Eight Walks!?:Peter

Well, going in it looked like a reasonable bet that the Sox win streak would continue as the Royals hurler not only had an ERA in the high 4's, his away game ERA was well up in the 6's. Dice was pitching for the Sox, and, while he always gives up a somewhat unnerving number of walks, he usually limits them to just four or five and manages to avoid getting hurt by them. But tonight in the 3d, the Diceman couldn't avoid the bad results of too many walks. Of the threespot the guys from KC got, two of the runs were players who reached on a walk.In the four and 2/3 innings he pitched, Dice only allowed a pair of hits. Normally that wouild be a pretty good indication that the guy tossing the ball was going to get the 'W'. However, I'll tell you, Jenn, in all my years of watching baseball in general and the Sox in particular, I can't recall any time when a pitcher has allowed eight walks in that short a time and won. Same story here. Dice-K's line was 4 2/3 innings, two hits and eight walks, leadfing to three earned runs.
So, Jenn, here we are again. Is Dice really all the way back or isdn't he? Overall, he didn't pitch poorly. He wasn't getting lit up, but those eight freebies, along wioth a hit batsman and a wild pitch still hurt.

Plus side: Papi got another hit and JD got three in four at bats. Hall got his fourth HR of the season, but, unfortunately, it was a solo shot. Well, have to have another go tomorrow. Elsewhere, the Rays were well in the lead in the 9th while Mr. Hankie's Yankees appeared to have lost as they deep in a hole in the 9th.Ooops, the latest on both is that those were the finals. Hopefully we'll look better tomorrow.