San Francisco Defeat

Pedro Gives Up Four in the First
Another story line has come and gone without much fan fare. Pedro vs. Bonds: the great match did not deliver as advertised. Pedro's outing as a whole was sub par however, once he got the jank out of his system in the first he then settled down to strike out six and pitch 5 scoreless innings. Bonds failed to register a hit for the second straight day as he went 0-4.

The game appeared to be a text book boring loss until the Sox rallied with the help of pinch hitter Trot Nixon in the 8th. Trot singled, but thanks to some Cadillac outfielding by Bonds the Sox plated 3 runs to tie the game. Alan Embree quelled all Masshole excitement in the bottom half of the inning by giving up a two out two run shot to pinch hitter second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo.

"I threw a breaking ball and it was a strike, and he hammered it," said Embree. "I needed to make my pitch and I didn't make my pitch. It was a strike and it wasn't supposed to be a strike. The team fought back so well right there," said Embree. "To get the first two guys out and then to have that happen, it's all on me today.

The Sox had a chance to tie it again in the top of the ninth but Ortiz got thrown out stretching a single into a double, when Manny (the tying run at the plate)was up next. Shortly after the base running gaff Manny struck out to end the game. Ortiz leads the league in RBI so he gets the free pass today.

Bronson Arroyo takes on Giant ace Jason Schmidt Sunday at 4:05 EST. The only story line in play for that game is that there should be an old fashioned ass whoppin in store for the sox with the miss match on the mound and Bonds having yet to bust out his impending whooping stick.
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