David Pauley made his third start tonight since "replacing" Cliff Lee in the rotation ...
He has now pitched to the Yanks, the White Sox and the Red Sox - no soft landings there. While he pitched well in all three, he was tagged with the loss in the first two because of the bullpen. Tonight, he took the no decision, as the bullpen was stellar but the offense didn't come to life till after he had departed.
Coming to life with a little bit of this and a little bit of that ...
It took awhile, but with one out in the 6th, Michael broke up Lester's no-hit bid with a home run after Patterson's error ruined the perfect game chance, allowing Jack to get to second base in the previous at-bat. Then, in the 8th, Milton tripled and Jack executed a great bunt (eye-level pitch) to bring MB home. Then a Michael single, Ichiro walked and Figgy doubled, for the second run of the inning. A Guit walk loaded the bases and then Jose was hit by a pitch making the score 5-1
TED S. WARREN / AP
While David did well holding the Red Sox to only one run (a solo shot to Big Papi, certainly no shame in that) on five hits - Chris, Jamey and Garrett held them HITLESS and SCORELESS through THREE+ innings. Chris notched his first major league win and Garrett his first major league save.
Good night all round ...
Save for one M who was still a bit surly in the clubhouse ~ been busy with some other things, but hope to post some comments on the whole "Figgy falderal"sometime tonight.
Now, it's off to Fenway Northwest ... er, Safeco Field!
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