Not The Way to Start the 2d Half: Peter

Not much to say--at least not much good--about tonight's game against the Rangers. Definitely not the way to pick up the season after the All-Star break. After the 1st inning, the Hose were behind six zip. Wake definitely didn't have the flutterball fluttering. It just hung out there saying, in essence, "hit me hard". That's exactly what the guys from Texas did, topped off by a homer: by Benjie Molina? Anyway, a couple of innings later it was seven zip, and the Sox were doing not much of anything with the bat in reply. Finally, the pen put a stop to the Rangers' onslaught, keeping them at seven, but the offense was limited to a pair of solo shots by JD and Hall. JD was 2-4 on the evening. The only reason Hall was playing third was that Beltre tweaked a muscle just before the All-Star, then played briefly with it and is now picking up splinters. Hopefully, he won't join the rest of the regulars on the DL.
Speaking of that, it appears that Bucky is pitching a rehab start at Pawtucket this weekend, JB got four K's in a four inning stint in the minors and Jake may be back on the field by August 1. We'll see. Things gotta' turn around with this injury skein. It's like a new curse, perish the thought.