Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 02, 2008
Rays Comeback

The Rays come into the bottom of the seventh down 4-1. The first six men reach, the last a bases loaded by Longoria that plates two and gives the Rays a 5-4 lead. Boston is going to their third relief pitcher of the inning.

Matsuzaka lasted five innings, and I was surprised to see Okajima pitch the sixth. DelCarmen and Hansen suffered the meltdown here. Aardsma is in to try to stop the bleeding.

Update: Aardsma and Lopez get two outs, but Bartlett, who started the inning with a double, singles in two more and the Rays lead 7-4. I think this was a situation in which the Red Sox needed to bring in Papelbon in this inning. Once the bases were loaded, the game was in the balance, and the Sox needed their best pitcher on the mound. That didn't happen.


Posted by David Pinto at 10:12 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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David, Paps is not only the best pitcher, he is the only pitcher in the pen that is worth bringing in. It is so hard to watch these games and watch that ridiculous pen give away lead after lead.

Posted by: emains at July 2, 2008 11:16 PM

I have no idea what Tito sees in Hansen - I see whip 1.6 and 5.8 ERA

Posted by: Bandit at July 3, 2008 11:15 AM
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