Bullpen Belches Up a Loss

By , 6/11/2008 8:48 am

In general, the Baltimore Orioles have proven to be a bit more pesky than all of us predicted this season.   The Sox are now 3-4 against Baltimore after a tough loss at home last night.

Hideki Okajima has a 2.89 ERA, but it has to be the loudest 2.89 ERA in baseball history at this point.  Not only has he had great difficulty allowing inherited runners from scoring, now he at least has the courtesy to let his own runners score.   Okajima has a 7.20 ERA in his last 10 games, with opponents hitting .293/.362/.439 against him.

Hey, at this point, anything we get from the guy is gravy.  Nothing was really expected of him when he was acquired before 2007, and he became a very key piece in a World Championship season.  If what we are seeing here is the carriage turning into a pumpkin, that’s unfortunate, but we can’t expect to ride this guy forever.

The Red Sox offense is another story.  How’s this for wacky: the Red Sox have scored 5.6 runs per game since David Ortiz went down with a bum wrist, compared to 5.0 runs per game with him on the roster.  The reasons? Our two corner outfielders, Manny Ramirez and J.D. Drew.

Since the injury to David Ortiz:

Ramirez: .433/.514/.967
Drew: .517/.615/1.207 (!)

Both of these guys are sometimes criticized for…whatever, I’m not going to get into it.  Let the evidence show that they are clearly stepping up, big time.

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