"It" refers to home plate ump Dale Scott's ginormous strike zone in today's game. I missed the end of the game, so I didn't see the ninth inning umpiring fiasco play out, but I read about it on Full Count and other Red Sox blogs and saw graphics of where the pitches were to JD Drew and Big Papi. JD ended up hitting a double, but Papi was called out on strikes, bringing Tito out of the dugout to argue the ludicrous call. End result: The Sox dropped the final game of the series with the Jays 3-2, their ninth inning rally cut short by an ump who allegedly might have had a plane to catch.
All was not bad for Big Papi in today's game, however. He went 2-for-4, continuing to work his way out of that horrific slump and bringing his average up to .200. He was the only hitter who could get to Toronto starter Shaun Marcum today. He now has a 5-game hitting streak and his two hits are a silver lining to a game that ended arguably unfairly for the Sox.
Wake gave the Sox a quality start, going 7 innings, allowing 5 hits, 3 runs, striking out 5 and walking 1. Unfortunately, the Sox bats were silenced by Marcum, who appears to have the same effect on them as Garza, and couldn't give him any run support. Even if they had pulled off a ninth-inning comeback, the win would have been awarded to Schoeneweis since he was the pitcher of record.
Tomorrow's an off day, with the Sox traveling to Motor City, where they take on the Tigers. These Tigers will be tough for Sox pitchers to tame with the third-highest batting average in the league. Of course, the fourth-highest batting average belongs to the Red Sox. Buchholz is on the hill against Max Scherzer.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!! CAGE THOSE TIGERS!!
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