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Monday, May 20, 2002
Chicago @ Boston

Red Sox 9   White Sox 0
Record 30-11
 
    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    
      WHITE SOX   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0       0 3 0    
      RED SOX   0 0 5 1 1 0 0 2 x       9 13 0    
 
 

 

Keeping Pace

  • One of these nights we're going to get some help from another team as far as knocking off the Evil Empire goes. Though I guess this should have been expected, the Y-----s are going through the same pancake schedule now that we did to begin the season. I think I may have said it yesterday, we'll just have to do it ourselves.

    Are there any Derek Lowe doubters left out there? The guy can pitch, period. He's got some absolutely amazing stats going at this point in the season, but I will not mention them for reasons I cannot explain to you. If you understood that last sentence, then you really are a diehard.

    My only concern about Lowe is can he hold up for the entire season? We all know he has a rubber arm with all the innings he was able to contribute out of the pen, but this will be his first season where he's going to get upwards of 200+ innings. Not trying to burst any bubbles or slow the momentum, but I think it's a valid question.

  • Manny Who? At least that's what Dauber and Shea are making us think at the moment. Need it to continue though as Manny's original prognosis of 4-6 weeks may be changed to 6-8 weeks shortly if it is determined the he does need surgery after all. UGH!

    Another tid-bit about Shea, as mentioned by Peter Gammons on Baseball Tonight last night. Gammons quoted something Lou Pinella said about Shea, that after AROD and Manny, Shea is the best right-handed hitter in the AL. I don't know if any of us are ready to put that label on Shea just yet, he still needs to prove that he can continue his success through the course of a full season. But if the first 41 games are any indication of things to come, Shea very well may jump into that list of elite names.

  • Darren Oliver goes tonight, and with Dustin Hermanson looking to return in about 3 more weeks, my guess is that both Oliver and Castillo are going to be fighting their next 3-5 starts on who stays and who heads to the pen. Good time for Oliver to get himself back on track.

    paul@redsox2000.com


    • C H I C A G O B O S T O N
    AB R H BI AB R H BI
    K Lofton cf
    R Durham 2b
    M Ordonez rf
    P Konerko 1b
    F Thomas dh
    J Valentin 3b
    J Liefer lf
    M Johnson c
    R Clayton ss     		3
    4
    4
    2
    3
    3
    3
    3
    3     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0     		2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    0
    0     		0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0     		J Damon cf
    J Offerman dh
    N Garciaparra ss
    B Daubach lf
    S Hillenbrand 3b
    T Clark 1b
    T Nixon rf
    J Varitek c
    R Sanchez 2b
    a-B Nelson ph-2b     		5
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    4
    3
    3
    1     		1
    0
    1
    2
    1
    0
    1
    3
    0
    0     		2
    0
    2
    2
    1
    2
    1
    3
    0
    0     		1
    1
    0
    1
    3
    1
    0
    2
    0
    0
    Totals 28 0 3 0 Totals 36 9 13 9
    CHICAGO

    Batting
    2B: K Lofton (9, R Garces)
    Gidp: R Durham, F Thomas
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- M Ordonez 1
    Team LOB: 3

    Baserunning
    SB: K Lofton (18, 2nd base off D Lowe/J Varitek)

    BOSTON

    a-grounded to third for R Sanchez in the 8th.

    Batting
    2B: J Varitek (8, T Ritchie); J Damon (6, T Ritchie); B Daubach (8, T Ritchie)
    HR: S Hillenbrand (9, 3rd inning off T Ritchie 2 on, 2 Out), J Varitek (4, 8th inning off K Wunsch 1 on, 0 Out)
    3B: N Garciaparra (2, T Ritchie)
    RBI: J Offerman (15), B Daubach (20), S Hillenbrand 3 (35), J Damon (17), T Clark (12), J Varitek 2 (19)
    SF: J Offerman
    2-out RBI: B Daubach, S Hillenbrand 3
    Runners left in scoring position, 2 out- B Daubach 1, N Garciaparra 1, R Sanchez 1
    Team LOB: 5

    Fielding
    DP: 2 (N Garciaparra-T Clark, N Garciaparra-R Sanchez-T Clark).

    C H I C A G O B O S T O N
    IP H R ER BB SO HR IP H R ER BB SO HR
    T Ritchie (L,3-5)
    M Ginter
    K Wunsch     		4.2
    2.1
    1     		11
    0
    2     		7
    0
    2     		7
    0
    2     		0
    0
    0     		2
    1
    0     		1
    0
    1     		D Lowe (W,7-1)
    R Garces     		8
    1     		2
    1     		0
    0     		0
    0     		2
    0     		7
    1     		0
    0
    Totals 8 13 9 9 0 3 2 Totals 9 3 0 0 2 8 0
    HBP - J Varitek (by T Ritchie) Batters faced - T Ritchie 26; M Ginter 7; K Wunsch 5; D Lowe 26; R Garces 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T Ritchie 5-7; M Ginter 3-3; K Wunsch 2-1; D Lowe 14-3; R Garces 2-0 Umpires: HP - Laz Diaz, 1B - Randy Marsh, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Angel Hernandez Time: 2:20 Att: 32,461 Weather: 57 degrees, partly cloudy Wind: 10 mph, left to right


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