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Spring Training 2001

Thursday, March 8, 2001
Boston @ Pittsburgh

Pirates 9 Red Sox 8
Record 2-5
  123 456 789 RHE
B O S T O N 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 8 12 0
P I T T S B U R G H 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 2 9 8 1

Cone looks good, pen looks bad

  • This is going to a very light recap today as it's 12:00am and I just sat down to do the update. I had my annual Strat-O-Matic Baseball draft tonight and at the moment all I can think about is bed.

    Anyway, shall we? David Cone took the mound yesterday in what was a pivitol start for him. The Sox have a decision to make coming up in a week on whether to keep him around for the rest of camp or not. The team has until March 16th to decide on whether to keep him around, which will cost 1 mil if they do.

    Cone made a push to make that decision easier as he pitched three solid innings in the 9-8 loss to the Pirates. He allowed 3 hits and a run in his stint, a huge improvent over his previous. He'll probably see 1-2 more starts before the decision is made, a step in the right direction was made in this start.

    As for the rest of the game, the boxscore tells the story. We're getting the O, but the pen is stinking up the joint. Again it was the guys who are going to see themsleves in the minors come the end of camp who were getting thrashed around, as Jesus Pena and Brian Williams were the ones who choked this one up with 6 earned runs combined over the 8th and 9th inning.

    Sorry for the lackluster report, but i'm beat.

    paul@redsox2000.com


    • B O S T O N P I T T S B U R G H
      AB R H BI   AB R H BI
    T Nixon RF
    Benitez RF
    D Lewis LF
    Daubach 1B
    Burkhart 1B
    Everett CF
    Neill LF
    Hatteberg C
    Je Pena P
    Br Williams P
    Lansing 2B
    C Grebeck 2B
    W Veras 3B
    Merloni SS
    Cone P
    K Mercker P
    A Encarnacion PH
    Mcdill P
    Arrojo P
    G Williams C
     
          		3
    1
    5
    3
    2
    3
    2
    3
    0
    1
    2
    1
    4
    4
    1
    0
    1
    0
    0
    1
     
          		2
    0
    2
    1
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
     
          		1
    0
    4
    1
    0
    1
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
     
          		0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    3
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
     
          		A Brown CF
    T Redman CF
    DE Bell RF
    E Brown RF
    Kendall C
    Osik C
    Giles LF
    C Hermansen LF
    Ar Ramirez 3B
    Gomez 3B
    Vander Wal 1B
    Jefferson 1B
    E Wilson 2B
    Ao Nunez SS
    Serafini P
    Oconnor P
    D Williams P
    Jo Silva P
    Hyzdu PH
    Loiselle P
    W Morris PH
    Wilkins P     		2
    1
    3
    2
    2
    0
    3
    2
    2
    0
    3
    0
    3
    4
    1
    1
    0
    0
    1
    0
    1
    0     		0
    1
    0
    2
    0
    1
    0
    1
    1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0     		0
    0
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    1
    2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    Totals 37 8 12 7 Totals 31 9 8 9
    E: Ao Nunez.
    DP: Pittsburgh 1.
    LOB: Boston 6, Pittsburgh 6.
    2B: Cone, Everett, E Brown.
    3B: Vander Wal.
    HR: Vander Wal (off K Mercker), Neill (off D Williams), D Lewis (off Wilkins).
    SB: Ao Nunez.
    CS: D Lewis, A Brown.
    S: Osik.

    B O S T O N P I T T S B U R G H
      IP H R ER BB SO HR   IP H R ER BB SO HR
    Cone
    K Mercker
    Mcdill
    Arrojo
    Je Pena
    Br Williams (L)     		3
    1
    1
    1
    1.1
    1     		3
    1
    0
    0
    1
    3
    		1
    2
    0
    0
    2
    4     		1
    2
    0
    0
    2
    4     		0
    1
    1
    0
    1
    3     		1
    0
    0
    0
    2
    0     		0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0     		Serafini
    Oconnor
    D Williams
    Jo Silva
    Loiselle
    Wilkins (W)     		3
    2
    1
    1
    1
    1     		4
    0
    3
    4
    0
    1     		1
    0
    3
    3
    0
    1     		0
    0
    3
    3
    0
    1     		0
    0
    1
    0
    1
    0     		0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    2     		0
    0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    Totals 8.1 8 9 9 6 3 1 Totals 9 12 8 7 2 4 2
    HBP: T Nixon by Serafini, Kendall by Cone, Hatteberg by D Williams.
    T: 2:54.
    A: 5,319.


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