The Red Sox lost to the Phillies 3-1 last night, and we'll say there's an excuse for this loss. The excuse? Cliff Lee. Oh and Jonathan Papelbon. Ok anyways, Cliff Lee pitched the Phillies a spectacular game, going 8 innings and giving up only 4 hits and 1 run. And he was so efficient on the night that he only threw 80 pitches through the first 7 innings, and 95 all together in. Enough with him, I'll talk about how Ryan Dempster improved tonight, still earning the loss (2-6), but only gave up 6 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and striking out 4 through 7 solid innings. The bullpen was shaky, mainly Tazawa giving up 3 hits, including a first pitch home run to the first batter he faced in the 8th. It came to the 9th for the Sox to rally again. Papelbon jogged onto the field as rains of "boo's" came from Fenway. He would retire his first 2 batters, and then Ortiz came up. He came very close to a home run but hit it just foul, and then he would ground out giving the save to Papelbon in his return.
So the Red Sox finished the home stand going 4-2 and will be heading to Philadelphia to play in a 2 game series there, if you want to call it that. Lackey will be pitching today against the Phillies and will be looking to continue his success this season. He will also be at the plate trying to hit, hopefully that goes well. Also, hopefully we'll see Franklin Morales pitching at some point in this series.
- DJ
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