Boston Red Sox - Wakefield wins over-40 duel with Big Unit

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Boston Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield pitches to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. [link]

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Diamondbacks blanked in Beantown
Published 6/26/2008 by Vince Marotta at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
... falls to 4-6 on the season. Arizona’s offense continues to sputter. The Diamondbacks only managed 3 hits, 2 of them from second baseman Orlando Hudson. MLB.com: Recap | Boxscore Here’s what others are saying about the Red Sox shutout win over Arizona… Red Sox blank D-Backs [Azcentral.com] D-Backs fall to Red Sox 5-0 [East Valley Tribune] Wakefield wins over-40 duel with Big Unit, Sox win [Boston.com] Thursday is a day off for the Diamondbacks before wrapping up ...

Wakebitten
Published 6/26/2008 by ssilva at Boston Dirt Dogs
... Tim Can Sell Sell Sell: Snake Oil, a.k.a Knuckler, Deceives D-Backs All Night Long Wednesday Night Box: Boston 5, Arizona Iced Wakefield Wins Battle of the Ages Over Big Unit John Henry Jams Roush Racing Down Fenway's Throat Again Hansen Can't Hold'em So Pap Racks Up Another Cheap Save Hitless Wonder: Moss Was Randy in Gathering 2 RBIs Thanks But No Thanks: Front Row Fan Got Lugo'd Coco Coco Coco Doubles Doubles Doubles RJ's Just OK These Days ...

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Red Sox v D-backs - Randy Johnson is telling fibs...

raynergl posted 6/25/2008 from thebottomlinenation.blogspot.com

Randy Johnson told the media that his frustrations of late are due to single inning implosions... we beg to differ -- Learn more and get a preview of tonight's Sox v D-backs game at The Bottom Line blog.

Tim Wakefield Got a Lot Uglier

Posted 6/26/2008 on The Slanch Report

Tim Wakefield pitched a gem of a game last night, allowing 2 hits over seven shutout innings but his most impressive accomplishment was undergoing an intensive Face/Off operation immediately after leaving the game, changing identities with Randy Johnson during the 7th inning stretch. I’m going to assume it was done so that Wakefield could go undercover at the national Ugly Man ...

Sox Cash in on superb outing by Wakefield

Posted 6/26/2008 on Curt's Bloody Sock

Sox 5, D-Backs 0 WP : Wakefield (5-5) LP : Johnson (4-6) SV : Papelbon (23) HRs : BOS -Cash (1) SUMMARY : The Red Sox rebounded from a string of sub par games by executing a near-perfect performance in the series finale with the Diamondbacks. Tim Wakefield tossed seven shutout innings, battery mate Kevin Cash hit his first homer since 2005, and the Sox outhit Arizona 12-3 in the rubber ...

Game 81: Grumpy Old Men

Posted 6/26/2008 on Keep Your Sox On: From Brooklyn to Boston

Final Score: Boston Red Sox 5, Arizona Diamondbacks 0 Now I’m no stat guy (that’s more of an Eric thing) but I think the combined ages of the two starting pitchers in this match up was somewhere in the range of 300 years. They have been called veterans, vintage and seasoned. But honestly Randy Johnson? HE’S OLD! Tim Wakefield? OLD! These guys are just freaking old. Fortunately that doesn’t ...

Wakefield Knuckles Over Diamondbacks In 5-0 Win

Posted 6/26/2008 on SOX & Dawgs

It was a battle of ageless veterans Tim Wakefield and Randy Johnson on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. It was Wakefield and the Boston Red Sox who came out on top as the Wakefield allowed two hits in 7 innings of work in 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in front of 37,924 on Roush-Fenway Racing Night. Wakefield’s knuckleball was dancing all over the place and he mixed some ...

Wakefield and Cash down Diamondbacks

Posted 6/26/2008 on Sox and Pinstripes | Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees – The Greatest Rivalry in Baseball

The battery of Tim Wakefield and Kevin Cash was too much for the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight. Wakefield tossed seven scoreless innings, limiting the D-Backs to two hits and one walk while Cash caught the knuckleballer and belted a three-run home run off reliever Juan Cruz in the eighth inning to give Boston a 5-0 victory at Fenway Park. After a tough 2-1 loss in the series opener on ...

