Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 20, 2007
Red Sox Win

Curt Schilling was certainly the man tonight. He pitched seven great innings, picking up five strikeouts without walking a batter. He also rested the bullpen for tomorrow as only Lopez and Gagne pitched in relief.

Drew, of course, fixed his reputation with the team. As Bill James said to us at the end of last Saturday's game, "the crowd was so tired, they forgot to boo J.D. Drew." They remembered to cheer his tonight.

Kudos to Aaron Laffey on the Cleveland side for saving their bullpen. He pitched 4 2/3 shutout innings in his first appearance of the post season. He allowed just one hit and one walk.

Travis Hafner's offensive woes continue, as his 0 for 4 night reduced his batting average in the LCS to .130.

The team go into game 7 with a fairly even pitching matchup. I have a hard time believing that Jake Westbrook can fool the Red Sox hitters twice. However, Matsuzaka hasn't been over powering in the post season either. The series could easily come down to which bullpen pitches better, including Josh Beckett, Tim Wakefield and C.C.Sabathia. It should be exciting.

Correction: It was Lopez used in relief.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:36 PM | League Championship Series | TrackBack (0)
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That was Lopez, not Okajima.

Posted by: Stealth at October 21, 2007 10:15 AM
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