Dice-K Effectively Wild In 6-3 Red Sox Win
SOX & Dawgs —
... damage.
Big Papi gave the Red Sox an insurance run in the top of the 9th when he hit a home run off of Tigers closer Todd Jones.
Jonathan Papelbon came in for the second night in-a-row and shut down the Tigers to save Dice-K’s 5th win of the season in picking up his 10th save.
Tim Wakefield will toe the rubber tomorrow night for the Red Sox while Nate Robertson gets the ball for the Tigers.
Notes and musings:
Red Sox @ Tigers boxscore 5-3-08
This was game 1 of a 10-game road trip for ...
And That Happened
ShysterBall —
... Red Sox 6, Tigers 3: At this rate, Detroit should finally have the lineup it wants by Labor Day. Matsuzaka walks eight guys in five innings yet somehow gets the win. The only way you can get away with that is by only giving up a couple of hits, which is exactly what he did. ...
