So, the Red Sox beat Texas 7-6 last night. I didn’t have time to stay up and watch, but it doesn’t look like they exactly covered themselves in glory. However, they got the job done. None of the starting rotation has been pitching well so far this year except for Josh Beckett and this was true again last night. Tim Wakefield gave up six runs in the first five innings and left the game after six innings on the hook for a 6-2 loss.
Darnell McDonald was called up from the minors earlier in the day to make his debut, pinch hit in the bottom of the 8th and promptly put a 2 run homer into the Monster seats to tie the game then hit a bases-loaded 2-out walkoff single in the 9th. Check out the story here, it’s one of those great tales baseball reguarly throws up.
The other notable news was that Terry Francona sat David Ortiz down during the game when he was 0 for 3 and had Mike Lowell pinch hit, which is a good sign that he’s now prepared to do whatever is necessary when the game is on the line. The Large Father didn’t exactly look happy. Whatever. It’s a team game and a win is a win. And the Sox really needed to win after losing five straight including a four-game home sweep by Tampa Bay.
The Giants, A’s and Marlins all lost; Giants 1-0 at San Diego, A’s 7-3 at home to the MFY and the Marlins 5-4 at Houston whom I would expect them to beat considering how weak the Astros looked when opening the season getting swept at home by San Francisco.
