Buchholz couldn't keep the ball down in the zone tonight and the results weren't good. Clay served up five homers in his worst outing in over a month. Although the Sox were in a deep hole, they nearly strung together a huge comeback with a five run seventh inning that included RBI doubles by Youk and Papi and a three-run homer by JD Drew. However, in the end they came up a run short despite making it interesting in the ninth. The offense did have opportunities putting up 14 hits, but ultimately shot themselves in the foot with four double plays.
Texas, however, lost to the Angels (our first round opponent to be) again and they are mathematically eliminated from Wild Card contention. Now that we have clinched, look for the team to rest players more the final few days.
NOTES:
-The pitchers going the next few days: Wakefield tomorrow, Lester Friday, Beckett Saturday. Hopefully all three get through their outings without any setbacks to their respective injuries.
-The Sox today called up RHP Fernando Cabrera from Triple-A Pawtucket. Perhaps the only reason he wasn't already up was because he was not on the 40-man roster because he had some great numbers for the PawSox this year (1.71 ERA in 52 2/3 IP). He should eat some innings the rest of the way and could get a look in the pen in '10. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Sox moved 1B Aaron Bates to the 60-day DL.
-Lowell should get one more day off after he recieved his cortisone shot and be back in the lineup on Thursday. Casey Kotchman has been drawing some starts with Lowell out, as he continues to try and find his stroke while adjusting to his bench role.
-Nick Green's knee is still bothering him. Hopefully he can get back out there before the season's over because the team could use a healthy Green on the postseason roster. Lowrie still hasn't batted right-handed since returning from the DL, and his wrist is not 100%.
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