Well, against the Brewers, the answer the Sox need to come up with is how to get some of the newer members of the vaunted pen to pitch like the leaders from last year such as Tazawa and Uehara. Today, the fault lies at the doorstep of Badenhop, who, in 15 pitches, gave up a pair of two baggers and what ultimately was the winning run. Not that the Sox hadn't been swimming in shark infested waters all day. Bucky had a start quite different from last year's. In four and a third, he surrendered thirteen (no typos here) hits, a pair of them into the cheaps, and six earned runs. About the only good thing from his outing was the fact that no Brewer reached on a freebie.
The Sox had their chances as the game progressed from there, eventually tying the score in the 6th. Along the way, they had doubles by Gomes and Bogaerts, as well as a dinger for three runs by Nap that got the Hose to within one. But overall, the Hose only managed seven hits, not a recipe for success when your opponent is picking up nineteen.
a bright spot: Capuano, in his second game for the Hose, again remained scoreless, this time for a pair of innings. Although he did allow two hits, he also picked up four K's, maintaining his perfect ERA, and an opponents BA of .182. That number, folks, is second in the Sox pen to, who else, Uehara, who also threw another scoreless inning today. This time, he struck out the side on a total of 13 pitches.
Hopefully, tomorrow the Sox will pick up the series ending game, get back to .500 and start a nice long winning streak.
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