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Not to steal element's thunder, but I thought I'd start today's game thread, lol.

 

Tim Wakefield would certainly take the same result, but he probably wouldn't mind changing his route to get there a little bit.

 

Wakefield, who is 5-1 over his last six starts and will start for Boston against the Tigers on Sunday, tied a modern Major League record on Aug. 8 against Detroit by giving up six home runs, including two each to Ivan Rodriguez and Eric Munson. Still, Wakefield picked up the win as the Red Sox, even with Manny Ramirez out of the lineup with flu-like symptoms, exploded for 14 hits and an 11-9 win.

 

Wakefield will be opposed by Wilfredo Ledezma, who signed with Boston as a non-drafted free agent on April 3, 1998, tied for the Gulf Coast League Red Sox team lead with five wins in 1999 and remained in the organization until the Tigers selected him in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft on December 16, 2002. Ledezma has allowed just 11 runs in five starts this season and went seven shutout innings in a 3-0 win over the Red Sox on July 13, 2003.

 

A win would give the Red Sox a four-game sweep of the Tigers, their seventh straight victory at home and their 10th consecutive win over Detroit at Fenway. It would be the Red Sox's sixth consecutive victory overall, 12th in their last 13 games, 15th in their last 18 and 18th in their last 22, and would move them a season-high 23 games over .500.

 

Having already clinched the series against Detroit, Boston is now 7-1 in series in August, including victories in four straight.

 

Pitching matchup

BOS: RHP Tim Wakefield

# 10-7, 4.56 ERA in 2004

# 1-0, 12.60 ERA vs. DET in 2004

# 10-8, 4.62 ERA lifetime vs. DET

 

DET: LHP Wilfredo Ledezma

# 3-1, 3.78 ERA in 2004

# 1-0, 2.16 ERA vs. BOS in 2003

# 1-0, 2.16 ERA lifetime vs. BOS

 

Players to watch

Bill Mueller is hitting an even .400 over his last 23 games with eight doubles, a triple, a home run, 11 RBIs and 21 runs scored. ... Mark Bellhorn has hit .333 with a triple, five doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored in eight games since returning from the disabled list. ... Dmitri Young is 4-for-11 (.364) with two doubles, an RBI and a run in this series.

 

Quotable

"This is not a boring clubhouse, a dull clubhouse or dugout. ... I have heard a lot of people from the opposing teams kind of have the same feeling that I used to say when I would look over. They look like they care about each other. They stick together and it's certainly easier to do that when you are winning, but I think we, through the tough times, kind of hung together so we could have these good times." -- Terry Francona

 

The sox are on the roll of all rolls, hopefully they can keep it up. Its great to hear that the team is having such a fun time, it makes being a fan all the more enjoyable.

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It's a day game, so as usual, not much posting going on. But yes, good game so far. I think that they'll keep it up too, from the way the team has been playing.
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as i said in another thread, schedule doesnt mean jack s*** right now. the redsox are absolutley on fire, and are showing no signs of slowing down. the yankees are just playing bad baseball lately. there is no excuse to losing a 10.5 game lead.
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Originally posted by YanksHater213@Aug 29 2004, 05:44 PM

the yankees are just playing bad baseball lately. there is no excuse to losing a 10.5 game lead.

They haven't lost it yet, mind you. They've only lost half of it.

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Originally posted by YanksHater213@Aug 29 2004, 05:44 PM

as i said in another thread, schedule doesnt mean jack s*** right now. the redsox are absolutley on fire, and are showing no signs of slowing down. the yankees are just playing bad baseball lately. there is no excuse to losing a 10.5 game lead.

? They just won 2 straight series.

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Texas is quickly fading, while the Angels show no signs of slowing down. It's between us and them for the Wild Card, unless we catch the Yanks, of course. The Angels are playing way over their heads right now, they've been facing some bad teams and have been lucky to escape poor starting pitcher performances with offense. That won't happen when they come here on Tuesday.
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for some people quality comes from quantity...

 

even then there is little to say for empire ;-)

 

bada BING, bada BANG

 

john

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Good win for the Sox!

 

Re: Ortiz

 

Yes, he looked like he tweaked his shoulder in the play at the plate after Svuem sent him in and he was out by a mile. He took a really UGLY roll after trying to avoid the tag.

 

Wake gave up 3 hits in 8 innings!

 

Leskanic throws a shutout inning in relief!

 

Bring on the Angels!

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Originally posted by ahhchon@Aug 30 2004, 04:10 PM

for some people quality comes from quantity...

 

even then there is little to say for empire ;-)

 

bada BING, bada BANG

 

john

bada bing, bada boom

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