Wang 2-Hits Sox
Good news: Clay Buchholz pitched very well. 1 run on 4 hits over 6 innings.Bad news: Chien-Ming Wang pitched better. Much, much better.
In fact, Wang's performance was so masterful it was almost boring to watch. The Sox mustered only two hits: a J.D. Drew home run (we can safely call him Mr. April from now on) and a Coco Crisp 9th inning desperation bunt base hit.
Mike Timlin made his 2008 debut by serving up a home run to steroid poster boy Jason Giambi and that was all the offense Wang needed as he sailed through all nine innings on just 93 pitches.
Post-game quote from Mike Timlin: "It was terrible, absolutely terrible. I came back and pitched terribly. It wasn't how I was looking forward to starting 2008. I made bad pitches. You can't get major league hitters out with pitches right down the middle."
Well said, Mike.
Hated that game last night and everything about it. Drew's HR shoulda been caught by Abreu. Luckily he's not as agile as he used to be. And speaking of over the hill, Timlin looked awful. Nice quote from Timlin after the game. So freakin' true!
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BY the way, you know you just got owned when "Mr. April" and Coco (trade me!) Crisp get the only two hits. C'mon Beckett! Right the ship today!
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