The Long and Smoltz of It

3 Starts
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2 Losses
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6.6 Earned Runs Average
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Buchholz

The Canadian Sombrero?!

Jason Bay struck out 5 times (The Platinum Sombrero) July 1st (Canada Day!), and finished the series against the Orioles 0-for-15 with nine strikeouts.Well done Jay Bay.

Worst Loss Ever

What do you get when the best bullpen in baseball is given a 9 run lead over the worst team in baseball and asked to get 9 outs?

	The Red Sox Worst Loss Ever		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		R		H		E
	Boston	2	2	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	10	16	0
	Baltimore	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	5	X	11	16	1

The Very Ugly Pitching Lines
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	WHIP	Season ERA
J. Smoltz	4.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	1.33	6.00
J. Masterson	2.0	5	5	5	0	4	1	1.39	4.28
M. Delcarmen	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	2.03
H. Okajima	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	1.12	3.44
T. Saito (L, 2-1)	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.27	3.25
J. Papelbon (BS, 2)	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.38	1.85

That was probably the best game I’ve been involved in, right there. That was absolutely tremendous. When you talk about playing all 27 outs, that’s tonight.”- Dave Trembley Orioles Manager

5 Games Back

"Hmmm, I wonder what Hank wants to talk about?"

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Terry on Dice-K to DL

This is not going to be a 2 week DL... We need to get him back to being Dice-K... Probably send him down to Florida." Terry Francona on Daisuke Matsuzaka 6-21

Ouch. Translation= So long Dice-K until someone else craps the bed.