Tough or Easy Save?

Posted 6/26/2008 on Baseball Musings

The Red Sox shut out the Diamondbacks 5-0 this evening. Tim Wakefield pitched seven strong innings, allowing two hits and one walk. Hansen tried to finish the game in the ninth, but loaded the bases with two out, setting up...

Wake Cashes In

Posted 6/26/2008 on Fenway West

The Sox took the rubber match in the three game series against the Snakes behind solid pitching by Tim Wakefield and outstanding play by Kevin Cash. Wake went 7 innings, allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6. He kept Arizona hitters off balance all night. Kevin Cash was the other hero of the night hitting a 3-run homer, calling a great game behind the plate and throwing out a ...

Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 6/25

Posted 6/25/2008 on SOX & Dawgs

In the spirit of it being Roush-Fenway Racing Night and old timer’s night (Tim Wakefield vs Randy Johnson) at Fenway Park, the Afternoon Red Sox Delight post is brought to you by Just For Men, Depends, Viagra and Geritol (not actual sponsors of SOX & Dawgs). Wakefield puts 4-5 record on the line tonight in what will be his second appearance against the Diamondbacks. He has faced ...

Interleague Game Preview: D-Backs @ Sox GM3

Posted 6/25/2008 on Curt's Bloody Sock

Johnson (4-5, 5.09) vs. Wakefield (4-5, 4.17) Game 3 of 3 7:05 ESPN2 @ Fenway Park Wow, what a coincidence - tonight's pitching match up features 4-5 Randy Johnson vs. 4-5 Tim Wakefield, and they're both 45 years old! Freaky, huh?! Okay, so the Unit is 44 and Wake is "only" 41, but the joke was too easy to pass up. Seriously though these two veterans are two of the oldest players in the ...

6/25: Battle Of Elders

Posted 6/25/2008 on Fire Brand of the American League

Prev. Gm : Arizona Diamondbacks (40-38) @ Boston Red Sox (48-32) Randy Johnson (4-5, 5.09) @ Tim Wakefield (4-5, 4.17) 7:05 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV : NESN/ESPN RADIO : WRKO 680, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES : The Red Sox and D’Backs finish off a fiercely contested three-game set at the Fens with Randy Johnson taking on Tim Wakefield, two pitchers with ...

G81: Diamondbacks at Red Sox, 7 PM

Posted 6/25/2008 on The Joy of Sox

Randy Johnson (5.09, 88 ERA+) / Tim Wakefield (4.17, 104 ERA+)

See saw continues

Posted 6/21/2008 on Extra Bases

St. Louis right fielder Kyle Schumaker has just hit a two-run homer into the bullpen off starter Tim Wakefield in the top of the seventh inning, giving the Cardinals a 4-2 lead over the Red Sox.

Game is tied

Posted 6/21/2008 on Extra Bases

Cardinals' catcher Jason LaRue has homered off Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield in the top of the fifth inning, making it 1-1.

Tim Wakefield wins battle for the aged

Published 6/26/2008 on The Seattle Times: Sports

Tim Wakefield has been twirling his knuckler past hitters for 16 years. Randy Johnson has been firing his fastball by them for 21. The slow stuff won...

Wakefield beats Johnson, Red Sox win 5-0

Published 6/26/2008 on Boston.com -- Baseball News

In a matchup for the aged, 41-year-old Tim Wakefield outpitched 44-year-old Randy Johnson and the Boston Red Sox beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 Wednesday night.

Red Sox's Wakefield tops Unit in matchup of aged

Published 6/26/2008 on USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories

In a matchup for the aged, 41-year-old Tim Wakefield outpitched 44-year-old Randy Johnson and the Boston Red Sox beat the Arizona ...

Veteran duel goes Wakefield's way

Published 6/26/2008 on Major League Baseball News

It was like a Golden Oldies night on Wednesday at Fenway Park. Fortunately for the home team, Tim Wakefield's knuckleball was just a tad more perplexing to the D-backs than Randy Johnson's heat was to the Red Sox. In the rubber match of this ...