Ok people, Josh Beckett is human. He gave up a run. Other than that 3-2 changeup to Pronk that landed in the bullpen, he threw really well. When his curveball is on, there’s really no stopping him out there. I know we all fully expected a close game last night and while we didn’t get it, the good thing is we were on the positive end of the win. What can I say about Big Papi and Manny? I could say don’t pitch to them at all, just walk them. But even that’s hard to do when you have Mike Lowell hitting behind them, 3 RBIs for Lowell last night. Overall last night, a great team effort. The Red Sox did the little things to get the job done. If there was a negative out of last night, it was the pitching of one Eric Gagné. I would have to think after last night’s poor 9th inning, we won’t be seeing him pitch at all anymore this postseason. You can’t blame Tito if he didn’t throw him anymore. I fully expect a great game tonight and a low scoring one between Fausto Carmona and Curt Schilling. But before the teams get to the Fens for Game 2 of the ALCS, let’s take a look at the headlines and happenings from the Boston and Cleveland area media as well what Kevin Youkilis had to say.
Strong Start [Yooooouuuuukkkkk]
Ortiz and RamÃrez lead Red Sox’ rout [Boston Globe]
Behind 8 ball [The Plain Dealer]
Beckett lone pitcher to show up for duel [Boston Herald]
Hyped-up Sabathia’s wild and crazy outing huge disappointment [Akron Beacon Journal]
Offense Jumps On Sabathia And Beckett Wins Again [Hartford Courant]
Sox benefit from a productive approach at the plate [Pro Jo]
Big-game Beckett strikes again [Boston Globe]
Carmona’s job just got harder [The Plain Dealer]
Sox have most dangerous weapon [Boston Herald]
TRIBE ACE TRUMPED [Akron Beacon Journal]
With Manny, Papi Rolling, Can Anyone Stop Red Sox? [Hartford Courant]
Manny and David: Always on base [Pro Jo]
For more headlines and stories, head over to the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, The Plain Dealer and Akron Beacon Journal websites.
tonight is the test. an article in the providence journal said that may have been the last time we see gagne pitch.carmona is going to be tough tonight. lets hope curt has a big game in him..should be fun
Yeah I saw that and was going to link to it. How can you throw him out there when you don’t trust him. Francona will probably keep saying they will go to Gagne to the media but behind closed doors you know he’s thinking that this guy is killing us.
they can’t. if the sox give up a lead and he’s on the mound he’s going to need body guards in boston. last night all i kept thinking was please don’t let a run score..as i was joking w/ a friend i said i think they put him out there to keep us humble…remind us of the days before 2004….
He would need more than body guards, maybe some kevlar.