Dice K pitches one inning, leaves suffering from "arm fatigue", after allowing 5 runs.
Lovely.
Team battles back to a 5-5 tie in frigid, downright Bostonian weather conditions.
Excellent.
Bullpen combines for ten exhausting shutout innings.
Splendid.
Oakland's Travis Buck hits a 12th inning bases loaded single to win the game 6-5.
Outstanding.
Boston falls to 2-6 on the year, sending Tim Wakefield to the hill this afternoon with an exhausted bullpen and Nick Green your shortstop.
Ladies and gentlemen, your 2009 Boston Red Sox!
Going to be a long year, folks.
"Boston falls to 2-6 on the year, sending Tim Wakefield to the hill this afternoon with an exhausted bullpen and Nick Green your shortstop."
ReplyDeleteWell, Wake was great.....Green made the catch of the day....amazing how things can turn in the span of a few hours.
Oh, I know.
ReplyDeleteI called him out from the barber chair-"No way we get a complete game today. I mean, it's not IMPOSSIBLE, but...no way."
So let me just say, for the record-"NO WAY we win 16 games in a row. No way. It's not impossible. But....no way."