The Los Angeles Angels didn't want to leave Fenway without at least one win for the trip home, as the AL West leaders beat the Red Sox, 4-3.
A wild pitch in the seventh tarnished an otherwise solid start for Josh Beckett. Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Bay brought the lumber, but to no avail, as the Sox fall to the AL West leading Angels.
In his first game back since June 19, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched a surprisingly decent an unagitating outing, as the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States of North America, 4-1. The multi-million dollar man notched over six shutout innings, giving up only three hits. Unfortunately, he walked just as many batters, but the five strikeouts on 93 pitches were certainly a step in the right direction.
In a homage to Twitter, the new social media application that is changing how news is delivered (in the same vein how blogs changed everything) I bring to you a summary of each Red Sox player on the 25-man roster in 140 characters or less (the maximum number of characters you can enter on Twitter).
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Jacoby has been killing the ball, absolutely killing it since I wrote a piece questioning whether or not he should be leading off. A .439/500/.659 line to be exact.
After a shaky start against the Texas Rangers, Josh Beckett returned to form against Oakland.
Jon Lester improved to 9-0 in his career against the Baltimore Orioles with the help of the long ball.
When you think of a high powered offense, a few traits often come to mind; a table setter, a professional hitter, power at the clean up spot, and depth at the bottom of the order.
Jason Bay and Jacoby Ellsbury each had three RBI and the Boston Red Sox pounded out 17 hits to beat the Washington Nationals, 11-3.
It's not how you start. It's how you finish.
Jacoby Ellsbury may have an average hovering around .300, but his plate discipline isn't cutting it. Things change today as Dustin Pedroia assumes the leadoff mantle. I'm sure we'll hear more from Tito.
Lineups after the jump.