Offense clicks, Dice-K blanks Rangers

by Randy Booth on Aug 14, 2008 10:46 PM EDT in News

It doesn't even feel fair to play the Rangers.

OK, so maybe it's not the Rangers' fault. Maybe the Red Sox are just starting to click, which is definitely something we've been looking for for the past few months. I really hope that is the reason and it's not just the Rangers. Their pitching sucks, but lets give some credit to the Sox offense, right?

Daisuke Matszuaka had a good day, but it may be a little misleading. Seven innings, six hits, no runs, five strikeouts but five walks? The walks are way too much. Dice-K needs to drop those walks and I'll claim this a great start for him.

The offense, once again, exploded in the second inning for nine runs. Dustin Pedroia and Jed Lowrie each had three hits and David Ortiz had three RBIs thanks to his 2nd inning home run.

With the Rays hurting, this is when the Sox need to make their move. Paul Byrd starts tomorrow; if he can pitch well the Sox might be looking good for this big stretch run.

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The bright side is not the offense

We all know the Sox have a great offense, and the Rangers pitchers suck hard. The bright side is allowing just 4 runs in 2 games against the top offense in the AL. And keep in mind that 3 of those were because Timlin, so we really allowed 1 run in 2 games against the AL top offense. That’s something.

It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

by MerryGoByeBye on Aug 15, 2008 1:26 AM EDT reply actions

Always a good thing when you can seperate blame from the bullpen and one guy...

Don't question my choice of teams, or I will have to go all troll on you.

by bdalebs on Aug 15, 2008 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Any outing that results

in a goose-egg for the opposing team, especially the Rangers, is a great outing. Yes walks are killers, but what makes you great is how you work around those walks. It would be great if he didn’t issue all those freebies, but they have medicine for high blood pressure right?

Man do I hate Longhorn fans, well except for the ones that actually went there.

by mystman995 on Aug 15, 2008 9:30 AM EDT reply actions

I'm still skeptical

The offense is not as good as it looks. Lets face it right now, Youk, Ped, and Lowrie are carrying the team. Lowell and Ellsbury are injured. Bay and Drew are slumping.

Tonight is the night I will pass judgement. If they can get some runs off of Halladay I will be happy.

by drabidea on Aug 15, 2008 11:08 AM EDT reply actions