Bullpen Leads to Red Sox Loss

Dad --

I know! What is up with Manny Del Carmen lately? He was great at the beginning of the season, but his past two outings have been less than stellar.

Last time he only pitched to 4 batters giving up 2 homers and 2 walks before he was pulled. Last night he pitched to 6 batters. And while he did get two outs, he also gave up three doubles and a walk. Which means by the time he left the mound, the Royals were up by two runs. It was very upsetting.

What made it worse was that Bard, who's been lights out in the past, took the mound and gave up another two hits causing two more runs to score and giving the Royals the lead.

Dad, it always sucks to lose, but it really sucks to lose to the worst team in the majors. Tonight's the second game of the four game series and Byrd is on the mound. One can only hope our pitchers are back on track.

Jenn