Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 08, 2004
O. Henry

This has to be a bit of surprise ending for the Red Sox faithful. You would think that Schilling having a 7-1 lead after five innings would pretty much guarantee a victory for the Beantown nine. But Schilling had a rough 6th and was out of the game after throwning 119 pitches in 5 1/3 innings. The the A's inched their way back, finally getting to Timlin and Foulke to tie the game in the 8th.

Nixon just tripled with two out in the 9th. Maybe a happy ending for Red Sox fans after all.

Update: They've gone to extra innings in Boston.

Update: The Red Sox win in the bottom of the 10th. Bill Mueller hits a gapper that with a bobble let Damon score from first. The A's and Red Sox are now tied for the wild card lead.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:22 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
Comments

OK. I know it's not rational to draw broad conclusions from random events, but two weeks ago the Red Sox would have lost this game 8-7 in the 10th, probably on a throwing error from the left side of the infield.

Another mean nothing but interesting nonetheless observations: the last time the Red Sox played the A's Bobby Crosby made a three-run throwing error. How weird is that? This time around the A's made a two run throwing error. Are the A's to the Red Sox what the Red Sox are to the Yankees?

Posted by: Peter Boston at July 9, 2004 09:32 AM