The sox took game one of three from the Rays last night at Fenway. This was Manny’s first game back the Fens since hitting homerun number 500. He was greeted with a warm standing ovation. Justin Masterson made his third career start against Matt Garza. Masterson pitched well with the exception of a few hanging changeups, which were deposited into the stands by Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Pena. The sox responded with home runs from Mike Lowell and J.D. Drew. Masterson was pulled after the sixth inning, his final line- 6 innings, 4 earned, 5 k’s, 2 walks. In the bottom of the sixth, the sox went on to rally, turning a 4-3 deficit into a 7-4 lead. Varitek contributed with a bases loaded single, followed by Crisp’s go ahead 2-run double. Ellsbury hit a sacrifice fly to add an insurance run. This was all the bullpen needed. Delcarmen and Hansen each pitched a scoreless inning. In the ninth, Papelbon was all business, striking 2 of 3 batters to pick up his 17th save of the season.
On a night when Joba the slobba could not make it out of the second inning against third place Toronto, Justin Masterson shut down the first place Rays to pick up his second win in three starts with the big club. Masterson is just 23 years old, and is another promising young pitcher within the Red Sox organization. This must really piss off the boss junior in the Bronx. His prized young pitchers (Kennedy, Hughes, Chamberlain) have not won a start this season. Kennedy’s era is up in the 7’s, not to be outdone by Hughes who is at 9.00 flat. Despicable, I wonder what the next drastic move will be. Maybe they should try their luck with Chase Wright… the guy who gave up back-to-back-to-back-to-back homeruns against the sox last spring.
With last night’s loss the Yankees are now in last place in the A.L. East.
-Brian B
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