Indians 7, Red Sox 0
In a game that most definitely must have confounded the living hell out of the CHB, the Red Sox were torched by the Cleveland Indians, 7-0.
Kevin Millwood, though a tad inefficient, was tremendous. He threw a driving, heavy fastball that was spot-on all night. Red Sox hitters were helpless against the big righty. Bronson Arroyo was not all that bad, just a few brain-dead mistakes here and there. He was also victimized by costly mishaps from Mark Bellhorn and Trot Nixon in the field.
These games will happen, though. Might as well run up against a great pitching performance, be asleep in the field, make careless pitching mistakes and seem lost at the plate all in the same game. The good news is that the Baltimore Orioles also lost their game to the Yanks, 6-4, and so the Sox remain 2.5 games ahead in the American League East.
June 28th, 2005 at 9:40 am
I think there is a much greater likelihood that Baltimore outperforms Boston by 2.5 games
from here on in than New York outperforms by 5.5. Accordingly, I root for NY.
June 28th, 2005 at 9:54 am
Keep as many teams behind you as long as possible.
June 28th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
“The good news is that the Baltimore Orioles also lost their game to the Yanks, 6-4″
I don’t think that’s good news. I think the Yankees, regardless of their record so far, are a better team than Baltimore, and I’ll be surprised if they don’t finish ahead of them. I’d rather see the Orioles, who do not concern me, win those games… (Not that I think it matters much - I think the Sox are the best team in the east, and win the division.)
June 28th, 2005 at 12:49 pm
The Orioles, with healthy Bedard and Javy Lopez, are a far better team than the Yankees.
Their recent slide is due more to injury troubles than any regression to the mean.