing against NY that we all remember.
Foulke was tres interesting. He put men on 1st and 2nd then got 3 outs in a row. In the 9th, Loretta doubled and Ortiz was IBBed to start, then Wily Mo struck out (again), Nixon grounded into a force out, a wild pitched scored Loretta, Lowell BBed, and Carlos Pena grounded out to end the inning. 5-2.
Timlin pitched the 9th and immediately gave up a hit to Bernie. Gabe Kapler caught a Damon ball that was hit well for one out, and Take-a-Seater struck out. Then Posada was called out on strikes and Boston won! FINALLY!
Notes:
- Jeter apparently tapped Ortiz in a friendly manner when he was coming on the field. Nice to see they aren't blowing things out of proportion like some really stupid people (I guess they forgot about the part where Ortiz already clarified himself and praised Jeter). Even Joe Torre has defended Ortiz, on more than one occasion nonetheless, so I don't know why reporters have to harp on it. Aren't there more important things?
- From redsox.com, "The Red Sox could go into 2007 with a rotation of Curt Schilling, Josh Beckett, Papelbon, Tim Wakefield and Matt Clement." A reliable bunch of folks, right?
posted by laura at 17:35
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