There are no ruby slippers, but there are Red Sox. There's no Toto, but there's Tito. After leaving The Not-So-Magical Land of Cleve with a sour taste in their mouths, the Red Sox returned home to Kansas--er, Boston--and Fenway Park to face Jamie Moyer and the Phillies. Moyer, the oldest active pitcher in baseball at 47, who had been having a pretty good season facing National League hitters, got schooled by the Red Sox to the tune of 9 runs in an inning plus. The Sox would score 3 more off of reliever David Herndon, who pitched 3.2 innings.
The combination of home cooking and poorly-located 80 mph fastballs revitalized Big Papi's bat, gave Mike Lowell his second dinger of the season (and a rare start at first, with Youk resting his back), and kept V-Mart, Scoots, and Beltre hot. They were hitting doubles all over the place, scoring those 12 runs in the first 3 innings of the game.
Meanwhile, Lackey, given a ginormous lead, was able to go after hitters and throw strikes. He gave up 2 runs on 6 hits over 7 innings of work. He struck out 3 and didn't walk a single batter. Boof Bonser of the infinite ERA came in to pitch the 8th and 9th. After giving up a few hits to start the 8th, he escaped without any damage (thanks to a shallow flyout and a double play) and pitched a scoreless 9th as well, giving him an actual number for an ERA (18.00) as opposed to a symbol.
Dice-K, who came within 4 outs of no-hitting the Phillies three weeks ago, faces them again tomorrow. He has come off two very good outings and the Sox are hoping he can have success against the Phils again tomorrow afternoon. The Sox face Joe Blanton, hoping to capitalize on his north-of-six ERA and score some runs for the Diceman.
LET'S GO RED SOX!!!!
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