Recap Two-Pack.

by Allen Chace on Apr 23, 2008 3:44 PM EDT

Summary:

Gabbard v. Buchholz

In the battle of former semi-prospect and current uber-prospect, injury won. Gabbard was unable to go beyond the second inning due to injury, and Dustin Nippert took over. Fortunately for the Sox, and not so much for the Rangers. The offense was led by DP (2-5, 2B, 2 RsBI), Julio Lugo (not kidding, 4-4, 2B, SB, 2 R, RBI, BB) and Tacoby (2-4, 2 SB, BB, 2 R). Buch was shaky early, but settled down well, striking out 6 in 6 while allowing 7 baserunners. The Sox bullpen (Aardsma, J-Lo, and MDC) was not terrific.

All I do really well is not walk people Jered Weaver v. Beckett Pauley

You know what? I'm not upset that David Pauley was, shall we say, not good yesterday. Part of it is the great team win that resulted, but a bigger part is that it was a fairly unfair situation. He didn't know what he was doing, then was told at 2 he would not be pitching, then was told at 4 that he would be pitching. Thankfully, the 'pen was mostly able to keep the Rangers from scoring (with the only blip being a solo HR off the bat of Casey Kotchman). Kudos, in particular, to Paps who lit up the radar gun on the way to an 11-pitch, 2 K, 1-2-3 9th inning. Offensively, this game belonged to DP. There was much moaning in the thread about a baserunning gaffe, but he made up for it by going 4-5 on the day, with 3 2B and a SB!. Tacoby also helped "a little" by hitting his 2nd and 3rd HRs of the season, and getting the bunt single that led to him scoring the winning run. The Sox managed 16 hits in total, with 7 (4 2B, 3 HR) going for extra bases.

Players of the Gamez:

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Clay's 6 shutout innings were just what we (and he) needed on Monday. DP just absolutely rocked the house on Tuesday, narrowly edging out Tacoby.

Commentz of the Gamez:

Don't worry. The Rangers just misplayed Lugo's double play ball for a single up the middle. - ecoli

It's not Lugo. It's an alien using his body. There, I said it. - merrygobyebye

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We’re nearing the end of april and the sox are 15-7. With their schedule against high quality teams i wouldv been happy if we were .500 right now.

Did anybody else see on ellsburys 2nd homerun when he went back to the dugout crisp stayed sitting at the end of the bench with his hood pulled over his face????

by spinz on Apr 23, 2008 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Anyone in AAA?

AC, in your expert opinion, do you believe there is anyone capable of moving up to the bigs and performing at a level high enough to get a spot in our bullpen?

I know there are rumors floating about Coco for S. Gallagher, but I was hoping someone would rise to the top from Paw and take a spot in the pen.

P.S. Spinz, I saw Coco, and I think he is starting to get antsy about leaving for another full time position with another team.

Also, yeah who would of thought we would be 15-7 after this insane opening schedule.

by SoxAcumen on Apr 23, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

Don't know about expert.

But I think Hansen distinguished himself in performance at AAA. Obviously, that didn’t work out too well this evening (though really, the solo HR to Kotchman was the only part of his performance that seemed completely unimpressive). Otherwise, I’m guessing Lee Gronkiewicz and Eric Hull would be most likely to see time. However, if we need RP in a couple months, I”m guessing it’ll be by trade rather than promotion.

"Are you a real doctor, or a doctor like Julius Erving is a doctor?"

by Allen Chace on Apr 24, 2008 3:08 AM EDT up reply actions

Comments after Thursday's loss

Red Sox Hitting = very good except that Lugo is unreliable when it counts.

Red Sox starting pitching = very good for the most part and looking better.

Red Sox closing pitching = the best!

Red Sox mid-relief pitching = needs much work! Here is the liability for this team right now as this poor performance mid-relief pitching is causing the Sox to have to score big runs to win. This area of their game need much attention and now!!!

by NG on Apr 25, 2008 7:17 AM EDT reply actions