Los Angeles 4, Sox 2
WP: Speier (1-2)
LP: Schilling (6-5)
SV: Rodriguez (28)
HRs: BOS-Youk (12); LAA-Izturis (3)
SUMMARY
Curt Schilling returned to the rotation after a 6 week absence and could have had a win, but a number of boneheaded plays, the ejection of Manny and questionable managerial decisions led to a depressing defeat at the Big A.
#1 STUNNER Maicer Izturis 1-4, R, BI, HR
The light-hitting second baseman drilled a Schill splitter into the seats for the go-ahead homer to lead off the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie and spoiling Curt's comeback.
PAN's FAUN Terry Francona
For one of the few times this season, Tito's managerial maneuvers backfired on him.
First he let rookie Brandon Moss replace Manny after his ejection, and he was a disaster in the field; then he left Schill in for the seventh despite owning the best bullpen in baseball; and to top it all off he allowed Moss to hit with two on & two out in the 9th with Wily Mo and Cora on the bench.
RECAP
There were so many things that went wrong for Boston in this game it would take me till dawn to cover all of them.
But since it's already close to 2:00 in the morning, I'll give you a Cliff Notes version of the events before I head off to bed with visions of muffed plays and questionable calls dancing in my head.
-Manny Ramirez was ejected for arguing a third strike in the fourth inning, a hasty decision by the ump that would come back to bite the Bosox big time
-Curt Schilling was cruising with a 2-0 lead courtesy of a Kevin Youkilis home run when he decided to try and bare hand a Vlad Guerrero liner past the mound, a move that nearly caused him to lose a finger; he wasn't the same afterwards
-rookie Brandon Moss made his major league debut following Manny's ejection and misplayed three balls in the outfield, then struck out to end the game
-two more questionable calls by the umps cost Boston as well: a double by Jeff Mathis in the 7th that looked as if it might have been foul that led to LA's 4th run, and a foul tip catch on strike three by Mike Lowell that appeared to have bounced first with two men on in the 8th
The list goes on & on, but as I said, it's late and I have no desire to try and decipher my notes and make sense of this good game gone bad right now.
The only note that matters is this one I scribbled after Tito replaced Schilling with Julian Tavarez after Mathis' double:
Schill's gone, Tavrez is on, game over.
Good night now.
8.07.2007
Promising start ends in disaster
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2 comments:
I'm so glad I didn't stay up for this one! Thanks for the mini-recap. That's all I need to know to be disgusted about the whole affair!
Curt I don't care if the opposing team brings the ball out to you on a silver platter. DON"T TRY TO BARE HAND IT!!! You knuckle-Head!
Was nice to see Manny care about something for a change. Thought this yelling at the umpire in Spanish would spark the team, but Tito seemed to put the Kabosh on that! Tito in case you forgot: It's Okie in the 7th, Gagne in the 8th, Paps in the 9th
Brandon who? Where's Jacoby? STOP F***ING AROUND!!!!
2 out of 3 from here on in!
RS BB,
Good to hear from you--thought I lost ya.
You are much better off for not having stayed up for that horror show. It started out so good, and then after Schill took that ball of the hand it went downhill mighty fast.
It's funny because I was watching on Extra Innings and the Angels announcers even called out Schill for trying to grab that ball, saying he's a veteran who should know better than that, especially just coming off the DL.
I know Ellsbury just came off the DL, too, so maybe that's why they called up Moss. But there's NO WAY he should have batted in the 9th with the game on the line. UGH!
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