Our road woes continue as we were swept over the weekend against the Oakland A's. On Friday, we lost 8-3 as Wakefield was hammered for 8 runs over 5 innings. Manny is suddenly in a slump and Cash, who is in to catch for Wake, can't seem to hit anything. I don't know what it is about us not able to win on the road, but we will have to start to figure it out soon. In other news, Schilling is working his road to coming back. He is expected to throw a bullpen session in a couple of weeks and today he threw from 140 feet without any pain. We need him back on the mound, if anything, just as a member of our team again. Just having him back will be a lift to our players.
On Saturday, our bats turned cold again and we were shutout 3-0. Beckett went 7 strong innings, giving up just 2 earned runs and striking out 9, but the story was the pitching of Oakland A's Duchscherer. He pitched a one hitter through 8 innings and the only hit he allowed was a single to Papi. Beckett had what it took to get the win, only our offense let him down. Sometimes we get outpitched. With this loss, we fell to second place behind Tampa.
On Sunday, we lost again 6-3 as Lester made his first start since his no hitter. The first batter he faced, he gave up a hit. I think he pitched well, especially knowing that his nerves must have been working against him coming off his no hitter. Manny got back on track and went 3 for 4 with 2 rbi's and Papi hit a solo home run to wrap up our scoring. Lugo made his 12th error of the season. I wouldn't be surprised if he starts to get replaced in the late innings for defensive purposes. We have now lost our last 7 games on the road and we are now 10-17 on the road, compared to 20-5 at Fenway Park. Now it is off to Seattle hopefully for some wins.
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