Just what the Sox need headed into a big holiday weekend 4 game series at Yankee Stadium-- a slump! Never was it more odvious that the Sox middle relief is nearly non-existant than during the 7th inning of last night's loss to the Devil Rays when Craig Hansen walked in a run with the bases loaded and nobidy out. Without a doubt the Sox's worst inning of the season saw Delcarmen & Hansen unable to throw a strike or make an out.
The Sox begin a 4 game series at yankee Stadium over the 4th of July weekend; Tonight's game pits Lester 6-3 with a 3.48 ERA against Pettite 9-5 with a 3.98 ERA. Friday afternoon's game pits Darrell Rasner, 4-6, 4.42 against Josh Beckett, 7-5, 3.65; late Saturday afternoon will find Mike Mussina, 10-6, 3.87 pitching against Justin Masterson, 4-2, 3.75. The series wraps up as ESPN's Sunday night game with Joba Chamberlain, 2-2, 2.22 facing the knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, 5-6, 3.72.
A big congrats to JD Drew for being named the Sharp Presents American League Player of the Month for the very first time in his ten year career on Wedsnesday night. He hit .337 (31-for-92), drove in 27 runs & hit 12 homeruns in the month of June. With those numbers Red sox nation didnt need to even think about when Big Papi would be coming off the DL.
Keywords: AL Player of the month, big papi, craig hansen, darrell rasner, JD Drew, joba chamberlain, josh beckett, manny delcarmen., Mike mussina, tim wakefield, yankee stadium
