Series Recap: Braves @ Sox

Boston wins series, 2 games to 1

Game Results:
GM1: BOS 13-3
GM2: ATL 14-0
GM3: BOS 6-3

STATS: ATL/BOS
RUNS: 20/ 19
HITS: 41/30
AVG: .345/.291
HRS: 4/5
ERA: 6.84/6.33

Hitting Composite Box:

• Lugo: 2-9, 2B, HR, R, 3RBI-big first game, sat last game
• Youk: 4-9, 2B, 2HRs,2R, 3RBI-he's hotter than Jessica Biel (not really, but)
• Papi: 4-10, 2-2Bs, 3R, RBI-power has been down, average still up
• Manny: 2-10, 2B, R- hasn't hit a homer in 12 games
• Drew: 2-6, 3R, 3BB-back is okay, average is still on life support
• Lowell: 5-8, 2B, GS, 2R, 5RBI- he & Youk have carried team
• Tek: 2-8, 3B, R, 3RBI-Cap'n Clutch comes thru again yesterday
• Coco: 3-11, 2-2Bs, R, 2RBI-still doing all the little things
• Pedroia: 3-9, 2B, 3R-raised his aveage to .260
• Cora: 1-8-slumping but still batting .333
• Hinske: 1-8, RBI-forever forgiven for his game vs. DET.
• Belli: 0-3- a 2-23 slump has dropped his avg to .200
• WMP: 1-4, R, RBI, HR-always capable of clearing Lansdowne

Pitching Composite Box:

• Matsuzaka: 8IP, 9H, 3ER, 0BB, 6Ks, HR, W-keeps getting better and better
• Hansack: 4IP, 6H, 3ER, BB, 2K, 2HRs, L- solid start in an emergency role
• Gabbard: 5IP, 6H, 2ER, 1BB, 7K, W-excellent start in emergency role
• Snyder: 2IP, 2H-lowered his ERA to 1.77
• Donnelly: 1.1IP, 5H, 3ER, 2BB, K-raised his ERA to 4.15
• Lopez: 1.2IP, 3H, 3ER, 2BB, 2K-Sat. he was awful, Sun he was awesome
• Pineiro: 2IP, 4H, 4R, BB, HR-it's official-he's the new 'Gascan'!
• Okajima: 1IP, 2H- ran his scoreless streak to 20.1 inns
• Romero: 1IP, 1H, K-hasn't all'd an earned run since 4/20

To say this series was weird, wet and wild would be an accurate assessment of what at times seemed to be a Halloween horror show than an interleague baseball game.

This series between former crosstown rivals Sox and Braves literally had a little bit of everything: rainouts & rain delays, great pitching & horrible pitching, beatings administered by each team in successive games of a doubleheader, 11-three hit games, 2-four hit games, 20 doubles, two triples, 9 homers, one grand slam, a number of great catches & defensive plays, runners tagged out at home, three players making their 2007 debut, one player striking out 5 times in a game, and a total of 933 pitches thrown.

Whew! That was one fucking crazy series!

Boston was lucky to escape with 2 of 3 seeing as the Braves were throwing two of the best pitchers in the game while the Sox countered with two hurlers making their first starts of the season. After the first two games of Saturday's doubleheader basically cancelled each other out, yesterday's rubber match was the tie-breaker, and when Boston prevailed with Kason Gabbard besting Tim Hudson, the Sox could take the flight to New York knowing that with this team, even when they are expected to lose they can find a way to win.

Bring on the Bronx Bummers!