Sox Sucking Wind

I'm not sure if the field was more wet from the rain or Matt Garza's nonstop spitting, but at the end of it all the Red Sox had lost three in a row at home to the Rays. They lost in every conceivable way, the weird suspended game completed in two days, then the come back that fell short, and finally today, the good old fashioned butt whippin'.

The first game is the one that really hurt. In the bottom of the 11th, Boston had the bases loaded with no outs and couldn't push the winning run across. Clearly this disappointment carried over to game two. Boston came out flat and quickly fell behind.

Today Matt Garza just flat out schooled the Red Sox. He may be fidgety, nervous, with scraggly goatee and have an overabundance of saliva, but the kid can pitch. He owned the corners and changed speeds very effectively. It was the 6th before the Sox got a hit (which resulted in bupkis as Beltre got thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double. These new guys have to learn which wall balls are sure doubles and which aren't.) It's plain to see. Garza owns the Sox at this point.

Side Note: So much for run prevention. The normally reliable Marco Scutaro has 4 errors. Adrian Beltre has had a couple of flubs at third. Mike Cameron dropped a relatively easy liner the other day. And today the Sox missed out on three potential double plays. They have one more shot at the Rays tomorrow night.