Red Sox 2008 Game 40 Recap

Final

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Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Boston	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	2		8	15	1
Minnesota	0	5	2	1	0	0	1	0	X		9	10	1

W: N. Blackburn (3-2) L: T. Wakefield (3-2) S: J. Nathan (12)
HR ➢ Bos: C. Crisp (2) Min: C. Monroe (2) (4), A. Everett (1)

☼ Sun - Craig Monroe - 2 home runs and 4 RBI's. Which gives him 4 and 13 for the season.
☁ Cloud - Wakefield - By far Wakefield's worst outing at the HHH Metrodome. Brutal, absolutely brutal.

Game thoughts!

Absolutely brutal outing by Timmy. 2 2/3 IP with 6 ER's. This outing was so horrible that it raised his ERA in the dome by .59 and lowered his ip/g by 1/3 of an inning. Going into the game Timmy was 7-3 in 11 games at the dome and had averaged 7 innings plus per win. 8 of his 11 starts had been quality starts, so with that history I liked our chances going into this game.

Still even with the troubles of our starting pitching the Sox made this a game as they kept on putting up runs. 5-0 after the 2nd, was followed by 7-1 after 3, then 8-4 after 4, then 9-6 after 7 and the tying run was on 2nd when Manny made the final out in the 9th. This team is a battling team and no lead is completely safe until the last out is made.

Factoid -
Wakefield's numbers in his 7 wins at HHH - 2.16 ERA, 6.48 k's/9, 2.88 BB's/9, 0.36 Hr's/9, 2.25 k's/bb's and a 1.00 WHIP
Wakefield's numbers in his 4 l's at HHH - 11.42 ERA, 6.75 k's/9, 4.16 BB's/9, 3.12 Hr's/9, 1.63 k's/bb's and a 2.02 WHIP

Those numbers sum up why we love Knuckleball pitchers and why we loath them. When they are good they are borderline greatness. When they are bad though, its open up the windows and let the stink out of the building.

♊ - Morbid and creepifing I can handle as long as we do it quiet like.