All Eyes On Wells
David Wells makes his much anticipated return to the Sox rotation tonight to face Scott Kasmir and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. It goes without saying that Kazmir has a very good history against the Sox, which means Wells will not only need to be himself and pitch well, he will most likely need a very strong performance to keep the club in the game.
Wells is 43 and hasn’t pitched a good game since the Divisional Series against the White Sox last season (which he lost, remember the T-Graff 5-hole error?). Fortunately if Wells can deliver ptiches with good location, the Tampa Bay line-up are swingers and could possibly have some easy ground outs to get Wells through the game. If he misses location, there will probably be a lot of balls flying over the monster.
It will be a tough night, even if Wells is right on. Kasmir is out to get his 8th victory of the season and enters the ballpark with a 2.45 ERA against the Red Sox.