A.J. Burnett knew Boston had been struggling on offense and took full advantage of the sleepless Red Sox bats hurling a shutout in the Jays 3-0 win.
Burnett improved his season record to 3-2 pitching for 7 2/3 innings, on three hits, five walks, and five strikeouts.
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predictions:
jackson at buchholz, W 4-2
shields at beckett, W 2-1
kazmir at lester, L 6-4
I want to see Shields have back to back good quality starts against this offense before I am sold.
Well, we did 2 of 3 against the Jays, with no hitting. Lester and Daisuke pitched those wins.
We are at home. As we start this revenge series, Papi and Mikey are looking good at the plate. Manny is the old Manny. Sparkplug Jacoby will lead off. Dustin, Youk and Drew are hitting the ball well, and are due for some luck. No way we only score 10 runs against their 9. Also no way Lester is going to regress to 6 runs, especially vs. Kazmir. He showed his competitiveness a few nights ago.
I’ll go with…
Buchholz over Jackson in Game 1, 7-4
Shields over Beckett in Game 2, 5-2
Lester over Kazmir in Game 3, 8-6
Just a tad optimistic there about the offense…hmm…oh well.