Series Recap: Sox @ San Diego

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STAT	BOS	SD
RUNS	8	9
HITS	23	24
AVG	.232	.242
HRs	1	3
ERA	3.11	2.33
WINS	2	1

GM1: BOS 2-1 W-Dice K L-

GM2: SD 6-2 W-Young L-Wakefield

GM3: BOS 4-2 W-Beckett L-Peavy

Batter's Composite Box:

PLAYER	SERIES STATS	COMMENT
Drew	3-7/2K (2 games)	avg. nearing .250
Pedroia	1-6/R/BB/SB(2gms)	little guy in mini slump
Papi	1-11/R/RBI, 5K	5-27 last 10 games
Manny	3-1/R/2B/RBI/BB	power outage again
Lowell	2-8/2B/2BI(2 gms)	still leads Sox in RBI
Youk	1-4/RBI/K (1gm)	slightly banged up
Tek	3-6/R/3B/HR/ 2BI / 2BB/2K	busy 2 games for the Cap'n
Coco	4-13/R/3K/SB	raised avg 30 pts in 10 gms
Lugo	0-10/BB/4K	currently 0-26 (ugh!)
Cora	2-4/R/BB/K	has to play more
Pena	0-4/K	3 for his last 21
Hinske	1-2/2B/K	4 hits in last 8 ABs
Belli	0-4/2K	4 for his last 24

Pitcher's Composite Box:

PITCHER:	SERIES STATS	COMMENT:
Dice-K	6IP/5H/ER/5BB/9K	earned 9th win
Wake	5.1IP/8H/6ER/0BB/4K	dropped below .500
Beckett	8IP/6H/2ER/BB/8K	11th win leads MLB
Paps	2IP/4K	now has 18 saves
Oki	1IP/2K	ERA now 0.98
Delcarmen	2/3IP/ all zeroes	0R, 0H in 2.2IP
Snyder	1IP/H	ERA at 2.84
Timlin	1.2IP/2H/K	arm still intact
Lopez	1/3/H	one batter wonder

A decent series for the Sox out in sunny San Diego as the best team in baseball took a pair from the best team in the National League in their own (unique) park.

Dice got a nice win despite some scary moments and Beckett earned his 11th win on the strength of a dominating performance over Padre ace Jake Peavy yesterday.

In between Wakefield laid an egg all over the field as the Pads rocked him for three longballs, and Chris Young smoked 11 Ks in securing San Diego's lone win of the weekend.

Plenty of sunshine, Red Sox fans and a series win is just what the Doctor ordered for the Sox, who must head further (north) West to take on the Mariners for three games before heading back home (finally) for the weekend.

Yes, it's been a long trip, but an 11 game lead over the Stanks and a win over the best pitcher in the NL under their belts should make the flight a little more enjoyable!