The Sox are going to try to put last night collapse behind them. I have said this so many times it makes me sick, but this is the games when your "Ace" should step up, and I have no doubt Josh Beckett will do so today.
Beckett will be going against one of the biggest surprises of the season (Brad Bergesen). Bergensen is 5-2 with a 3.76 ERA. For a team that can't find any pitching this kid has been a nice surprise. Bergensen has never faced the Red Sox, but over his last 29 1/3 innings pitched (4 games) he has only let up 7 runs and is 3-0.
Beckett is riding a string of 16 consecutive scoreless innings going into today's game (all against Atlanta). On the season he is 9-3 with a 3.48 ERA. Overall (other then a couple of hiccups) he has been a stud.
Even though the Sox lost last night they were scoring runs for the first time in awhile. Boston is going to need players like Ortiz, Youk, Pedroia, and Bay to step up while Lowell is on the DL. Ortiz has been playing real well of late hitting .348 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs over the last 7 days.
Game starts at 1:35 on NESN.
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