How can you say 'ugly'? Let me count the ways. Over the weekend series loss sweep the Hose suffered through, there were plenty of ways. First, there was the failure of the middle relievers in general to hold ties or leads. Game one: we've gotten back to even at 3, and Buchholz, followed by Aardsma allows in a deluge of hits and runs. Game three, we're up 3-2 and after Wake allows a couple of baserunners, he's replaced by The Other Manny-Delcarmen. TOM quickly allows the hit that clears the bases and it's another loss, and a missed opportunity to regain a game on the Rays, who've lost I(not to mention, maintain a four game spread over Mr. Hankie's Yankees). Game two, lest you think I forgot, JB's sailing along into the 7th with a lead, and all of a sudden, gives up the tying and winning runs in a single inning. OK, he's not a reliever, but the frustration's still there, and--IT's UGLY!
Manny's fielding on Game 1 on a misjudged fly was beyond the usual Manny fielding adventure. There's plenty more, but you get the idea.
The only good things this weekend were Manny's 19th tater, Dusty's continued hot work with the stick (he's now 4th in the AL in batting average), and a homer by Yoouk. The rest I'd just as soon forget.
Away from the club, Papi continues his rehab with 3 homers over three games this weekend and is now finishing up his rehab in Portland, set to rejoin the Hose at week's end for the Stripes' visit. Meanwhile, the team visits Seattle for a few, Lester going tonight.
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