Spring Training 2002

Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Boston @ Tampa Bay

Red Sox 4 Devil Rays 1
Record 10-10

 
 

BOSTON (4) AT TAMPA BAY (1)

 BOSTON           AB  R  H BI  TAMPA BAY        AB  R  H BI
 R Henderson lf    3  0  2  1  J Tyner cf        5  0  0  1 
 D Stenson lf      1  0  0  0  R Winn dh         1  0  1  0 
 J Damon cf        2  0  1  0  J Sandberg dh     2  0  1  0 
 D Buford cf       2  1  0  0  S Cox 1b          3  0  0  0 
 N Garciaparra ss  3  0  0  0  A Huff 1b         1  0  1  0 
 Q Veras 2b        1  0  0  0  G Vaughn lf       2  0  0  0 
 J Varitek c       3  0  0  0  B Smith lf        1  0  0  0 
 H Mercedes c      0  1  0  0  T Oleary rf       3  0  1  0 
 T Nixon rf        3  0  0  0  J Conti rf        1  0  0  0 
 M Coleman rf      1  1  1  3  R Johnson 3b      4  0  1  0 
 J Offerman dh     3  0  0  0  J Smith ss        4  0  0  0 
 W Veras ph        1  0  1  0  J Flaherty c      3  1  2  0 
 S Hillenbrand 3b  3  0  1  0  S Fasano c        1  0  0  0 
 C Baerga 3b       1  0  1  0  B Abernathy 2b    3  0  1  0 
 L Merloni 2b      4  1  1  0  
 B Daubach 1b      3  0  1  0  
 J Diaz 1b         1  0  0  0  
 TOTALS           35  4  9  4  TOTALS           34  1  8  1

 BOSTON                    000 010 030 --  4
 TAMPA BAY                 000 010 000 --  1

 E--S Fasano. DP--BOSTON 1, TAMPA BAY 1. 
 LOB--BOSTON 7, TAMPA BAY 10. 2B--J Damon, S 
 Hillenbrand, C Baerga, J Flaherty. HR--M Coleman 
 (1) (off S Kent). SB--R Winn (1).
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  BOSTON
 D Lowe                             4   3   0   0   0   6   0
 R Arrojo                           1   2   1   1   1   0   0
 B Henry (W,1-0)                    2   3   0   0   0   0   0
 W Banks (S,2)                      2   0   0   0   1   1   0
  TAMPA BAY
 J Kennedy                          5   6   1   1   1   3   0
 S Kent (L,0-1)                 2 2-3   3   3   3   2   1   1
 T Phelps                       1 1-3   0   0   0   0   1   0

 HBP--R Winn by R Arrojo, R Winn by D Lowe. 
 T--2:27. A--5,948.

Derek Lowe
3/21/02

  • So far this spring, yesterday being the most recent, Derek Lowe has looked very good. After his four innings of shut-out ball yesterday he lowered his spring ERA to 1.80. Meaningless would be the thing I would nomrmally say next, but with Lowe it's a bit different, not in that the 1.80 ERA means anything, it doesn't, but throwing this well right now, has to be a confidence boost for Lowe, something he definetly lacked last year.

    He threw 66 pitches yesterday, then threw another 15 after he came out of the game. Right now the biggest obstacle is endurance, Lowe is trying to get his pitch-count to 90 before the season starts.

  • Another story coming out of camp is the great spring Rickey Henderson is having. The Globe article this morning suggests that we could see Rickey as the lead-off guy against lefties. I guess that means Henderson would be the DH in those situations, as Damon would definetly not ride the pine, nor do I think they would want to weaken the OF defense that much.

    Still about a week or so to go, so there's still time, but so far, all things pointing to the positive this year.



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