by jake digregorio | Sep 19, 2009 | Brian Anderson, David Hernandez, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Even an uninspiring performance by Jon Lester was enough to get the job done against an Orioles team that has all but thrown in the orange towel, as Boston beat Baltimore, 11-5, on Saturday. It was the Red Sox bats that locked up the 12th consecutive series win...
by evan brunell | Sep 19, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, David Hernandez, Game Threads, Jon Lester
GAME NOTES: Lester starts on one extra day of rest. Lester is inching up on 200 innings pitched on the year, so I see no reason why they shouldn’t be a little cautious this late in the season. David Hernandez? Fah! Lester eats David Hernandez for...
by jake digregorio | Sep 19, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Casey Kotchman, Clay Buchholz, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jeremy Guthrie
On a night when Clay Buchholz admits he didn’t bring his best, the young starter allowed only one earned run on five hits, further solidifying his place in the Red Sox rotation, and earning the Red Sox yet another win over the Baltimore Orioles, 3-1. Buchholz...
by evan brunell | Sep 18, 2009 | Baltimore Orioles, Clay Buchholz, Game Threads, Jeremy Guthrie
GAME NOTES: Clay Buchholz locks horns with the Orioles and Jeremy Guthrie. It seems like Buchholz keeps facing the Orioles. Of course, he has that no-hitter… but the Orioles have also bombed him unrelentingly. Although Buck looks like he can be our No. 3 in the...
by tim daloisio | Sep 18, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester
A few years back, I was introduced to a simple site on the Internet that gave me a different and useful lens on the baseball season. Doug’s Stats (www.dougstats.com) looks much like it did the day I stumbled on it in 2003. It hasn’t gotten a Web 2.0...
