Spring Training 2002

Thursday, March 21, 2002
St Louis @ Boston

Red Sox 9 Cardinals 6
Record 11-10

 
 

ST LOUIS (6) AT BOSTON (9)

 ST LOUIS         AB  R  H BI  BOSTON           AB  R  H BI
 K Robinson lf     5  3  3  0  R Henderson dh    3  1  0  0 
 P Polanco ss      2  1  0  0  C Baerga dh       1  1  1  0 
 M Coolbaugh ss    2  0  1  0  J Damon cf        4  2  3  2 
 J Drew rf         2  0  1  2  N Garciaparra ss  2  0  1  3 
 E Perez rf        2  1  2  3  L Merloni ss      1  1  1  3 
 A Pujols 3b       4  0  0  0  M Ramirez lf      3  0  1  0 
 M Difelice c      1  0  0  0  D Stenson lf      1  0  0  0 
 J Edmonds cf      3  0  0  0  J Diaz 1b         2  0  1  0 
 S Taguchi cf      1  0  0  0  B Daubach 1b      1  0  0  0 
 T Martinez 1b     3  0  1  0  J Varitek c       2  0  0  0 
 B Ortega rf       1  1  1  1  L Rodriguez c     1  0  0  0 
 A Martin dh       4  0  0  0  S Hillenbrand 3b  3  0  0  0 
 M Matheny c       3  0  1  0  W Veras 3b        1  0  0  0 
 E Marrero 1b      1  0  0  0  M Coleman rf      3  1  1  0 
 M Cairo 2b        4  0  0  0  D Buford rf       1  0  0  0 
                               R Sanchez 2b      3  3  3  1 
                               Q Veras 2b        1  0  0  0 
 TOTALS           38  6 10  6  TOTALS           33  9 12  9

 ST LOUIS                  002 020 011 --  6
 BOSTON                    101 034 00x --  9

 E--S Hillenbrand, P Martinez. DP--ST LOUIS 1. 
 LOB--ST LOUIS 7, BOSTON 5. 2B--R Sanchez, M 
 Coleman, J Drew. HR--J Damon (3) (off B Smith), L 
 Merloni (2) (off K Joseph), B Ortega (1) (off R 
 Garces), E Perez (2) (off P Martinez). SB--J Damon
 (3), N Garciaparra (3), K Robinson (3). S--J 
 Damon. SF--N Garciaparra.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  ST LOUIS
 B Smith (L,3-1)                4 2-3   8   5   5   1   3   1
 K Joseph                       1 1-3   4   4   4   1   0   1
 S Kline                            1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 G Stechschulte                     1   0   0   0   0   1   0
  BOSTON
 P Martinez (W,2-1)                 5   6   4   4   1   8   1
 U Urbina                           1   0   0   0   0   2   0
 R Garces                           2   2   1   1   1   2   1
 C Fossum                           1   2   1   1   0   2   0

 WP--R Garces. HBP--C Baerga by G Stechschulte. 
 SO--STL: A Martin 3, A Pujols 2, T Martinez 2, M 
 Cairo, M Difelice, J Drew, J Edmonds, K Robinson, 
 M Matheny, P Polanco, E Perez. BOS: D Buford, M 
 Coleman, B Daubach, M Ramirez, R Henderson, J 
 Diaz, J Varitek. BB--STL: P Polanco, E Perez, A 
 Martin, M Cairo, M Difelice, J Drew, T Martinez, A
 Pujols, J Edmonds, K Robinson, M Matheny. BOS: J 
 Diaz, J Varitek, D Buford, M Coleman, R Henderson,
 M Ramirez, B Daubach. T--2:32. A--8,098.

Decision Time
3/22/02

  • The rumor flying today (according to the PROJO) is that it's likely that Jose Offerman is going to be released (with approval from the brass). What that means, is that Lou Merloni has fought himself, once again, into a roster spot. If Merloni were having a poor spring I'm sure the team would have seen if they could have passed him thru waivers. But with Lou hitting his third homer of the spring yesterday, and his over all solid play, the Sox could ignore him no more.

    This decision isn't final by any means, and for all we know someone else may get the axe instead, but if Offy is the guy to go, I think new ownership will have shown how commited to this team they really are.

    The release of Offerman would also mean that it's likely Carlos Baerga will make the team as well. This is going to be a strange Red Sox infield this year, we're actually going to have players playing positions they should be, hmph.

  • Pedro threw again yesterday, he got the win, and he did strikeout eight over his five innings of work, but he also allowed 4 runs and 6 hits as well. Concern? No, that's not the word I'm looking for, but it would be nice to see Pedro dominate for a couple innings just to aleviate any small doubts we may have.


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