Good Dice, Good Wake

Nice to see those guys, isn't it. Last night, Good Dice-K showed up for 8 innings of shutout ball. Tonight, Good Wake pitched 7.1, allowing 2 runs, only one of which was earned. The Sox should thank their lucky stars that Dice and Wake brought their A-game, because the weren't doing a whole heck of a lot of run scoring. The RISP slump that plagued them in their last game in B-more hopped on the plane to Cleveland with the Sox, but they managed to score enough runs to win both nights.

With a short bullpen due to Manny Delcarmen's aching back and Pap's family medical issue, Dice-K's and Wake's pitching deep into the game was huge. The Sox are now 17-11 on the road and 35-25 for the season.

Who's Slugging and Who's Slumping

Slugging

Kevin Youkilis 9 for 20 on road trip,
Marco Scutaro 9 for 25,
Victor Martinez 8 for 19
Adrian Beltre 6 for 17

Slumping

David Ortiz 1 for 19
Dustin Pedroia 4 for 20
J.D. Drew 3 for 13


My hometown team, the Nats, got a huge lift with the insanely anticipated major league debut of Stephen Strasburg. The 21-year-old righty didn't disappoint. He threw seven innings and struck out a Pedro-esque 14 batters. 14!!!! He allowed 2 runs on a dinger by Delwyn (not to be confused with Delmon) Young. This kid's going to be exciting to watch and good for the struggling franchise, in its sixth year in Washington, DC.

Back to the Red Sox--tomorrow will be very interesting with the matchup of former teammates Clay Buchholz and Justin Masterson. Masterson got traded to the Tribe at the deadline last year for V-Mart. Buchholz on the road, so far, has been tough to beat. Let's hope that continues tomorrow night.

LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!