Red Sox 07 Game 103
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| T. Wakefield | 11-9, 4.74 | J. Hammel | 1-0, 5.82 | ||||
| Red Sox | 62-40 | Devil Rays | 38-63 | ||||
Friday, July 27 Tropicana Field ♊ 7:10 PM ET
American League
| East | W | L | GB | L 10 | X W | X L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | 62 | 40 | - | 6-4 | 63 | 39 |
| New York | 54 | 47 | 7.5 | 7-3 | 61 | 40 |
| Toronto | 51 | 50 | 10.5 | 6-4 | 53 | 48 |
| Baltimore | 47 | 53 | 14.0 | 7-3 | 51 | 49 |
| Tampa | 38 | 63 | 23.5 | 3-7 | 37 | 64 |
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From MLB.Com Scouting Report
Red Sox: Wakefield pitched well enough against the White Sox on Sunday -- yielding four earned runs in 6 1/3 innings -- to earn his 11th win and 20th decision in 20 starts. The right-hander also faced, for 1 2/3 innings, Chicago's Charlie Haeger, the Majors' only other knuckleball pitcher. It was the first time Wakefield had taken the mound against a fellow knuckleballer since 2002, when he faced Detroit's Steve Sparks.
Rays: Hammel made a spot start Saturday against the Yankees and pitched well, allowing two runs in four innings. He would have gone farther, but he has been pitching in relief and was not "stretched out" enough. Hammel possesses a nice variety of pitches and will be given a strong opportunity to show he belongs in the rotation. He is 0-1 with a 10.50 ERA in three appearances against the Red Sox.
As usual all statistics were found at the day by day database at Baseball Musings and this year at Baseball Reference.
Sox Batting vs Hammel
| Player | AB | H | 2b | 3b | HR's | RBI | BB's | K's | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Crisp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| D. Pedroia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| D. Ortiz | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .800 |
| M. Ramirez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| K. Youkilis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| M. Lowell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| J.D. Drew | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| D. Mirabelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| J. Lugo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .467 |
Limited appearances vs Hammel, but they have seen him and they did hit him pretty good. I would not be surprised to see Hinske play (giving Youkilis a night off), especially since he is 2 for 2 with a double vs this guy.
Still, Hammel has decent stuff, but the last start was his first one for the year, so I expect to see a stamina issue. Will have to see, but look for the bats to stay alive for one more night.
Caution - the Rays have lost six in a row coming into this game, so the pitching will have to step up, since this is a dangerous hitting team.
Pitching Comparisions
| Pitcher | GS | W | L | Sho | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | IP/GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 167 1/3 | 131 | 56 | 17 | 53 | 111 | 3.01 | 1.10 | 6.41 |
| Hammel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10.50 | 3.17 | 4.00 |
Hammel made one start vs the Sox at Fenway last Sept., 26. He took the loss as he allowed 9 hits and 5 runs in his 4 innings. So, this is not the first time he has started vs the Sox and that is good news!
Wakefield has a very good record against this team. To see how good look at the table below:
Pitching Comparisions overall starts and at Tropicana
| Pitcher | GS | W | L | Sho | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | K | ERA | WHIP | IP/GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 147 1/3 | 120 | 52 | 16 | 49 | 89 | 3.18 | 1.15 | 6.41 |
| Tropicana | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 50 | 20 | 7 | 29 | 47 | 2.57 | 1.13 | 6.36 |
Timmy dominates this team at Tropicana, then again that is no surprise since it is a dome. Look for that to continue tonight.
Later - When all else fails, get a bigger hammer!
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