Red Sox 07 game 92 Recap

Recap || Box|| Play by Play

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

W: Gabbard (3-0) L: Bannister (5-6)
HR ► BOS: M. Ramirez (13), D. Ortiz (16), D. Pedroia (4)

► Hero - Gabbard - 9 innings 3 hits
► Goat - Bannister - 3 home runs given up

Idle thoughts!

Gabbard became the first rookie to pitch a shutout since Paul Quantrill in 1993. That will make any fans day. This was the 8th shutout for this team this year. The others were on 4/14 (W 8-0 ), 5/14 (W 2-0), 5/10 (W 8-0), 6/7 (W 1-0), 6/16 (W 1-0), 6/19 (W 4-0), and 6/20 (W 11-0). Thats one shutout every 11+ games.

Manny and Ortiz's power outages are over. Couldn't happen at a better time in my opinion. As they along with Pedroia provided all the offense this team needed.

Another game in which the first four batters provided most of the hits. In this game Drew, Pedroia, Ortiz and Manny went 5 for 16 and provided all of the runs. Lugo and Lowell had the other two hits.

Pedroia continues to show he has better range than Loretta with his good glove work in the fifth preserving the shutout. Not bad for a rookie.

The fifth inning was the only time that Kason really faced any trouble as he faced only 12 batters in the first four innings (getting double play started by Pedroia). In fact he had only given up the one hit until the fifth. After the fifth he started double plays in the seventh and the eighth and faced the minimum batters in the last four innings. An A+ game for the rookie.

A couple of more starts where he goes at least six innings and I think he will have cemented his place in this rotation. I look for more to come from this young lefty.

Chow!