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This is Bailey's Daily Blog site to complain, compose, give utterance to, or just plain wax poetic. I am, if I may say, an adorable, sweet, TALENTED, 4 1/2 year old Beagle (that's 32 in people years who was rescued from Zell Miller's and Saxby Chambliss' South Georgia!). I love the Red Sox, my mom, gramdma's cooking, ice cream and playing in the dog park! I am learning how to email and blog with no opposable thumbs! IT'S BLOG-GONE FUN! WOOF!:)Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Sox look to swing back into WIN Column
Boston (22-16) at Oakland (15-23), 10:05 p.m. ET
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
This West Coast swing has been unkind to the Sox thus far, but they can still salvage it with a .500 record by winning the final two games.
That quest begins Tuesday night, when Matt Clement faces Barry Zito in a rematch of last Wednesday's game at Fenway. The Sox won that game, though neither starter factored in the decision of a game that ended on a walk-off homer by Jason Varitek in the bottom of the ninth.
The Sox have lacked that type of magic on this road trip, losing three of the first four games on the journey through Seattle and Oakland. In Monday's series opener against the A's, the Sox tied a season high by stranding 13 runners in a 6-4 loss.
Quotable "We just haven't really hit our stride yet. We're going to be beating up on some people real soon." -- Damon
Quick hits Right fielder Trot Nixon is red-hot, with nine hits in 15 at-bats on the trip. However, with Zito pitching, Nixon will probably be saved for the late innings with Jay Payton getting the start. ... David Ortiz leads the Sox in total bases with 85. ... Kevin Youkilis has made the most of his sporadic playing time, producing a .385 average in 26 at-bats.
On deck • Wednesday: at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. ET• Thursday: Off• Friday: vs. Atlanta, 7:05 p.m. ET
By Ian Browne / MLB.com
This West Coast swing has been unkind to the Sox thus far, but they can still salvage it with a .500 record by winning the final two games.
That quest begins Tuesday night, when Matt Clement faces Barry Zito in a rematch of last Wednesday's game at Fenway. The Sox won that game, though neither starter factored in the decision of a game that ended on a walk-off homer by Jason Varitek in the bottom of the ninth.
The Sox have lacked that type of magic on this road trip, losing three of the first four games on the journey through Seattle and Oakland. In Monday's series opener against the A's, the Sox tied a season high by stranding 13 runners in a 6-4 loss.
Quotable "We just haven't really hit our stride yet. We're going to be beating up on some people real soon." -- Damon
Quick hits Right fielder Trot Nixon is red-hot, with nine hits in 15 at-bats on the trip. However, with Zito pitching, Nixon will probably be saved for the late innings with Jay Payton getting the start. ... David Ortiz leads the Sox in total bases with 85. ... Kevin Youkilis has made the most of his sporadic playing time, producing a .385 average in 26 at-bats.
On deck • Wednesday: at Oakland, 3:35 p.m. ET• Thursday: Off• Friday: vs. Atlanta, 7:05 p.m. ET
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