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Monday, June 25, 2001
Tampa Bay @ Boston

Red Sox 12 Devil Rays 8
Record 44-30
 
    A   M   E   R   I   C   A   N     L   E   A   G   U   E    
    P       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10       R H E    
        DEVIL RAYS   2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0       8 9 1    
        RED SOX   0 1 5 0 4 0 0 2 x       12 12 0    
 
 

 

Streak snapped

  • It wasn't pretty but at least the losing streak is over. With the exception of Derek Lowe's two shutout innings in the 8th and 9th the offense had to do pretty much all the work last night as it seems were in the middle of a pitching funk.

    Kind of weird to say that even though we've got great performances out of Wakefield and Nomo recently. But with the shellacking Castillo took on Saturday and the way the pen (in general) has been getting it handed to them, it just kind of makes the whole picture look bad. But enough of the not so good, we did win after all.

    David Cone (5IP 6H 5R 5ER 5BB 3K W): I'm sure he's happy that his teammates picked him up and got him the win (why can't they do this for Pedro) but I'm sure he's not happy at all with his performance. Eleven base runners in five innings simply doesn't cut it and giving up a homer (solo or not) to the light hitting Randy Winn just makes it look worse.

    Pete Schourek (2/3IP 1H 1R 1ER 1BB 0K): Need I say more?

    Dante Bichette (2-5 2R 5RBI 2B HR): Get on my back and I shall lead you to the promise land. Which is exactly what Dante did last night. No doubt he's proven over the last couple of weeks that he belongs in the line-up every day, and if both he and Manny can heat it up at the same time the runs will be plentiful.

    The Rest of the bats: Can't really make any complaints about the O at all, they came thru when it counted. Unlike a certain, not too long ago, Toronto series that we will forget about immediately.

    What scares me at the moment is that outside of Derek Lowe the pen has been suspect at best lately. No need to delve into the woes of Pete Schourek any further, even Jimy has to be rethinking his strategy at this point. But both Rod Beck and recently Rich Garces have joined the hit parade, and this is a parade you don't want to be a part of. Hopefully this is just a bad stretch, but if it continues we may need DD to get on the horn and get us another arm, preferably a lefty one.

    Our lead over the Evil Ones stayed at two as the Indians coughed up a lead late after a great comeback last night. Though it was nice to see newly acquired (by NY) Jay Witasick, get pounded a bit in his first appearance, hopefully it continues.

    Pedro tonight, time to get the ole W streak going again.

    paul@redsox2000.com


    • T A M P A   B A Y B O S T O N
      AB R H BI   AB R H BI
    Winn cf
    S Cox 1b
    G Vaughn lf
    Mcgriff dh
    Grieve rf
    Huff 3b
    Difelice c
    Abernathy 2b
    Sheets
    a-Tyner ph
    F Martinez ss     		3
    5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    2
    3
    2
    1
    0     		1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    2
    2
    0
    0
    0     		1
    2
    2
    2
    0
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0     		2
    1
    2
    0
    0
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0     		Offerman 2b
    Hatteberg c
    T Nixon cf
    M Ramirez lf
    Bichette dh
    Oleary rf
    Hillenbrand 3b
    Daubach 1b
    Merloni ss     		5
    4
    3
    4
    5
    3
    4
    3
    4     		2
    3
    1
    2
    2
    1
    0
    0
    1     		2
    2
    1
    1
    2
    1
    2
    0
    1     		0
    1
    0
    0
    5
    1
    2
    1
    0
    Totals 32 8 9 8 Totals 35 12 12 10
    DEVIL RAYS

    a-grounded to shortstop for Sheets in the 8th.

    Batting
    2B: G Vaughn (14, Schourek)
    HR: G Vaughn (18, 1st inning off Cone 1 on, 1 out); Winn (3, 4th inning off Cone 0 on, 1 out); Difelice (2, 6th inning off R Garces 0 on, 0 out); Abernathy (1, 6th inning off R Garces 0 on, 0 out)
    RBI: G Vaughn 2 (50), Winn 2 (22), S Cox (15), Difelice (8), Abernathy (1), Huff (12)
    S: Sheets
    SF: Winn
    2-out RBI: S Cox
    Gidp: Huff
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Huff 1, Abernathy 1
    Team LOB: 7

    Fielding
    E: Difelice (4, catch)
    DP: 1 (Huff-Abernathy-S Cox).

    RED SOX

    Batting
    2B: M Ramirez (15, Rupe); Merloni (3, Rupe); Hatteberg (9, Rupe); Bichette (13, Rupe)
    HR: Bichette (7, 3rd inning off Rupe 3 on, 1 out)
    RBI: Hillenbrand 2 (28), Hatteberg (9), Bichette 5 (28), Oleary (26), Daubach (33)
    SF: Daubach
    2-out RBI: Hillenbrand
    Gidp: Bichette
    Team LOB: 5

    Fielding
    DP: 1 (Daubach-Merloni-Daubach).
    Outfield Assist: T Nixon (S Cox at home).

    T A M P A   B A Y B O S T O N
      IP H R ER BB SO HR   IP H R ER BB SO HR
    Rupe (L,4-7)
    Pa Wilson
    Wallace
    Colome     		4.1
    0.2
    0.2
    2.1     		8
    2
    0
    2     		9
    1
    0
    2     		9
    1
    0
    0     		2
    0
    1
    2     		5
    0
    0
    0     		1
    0
    0
    0     		Cone (W,3-1)
    R Garces
    Schourek (H,7)
    Pichardo (H,1)
    D Lowe (S,13)     		5
    1
    0.2
    0.1
    2     		6
    2
    1
    0
    0     		5
    2
    1
    0
    0     		5
    2
    1
    0
    0     		5
    0
    1
    0
    1     		3
    1
    0
    0
    0     		2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    Totals 8 12 12 10 5 5 1 Totals 9 9 8 8 7 4 4
    HBP: Difelice (by Pichardo)
    Batters faced: Cone 24; R Garces 5; Schourek 4; Pichardo 2; D Lowe 7; Rupe 23; Pa Wilson 4; Wallace 3; Colome 11
    Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Cone 8-3; R Garces 0-2; Schourek 2-0; Pichardo 1-0; D Lowe 4-2; Rupe 2-6; Pa Wilson 1-1; Wallace 2-0; Colome 4-3
    Umpires: HP - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Cb Bucknor
    Time: 3:24
    Att: 32,854
    Weather: 74 degrees, clear
    Wind: 10 mph, in from center


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