Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
June 29, 2004
Keeping the Ball Lowe

Derek Lowe has given up seven runs through four innings against the Yankees. Three ground balls he's induced have turned into errors, and four of those seven runs are unearned. Derek has only struck out one so far, so he's given the defense plenty of opportunities to make mistakes. Lowe has now allowed 63 runs this year, but only 48 are earned. The Sox radio announcer said at the beginning of the game that one of the keys to victory would be a cleanly played defensive game.

Vazquez has allowed two HR, both solo shots by Johnny Damon. Vazquez has now allowed 15 HR, but 11 have been solo.

Update: Not an error, but Reese bobbles a ball that could have been an inning ending double play, and only gets the runner at 2nd. Tony Clark follows with a 2-run homer to make the score 9-2 in the 5th. The runs aren't unearned, but they sure are close.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:43 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
Comments

David, close your bold tag. ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister at June 29, 2004 09:47 PM

It's a good thing Reese is the best second baseman ever, eh Red Sox fans??? Thank goodness he's playing behind Lowe to prevent the bobbles and errors. Oh, er, oops.

Posted by: sabernar at June 29, 2004 10:26 PM

Has any player in recent memory cost himself more money than Lowe has this year ??

Posted by: Ed Zipper at June 30, 2004 12:00 AM

Has any player in recent memory cost himself more money than Lowe has this year ??

Posted by: Ed Zipper at June 30, 2004 12:00 AM