Red Sox 07 Game 78 Recap

Final

Press Pass l Box Score l Play-By-Play l Recap

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Texas	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	8	0
Boston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	X		2	8	0

W: T. Wakefield (8-8) L: J. Wright (1-2) S: J. Papelbon (19)

► Hero - Dustin Pedroia - for pushing Papel-bot away from the Umpire
► Goat - Vasquez - for not going for the force play on Manny's ball in the 5th

Game thoughts

Wakefield had the knuckleball dancing in the first three innings in the crucial situations. In the first and the third, with two men on base he got crucial double play balls. The double play in the third ending the inning.

The bats came up missing again. In the second inning Ramirez led off with a single and took third on Drew's single to right field. 1st and 3rd with no outs and the Sox could not get the run home as Manny was tagged out in a run down on Lowell's grounder to third and Pena reached on a fielders choice with Cora striking out.

In fact the Sox went o for 6 with RISP, before Pena's infield hit in the fourth scored Manny. For the entire game the Sox went 1 for 12 with RISP. Manny's run was the only run scored via a hit.

Every time a ball was hit to center field I held my breath.

While I think that Papel-bot had struck out Lofton on his ninth pitch, the play at first was too close to really tell. It looked like the bot might of got Lofton by a toe, but I think you would have to see that frame by frame from up above to really decide that. Fortunately, Pedroia was johnny on the spot and was able to push Papel-bot away from the first base umpire before he got tossed.

Delcarmen may have cemented his place in the bull-pen but he needs to be more consistent. You can't continue to come into the game and walk people (3 bb's in 5 1/3).

For once F Catalanotto did not kill us at the plate.

Wakefield has now won two games at Fenway by the 2-1 score. The way the bats have been supporting him, that may be the only way he wins.

Don't be surprised if Okajima makes the All Star team over the Bot. His ERA is .58's of a run better and with 13 holds and 4 saves you could say he has been the MVP of this bull pen.

J.D. Drew has his average back up to .257 after going 2 for 3 last night with a single, double and a walk.

Chow!