I don’t have a whole lot of analysis to offer on this game. Wakefield didn’t pitch particularly well. The Sox defense fell apart, with 75% of the Sox infield making an error (Renteria 2, Mueller 1, Bellhorn 1). The offense still managed to churn out 11 hits and 5 walks, but much of it was too little, too late. The team trailed 7-3 going into the bottom of the 9th before getting a couple of meaningless runs off of former Sox farmhand Chris Reitsma to close the gap to the final score of 7-5.

Rookie Kyle Davies made his first start, and predictably had the Sox moderately befuddled all day. Davies scattered 4 hits and 3 walks over 5 innings, leaving with a 6-0 lead and getting his first MLB win. Marcus Giles (who at this point is probably the better Giles) paced the Braves offense with a 3 for 5 day with 2 doubles.

Honestly, that’s about it. It’s tough to offer up any sort of salient analysis when a team plays really poorly. You just hope that they’ll bounce back and pounce on Smoltz (which, as of this moment, they were able to crack through with a couple of runs in the bottom of the 5th).

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