Who knew that all the Sox bats needed to get hot was Jake Peavy? Behind Josh Beckett’s major league-leading 11th win, the Sox got 9 hits and 3 earned runs off of Peavy (who only struck out 3 and walked 1) and knocked him out of the game after the fifth with 111 pitches. Julio Lugo and a pinch-hitting Kevin Youkilis were the only two hitters in the lineup yesterday who didn’t get a hit off of Peavy (And Cora, Drew and Tek all had 2 hits!)
Beckett went 8 and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits while striking out 8 and walking 1. He only walked one and threw 116 pitches. Then Pap came in and shut the door with 14 pitches and two strike outs, solidifying his 18th save. THIS is the way things are supposed to work, right?
Goodbye ShooterOn a sad note, Rod Beck was found dead on Saturday. As I wrote somewhere else, when the Boston media can’t find something nasty to say about you, you must have been a nice guy. Steve Buckley actually called him ‘sweet’ on Sports Desk last night. 38 years old is much too young to die. My prayers are with Stacey Beck and her children today. So sad. Godspeed, Rod.
Sox just took two from the Padres while the Yankees just dropped two to the Giants. I’m certainly not one of those people who thinks if you look at the standings in June it will reflect the standing s in September, but can people finally let go and admit that this is a good team that will not go gently into the good night?
Speaking of the standings, the Sox are 11 games up in the East – over Toronto, and 11.5 games over the Yankees. Schadenfreude = seeing Roger Clemens come out of the bullpen against the Giants yesterday.
Have a great day, folks!
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