Although the Sox won last night, they still have yet to find that offensive power which fueled their recent hot streak and propelled them to first place. The Sox have scored an anemic two runs in their last three games.
Tonight will see the return of Daisuke Matsuzaka to the mound. Matsuzaka hasn't pitched in a game for nearly 2 weeks, one of the many victims to the flu circulating through the Sox clubhouse.
He faces Dustin McGowan, who is 1-2 with a 4.18 ERA on the year. The Red Sox haven't seen a whole lot of McGowan, but when they have, it hasn't exactly been a slugfest. Combined, the Sox are 13 for 57 against McGowan (.228). Mike Lowell is the only Sox batter with a reasonable amount of success against him. It doesn't look good for the slumping Sox offense to break out of its collective slump.
Then again, the more a team sees a pitcher (especially one as mediocre as McGowan), the more tuned in they are to his pitches. I think the Sox break out, but a subpar start from Daisuke keeps the game interesting. Sox win 7-5.
-The Commodore
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