Schilling Weather
As was hoped, Curt Schilling was dominant against the Yankees last night. Granted it was a beat up line-up missing a couple of all-stars, but it was still the Yankees; evident by their late rally in the 9th inning.
It was more than just another victory for the Red Sox, as most Yankees games tend to be. But, it was a chance for Schilling to right his ship and get back on course. He did just that. Mixing in more breaking balls than I remember him ever throwing in a game, and it was effective. It seems to me that when Schilling can throw all of his pitches for strikes, he doesn’t need that mid-90’s fast ball to put people away.
Last night’s win was Schilling’s 199th career victory. What was nice to see was Schilling threw less than 100 pitches and went through 8 innings. That’s getting the job done, plain and simple.