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It’s A Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild, Wild World In Detroit, But Sox Prevail, 6-3
By Administrator | May 6, 2008
I was trying to think of a title for this post and I kept coming back to Stanley Kramer’s 1963 classic comedy caper: Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Well, to capture the madness of last night’s game at Comerica Park, I needed to use the word ‘Wild’ eight times in my caption — one for each of the walks issued by Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka during the course of his five-inning outing. The fact that he allowed only two hits in the game might suggest that he was in fine form… the fact that he threw 109 pitches and walked eight batters in five innings suggests something else all together…
He issued a free pass in each of the innings he pitched, but because he allowed only two hits he was able to limit the damage. Four of the eight walks came with two outs in the inning, as did both of his hits, so the amount of wriggling he had to do was kept at a minimum.
But still, EIGHT walks.
Craig Hansen, re-called from Pawtucket earlier in the day to take Brandon Moss’ spot on the roster, allowed two runs in an inning of work. He left the game with the bases loaded and two outs without having surrendered a run, but Hideki Okajima allowed a two-run single to pinch-hitter Marcus Thames before retiring Edgar Renteria for the final out. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his 10th save.
On offense, Mike Lowell (three hits) and Kevin Youkilis hit a pair of early two-run home runs to give the Red Sox a 4-0 lead… and David Ortiz finished the scoring in the ninth inning with his sixth home run of the season. THe Red Sox had eleven hits in the game… only Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Varitek went hitless.
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Matsuzaka, who was suffering from a cold all day, didn’t allow a hit until Curtis Granderson’s rbi-single with two outs in the fourth inning. Manager Terry Francona said afterwards that he only intended to use Dice-K for five innings last night regardless of the situation.
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The home run by Lowell was his first of the season… his two rbi were also his first runs batted in since last year.
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Curt Schilling, on the 60-day disabled list with a tired shoulder, is scheduled to throw 25 pitches from 60 feet on Tuesday. If that goes well, he will begin a regular throwing program.
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The four-game series continues tonight… Tim Wakefield will face Nate Robertson at 7 PM… the game will be broadcast on NESN and WRKO (680 AM)
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