Roy Halladay pitched his league leading 8th complete game on Saturday, after Friday night's rain out. After putting up 37 runs against the Rangers, many were curious to see if the Red Sox offense would remain hot when facing a quality pitcher. They did not. Halladay had just 4 K's through 9 innings, but he kept his out pace and the hitters off
balance.“He should make a pitching video. He’s pretty tough,” Pedroia said. “He throws strikes. He’s got great stuff and it’s tough to get into a rhythm on him because he’s creating his own rhythm for himself. We didn’t get anything going.”
Doc's nastiness, overshadowed a decent outing from Paul Byrd. Byrd gave up 10 hits through 7+ innings, but made two major mistakes - a 2-run homer to Rios in the 1st and a solo shot to Lind in the 6th. Byrd didn't fan anyone, but he didn't walk anyone either - pretty much what you should have expected from the veteran.
Ellsbury was back at the top of the order, but went 0-4... Pedroia supplied the only offense with a solo shot in the 9th... and Jason Bay grabbed 2 more hits.
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Blue Jays 15, Red Sox 4
After pitching a gem in Chicago his last time out, Beckett's struggles with consistency continued on Sunday. Beckett was tagged for 6 runs in the 1st and was pulled at just 2 1/3 innings. He finished the day with 8 ER on 8 hits and a walk.
“Whenever you have a chance to get those pitchers out of the game quick, it’s good to get to their bullpen and work their bullpen,” Rios said. “It was a good day for everybody. I guess that gave us a little more confidence.”
The Jays didn't stop there, scoring runs on every reliever except Papelbon - who fanned 2 in the 9th. Aardsma, Timlin and Matserson all gave up a run and Okajim gave up 3 runs on 5 hits. Clay Buchholz also worked an inning in relief, since the rain out forced him to miss his scheduled start on Sunday.
There wasn't much offense in this one either, making many Sox fans wonder if this team simply can't hit quality pitchers... Youk hit his 23rd homer... Pedroia his his 12th and second of the weekend... and Jed Lowrie got back to work grabbing 3 hits and his 3rd thriple of the year, after putting up a rare goose egg on Saturday.
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Bottom Line: Red Sox Nation woke up this morning with alot of questions:
1) What's up with Beckett? Can he fix it and be the same pitcher he was last October?
2) Why do these guys beat up on the weak teams and fall apart against decent pitching?
3) What happened to the bullpen? They seemed to be getting better, but maybe not...
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