Walks + Errors Keep Sox Offense Rolling
Hopefully I’m not writing this too early, seeing that there is still half an inning left to play at Yankee Stadium, but the Sox appear destine to win this first game of a three game series. Hyped as a possible pitching duel, it was anything but. Randy Johnson left in the 4th inning and Beckett threw well enough to get the victory.
A-Rod had 2 errors, doubling his season number and didn’t have it at the plate. Although Beckett gave up a 2-run homerun to Giambi in the first, he was consistent and his velocity was regularly in the 95-98 mph range. The Yankee pitching on the other hand, well, it was loaded with walks as the total number of pitches needed by the Yankees staff was 200+ to complete the game.
Mike Lowell has hit 8 doubles for his last 8 hits, and leads the majors for doubles. Talk of the Sox offense was watered down because they had just faced the Baltimore Orioles, but after working a number of walks tonight and continuing to get timely hits, hopefully we’ll see a steady offensive attack against Mussina tomorrow night.