JULY 18th, 2007 GAME THREAD
Odalis Perez (4-8, 5.68) @ Julian Tavarez (5-7, 5.15)
Kansas City Royals (40-53) @ Boston Red Sox (56-37)
7:05 PM EDT at Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680, WROL (Sp.)
AL EAST GAMES: BAL @ SEA | TOR @ NYY l LAA @ TB
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PRIOR GAME VS. KC: Boston 3, Kansas City 9 on 7/17/07 DECISION: W: Jimmy Gobble | L: Tim Wakefield STAR OF THE GAME: Julio Lugo = 4 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 1 2B RED SOX’S PREVIOUS GAME: Boston 3, Kansas City 9 on 7/17/07 |
GAME NOTES: I don’t even want to think what might happen around Red Sox territory if we lose a series to the Royals at home. This was supposed to be the stretch where the Sox strengthen an already lengthy lead in the division or just keep it around 9 games with the Yankees easy schedule, but instead they have plans to blow that scenario. It’s easy to feel uncomfortable about this lead right now: they’re lifeless in big situations, the Yankees have underperfomed their Pythag. record in a large way, and one team is hot while the other is middling. To keep up the .500 pattern, look for the Sox to pull out a win tonight against Odalis Perez, who has been downright awful the last 2 seasons (combined 299 H in just over 227 IP, 84 ERA+, 1.54 WHIP).