A Less Than Forgettable Game

The Red Sox are in the midst of a four game series with the Kansas City Royals and everyone outside of Kansas City (and some inside) expected four wins from the Sox. It looked like a foregone conclusion after Boston took a 6-0 lead with Jason Bay's three run home run off old friend Lenny DiNardo. DiNardo surrendered eight runs in five innings, but was bailed out by his offense and a Boston issued 11 walks.


Wakefield was barely able to finish 5 innings, leaving with an 8-5 lead after giving up a three run homer to Mike Jacobs. It seemed Tito tried to leave him in long enough to qualify for the win, normally this is a bad decision. Delcarmen replaced Wake going just 0.2 innings before being bailed out by Bard to finish the sixth, but not before giving up a walk, three hits, and four runs. Bard took the loss because he allowed two runs on two hits, but to his defense he was brought into a tough situation thanks to MDC. Boston couldn't muster much offense after DiNardo left, finishing with just one run in four innings against Yabuta, Wright, and Soria who got the save.

Paul Byrd is on the mound tonight against Zack Greinke... the series sweep isn't looking to good.



NOTES:
-Victor Martinez extended his hitting streak to 20 games.
-SoxProspects.com released their minor league season award winners and all stars this week. I'll do a post entirely devoted to these players and their seasons, but the winners are:

Offensive Player of the Year: Ryan Lavarnway (C, Greenville)
Pitcher of the Year: Casey Kelly (P, Greenville/Salem)
Breakout Player of the Year: Ryan Kalish (CF, Portland)
Rookie of the Year: Ryan Westmoreland (CF, Lowell)
Comeback Player of the Year: Anthony Rizzo (1B, Salem)


All-Stars:
Luis Exposito (C, Portland)
Anthony Rizzo (1B, Salem)
Ken Roque (2B, Lowell)
Derrik Gibson (SS, Lowell)
Jorge Jimenez (3B, Portland)
Ryan Kalish (OF, Portland)
Ryan Westmoreland (OF, Lowell)
Daniel Nava (OF, Portland)
Chris Carter (DH, Pawtucket)

Casey Kelly (P, Salem)
Junichi Tazawa (P, Pawtucket)
Clay Buchholz (P, Pawtucket)
Fabian Williamson (P, Greenville)
Daniel Bard (P, Pawtucket)
Fernando Cabrera (P, Pawtucket)
Derrick Loop (P, Salem)