Lackey, Lowrie Lead Red Sox Past Angels 4-2
by Logan Lietz on Jul 28, 2010 6:16 AM EDT
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In a battle of starting pitchers who both own records that are not quite indicative of their performances to this point in 2010, it was former Angels' ace John Lackey that ended up outdueling the current ace, Jared Weaver, earning his 10th win of the season -- and earn it, he did.
In his first appearance in Angels Stadium as a member of the Boston Red Sox, Lackey labored through 7 1/3 innings, surrendering just a pair of runs on seven hits and a walk.
The chorus of boos that met Lackey on the mound in the game's first inning wasn't the ideal welcome, but it sure seemed to provide an extra bit of motivation for the Red Sox's starter. "I mean, you know, nobody wants to get booed like that," Lackey said. "[The] scoreboard talks the loudest."
On a night where the offense was at the mercy of Weaver throughout the first six frames, it was with two outs in the top half of the seventh when the bats finally broke through.
Darnell McDonald, a late replacement for J.D. Drew (hamstring) prior to the start of Tuesday night's game, set the table for the top of the lineup with a two-out walk. The top of the lineup and middle-infield tandem, Marco Scutaro and Jed Lowrie, proved very productive on the night (5-10, 2 R, 2 RBI) and never more so than in this instance.
After Scutaro singled, advancing McDonald to third and putting runners on the corners for the recently-reactivated Lowrie, Jed collected his second double of the night; this one plating both runners and turning Boston's 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 advantage.
The offense added another the following inning after Beltre doubled in David Ortiz, who reached base via leadoff walk, to make it 3-1 in favor of the Red Sox.
Bobby Abreau helped the Angels negate Boston's run in the top half of the eighth by launching a one-out solo home run off of Lackey in the bottom half; Abreau would be Lackey's final batter of the night.
Suddenly the Red Sox lead was cut in half and the game was handed over to the bullpen -- a less-than-comfortable situation, especially on this particular road trip.
However, for the second consecutive night, Boston's bats weren't content with a one-run lead entering the final inning. Again centered around Scutaro -- whose double with one out in the ninth off Angels' closer Brian Fuentes served as spark plug -- the Red Sox provided another run of padding for closer Jonathan Papelbon; that is after Daniel Bard manuevered around the meat of the opposing lineup in the eighth, earning his 23rd hold of the season.
Papelbon produced a non-eventful ninth, earning his 24th save of the season and helping the Red Sox again double-up the home team -- this time by a score of 4-2 -- to earn their first series victory of 2010's second half.
Josh Beckett (1-1, 6.66 ERA) and his satanic earned run average will take the mound for Boston in the finale of this three-game set Wednesday afternoon at Angels Stadium; opposing him for the LA Angels of A will be Joel Pineiro (10-7, 4.18 ERA).
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Jed and his doubles
I swear if we option him instead of dropping Patterson when Lowell comes back, I will lose it.
Otherwise, pretty solid game, Lackey limited the walks, even if he did throw a ton of pitches. Bard and Paps came in and cleaned it up.
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
Or we could keep Patterson and dump Hall.
Or we could just dump Hall.
Please, Theo?
And any chance we could get Nava back up here, while you’re at it—and maybe bring along Kalish for a cup of coffee in September. . . .
Fenway: "An alternate and better universe, disguised as a ballpark." --Thomas Boswell
I’d keep Hall over Patterson, Hall, long term over his career has been a far more productive player than Patterson and that, speaks volumes.
Maybe Hermida will be gone in the next few days, that would open up a spot for Nava again, we could really use him.
Kalish HAS to be up in September, right?
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
Personally, I'd just dump Hermida, Hall, and Patterson
And replace them with some of the PawSox guys and be done with it.
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which ones?
and I keep hall, he can be valuable with his 10 HRs
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 28, 2010 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions
I think the entirety of the Pawsox they think are ready to face major league pitching or don't need everyday at bats
have already been up this year
I would much rather keep Hall than Patterson.
As bad as Hall has been at times – he has SOME value. And relegated to the bench he is not only harmless, but also more versatile than Patterson because he can not only play all the same positions, he can also pitch in a pinch.
Patterson has done virtually NOTHING to warrant being on a major league roster.
Hall can go deep, at least
compared to Patterson
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 28, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
A win is a win is a win
but this wasn’ta pretty one- I think the Angels lost it more than the Sox won it. Lowrie’s double was just terrible defense (not a good defensive day for left fielders). Hermida needs to go, ASAP. Since coming back, he is 2 for 14 with 7 strikeouts and terrible defense. I’d rather have Kevin Cash’s hitting prowess in the lineup.
When Cash can said to have hitting prowess in comparison to another player, something has gone horribly wrong with “the plan”
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
I would feel more comfortable
with Martinez batting with a broken thumb, swinging bunts one-handed, than I was with Cash.
I would feel more comfortable
with Varitek holding the bat in his teeth, swinging it while blindfolded, than I was with Cash …
agreed
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 28, 2010 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Game over for Angels
Their goose has been cooked
"Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing. Breathing first, winning next." -George Michael Steinbrenner III
agreed
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by bestbostonsports on Jul 28, 2010 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Its gonna be wierd,
playoffs with no bitter Angel fan to put every emotion into the ALDS v. the Sox.
I liked Hermida at first but he looks like crap now. I would give him a few weeks to see whats up.
I hated Mr Billy at first but ive changed my mind about him. Just dont put him in the outfeild.
Patterson needs to get droped and they need to call up NAVA.
4 more hrs for the game to start cant wait
by Lets go boston lets go on Jul 28, 2010 11:07 AM EDT reply actions
Lowrie and V-Mart - already paying big dividends.
Both have had immediate, major impact on this lineup over their replacements, both defensively as well as offensively.
Now, we just need Pedroia & Tek back and for someone to realize that Hermida and Patterson need to be jettisoned immediately.
No mention in the writeup about the great play at the plate
Both Scutaro’s field and throw and especially V-Mart’s block & tag – all very very well executed.
The guy had no chance to get to that plate and never actually came close to touching it.
Angels fans are like school in the summer:
No class.
On the other hand, RSN wasn’t exactly welcoming of Johnny Damon like it should have been. Just goes to show.
The rotoworld widget makes me sad for tonight
Paraphrase:
Papelbon and Bard = not available
RamRam = most trusted arm available.
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
Day game after a night game.
No surprise that Bard and Paps aren’t available. Hopefully our starter can go way deep. . . .
Fenway: "An alternate and better universe, disguised as a ballpark." --Thomas Boswell
Well I think the Sox are overusing Daniel Bard anyhow. Even though he is the most productive reliever the Sox have at this point.
Oh absolutely
Unfortunately, we’re getting close to the time where we really have to lean on our strong relievers that we should have been saving up for this point.
"We are not normal, We are Legends. People will tell their kids about us." - Deon Butler before Ohio State Game 2008.
absolutely definitely are
but the point is to win games, and with that pen, he pretty much needs to get overused.
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