October 03, 2007
Beckett Better
Josh Beckett pitches a game worthy of a Cy Young winner tonight. Josh just finished the eighth, having allowed just three hits and no walks while striking out eight. He was efficient, throwing 101 pitches, an amazing seventy seven of them for strikes. I assume the Red Sox will bring in a reliever in the ninth. That start made the trade with the Marlins worth every prospect.
Update: Beckett comes out for the ninth. I'm surprised, I thought with a four-run lead the Red Sox would be more conservative.
It was surprising that he came out for the 9th especially with the top of the order coming up. But thankfully he did a great job and preserved the complete game shutout.