Boston 2
Anahiem 4

On his first MLB start after a lengthy rehab stint, Curt Schilling “looked” sharp. His fastball was around 91 MPH all night (an improvement on his prior MLB outings), and both his splitter and curve were sharp in the early stages of the game. His start looked to be a success until things unraveled a bit in the 7th inning. Chances are, when you give up a home run to Maicer Izturis, it is a sign that you have run out of steam.

The Red Sox offense, with the exception of two guys, was shut down by what appears to be a 6’7″ version of Bridget Fonda. Bridget and her unorthodox delivery held the Sox to two runs in six innings, as she lowers her ERA to 3.94 on the year. The strong Angels bullpen relieved Fonda, and nailed the door shut with 3 scoreless innings.

On the bright side of things, this is probably the first loss of the 2007 season that won’t be blamed on J.D. Drew, as the beleaguered right fielder went 3-4, his only out being a line drive smash directly to Vlad Guerrero on the warning track.

In other news, 10:05 PM baseball games are a puss-filled cyst on the ass of American sports.

Tonight: The Sox attempt to put a stop to the shrinking division lead (6 games now), as the Yankees are playing as one would expect a $230,000,000 team ought to play. Tim Wakefield (13-9, 4.55) will square off against Joe Saunders (5-0, 3.10).

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