Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
October 11, 2008
Game Two Underway

Scott Kazmir of the Rays starts Jacoby Ellsbury off with a strike.

Update: Ellsbury goes down swinging.

Update: Ortiz walks for the first base runner of the game. Youkilis is up with two out.

Update: Youkilis hits a solid line drive to left for a single. He's now 8 for 23 in the post season.

Update: Jason Bay hits a double off the wall in the leftfield corner to plate both runners. Boston leads 2-0.

That at bat is a great example of why Kazmir is such a frustrating pitcher. He got ahead of Bay 0-2. With that count he should be able to put him away. He wastes one way outside, then throws two pitches that miss by a wide margin to bring the count to 3-2. In other words, he didn't throw any of the next three pitches close enough to make Bay think about swinging. He pitches had no purpose. He didn't even try to come inside to force Bay off the plate to set up a pitch on the outside corner. On 3-2, he just put the ball over the plate and Bay crushed it. It looks like there is no plan out there.

Lowrie follows with a walk. Scott has already thrown 34 pitches.

Update: Varitek strikes out to end the first. The Red Sox get off to an early 2-0 lead. It should be noted the White Sox also scored two runs off Kazmir in the first inning of game two of the ALDS, but the Rays came back to win that game.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:08 PM | League Championship Series | TrackBack (0)
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