Last night the Red Sox beat Detroit, 7-5, giving rookie starter Junichi Tazawa his first career win. Tazawa gave 3 runs in the first (only one of them being earned), a bad start but, it did not pan out that way. In the second inning, Kevin Youkilis was clunked by a pitch and charged the mound, getting himself ejected, bringing Mike Lowell in as a replacement. Also in the second, Jason Bay hit a 3-run blast over the monster, tying it at 3-3. Later, Mike Lowell hit a pair of homers. While all this was happening, Junichi Tazawa (after the first), allowed no runs, two hits, and 6 Ks, in a 5 inning masterpeice. The Rangers and Rays lost, while the Yankees won, the Sox are 64-48, 5.5 games behind the Yankees, but 1.5 games ahead of Texas for wild card, and 3.5 ahead of the Rays!Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tazawa Has Impressive First Start
Last night the Red Sox beat Detroit, 7-5, giving rookie starter Junichi Tazawa his first career win. Tazawa gave 3 runs in the first (only one of them being earned), a bad start but, it did not pan out that way. In the second inning, Kevin Youkilis was clunked by a pitch and charged the mound, getting himself ejected, bringing Mike Lowell in as a replacement. Also in the second, Jason Bay hit a 3-run blast over the monster, tying it at 3-3. Later, Mike Lowell hit a pair of homers. While all this was happening, Junichi Tazawa (after the first), allowed no runs, two hits, and 6 Ks, in a 5 inning masterpeice. The Rangers and Rays lost, while the Yankees won, the Sox are 64-48, 5.5 games behind the Yankees, but 1.5 games ahead of Texas for wild card, and 3.5 ahead of the Rays!
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It was a difficult game for the Sox having both Youkilis and Francona ejected from the game! Mike Lowell really "stepped up to the plate". Nice to hear that Tazawa is off to a great start.
ReplyDeleteMan, that was a dust-up! Even the normally placid Francona got booted! But the Sox came back and did the job. Hats of to Tezawa too.
ReplyDeleteYoukilis gets schooled!
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