Blown

Jonathon Paplebon entered the game and quickly poured some gas and lit a match....poof. loss.


Tough loss after battling back against Jimenez and inflating his ERA all the way up to 1.60. Good effort by Lackey who got behind early but fought hard and retired a stretch of 10 Rockies in the meat of the game while the Sox were scoring runs. His final line ends up looking thusly: 6.2 ip, 5 earned with 7ks in the no-decision. Nava drove in another 3 and Darnell went deep in his home state.

Tough one to lose with the Rays losing earlier and the Yanks tying things up at 4's with the D'backs as we speak. missed opportunity to gain ground on the Rays and Keep pace with NY. Thats why we play 162. Back at it again tomorrow night as the Sox look to avoid the sweep. The Sox will have to contend with another pitcher on a hot streak tomorrow night when the face Jason Hammel who has an ERA of 0.00 over his past 3 starts going 3-0.


DICE-K (5-2, 4.59)
vs.
Jason Hammel (5-3, 4.03)