Bailey's Daily!
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!:)Thursday, May 05, 2005
Youkilis, Red Sox slide past Tigers
By Ian Brown - MLB.com
As long as the Red Sox hold options on Kevin Youkilis, the third baseman knows too well that he could wind up back in the Minor Leagues the next time the team winds up in a roster crunch. But he is hitting like a man who wants to stay, and it was Youkilis who delivered the biggest hit of Wednesday night's 4-3 victory over the Tigers.
With runners on first and second and one out in the eighth, Youkilis lined a 2-2 slider from Kyle Farnsworth into left for a single, scoring Jay Payton and snapping a 3-3 tie. It was the culmination of a solid night for Youkilis, who went 2-for-3 with a walk and scored a run. This came on a night Youkilis was in the lineup so Bill Mueller could rest up for Thursday afternoon's contest.
"I'm just filling in for guys, that's what I'm doing here," Youkilis said. "We have a set roster, we have great players here. Right now, I'm just filling in and basically just making the best of my opportunity. It feels good. This is great, to get up there and have an opportunity to put us ahead late in the game."
The bullpen made the slight lead stand up, allowing starter Tim Wakefield (seven innings, 10 hits, three earned runs) to run his record to 3-1. Mike Timlin, fresh off two brilliant innings Tuesday night, worked a scoreless eighth, aided by a great play in the hole by Edgar Renteria. With one out, Rondell White, at the very least, looked to have an infield hit. But Renteria went a couple of steps on to the outfield grass and fired a bullet to Kevin Millar, nabbing White by inches and snuffing out a potential rally.
"I know he runs good," Renteria said of White. "I tried my best. When I got the ball, I saw him running and I said, 'I have a chance.' That's why I tried to put a little bit on the ball." Timlin, who played with Renteria in St. Louis for parts of three seasons, has seen it before. "I knew he had a chance to catch it, I didn't know he had a chance to throw him out," Timlin said. "That was deep in the hole, that was a tremendous, tremendous play. I was lucky enough to see that in St. Louis. I know what he can do."
Closer Keith Foulke, perhaps ready to start rolling after a shaky start, came on in the ninth to record his sixth save. But the save of the night likely came on a defensive play in the bottom of the fifth.
White lined a double out of the reach of Manny Ramirez, who made a wrong turn in pursuit of the ball. One run scored on the play to tie it up, but Ramirez gathered himself quickly, made a textbook relay to Renteria, who then fired home to catcher Doug Mirabelli to nail the potential go-ahead run.
As long as the Red Sox hold options on Kevin Youkilis, the third baseman knows too well that he could wind up back in the Minor Leagues the next time the team winds up in a roster crunch. But he is hitting like a man who wants to stay, and it was Youkilis who delivered the biggest hit of Wednesday night's 4-3 victory over the Tigers.
With runners on first and second and one out in the eighth, Youkilis lined a 2-2 slider from Kyle Farnsworth into left for a single, scoring Jay Payton and snapping a 3-3 tie. It was the culmination of a solid night for Youkilis, who went 2-for-3 with a walk and scored a run. This came on a night Youkilis was in the lineup so Bill Mueller could rest up for Thursday afternoon's contest.
"I'm just filling in for guys, that's what I'm doing here," Youkilis said. "We have a set roster, we have great players here. Right now, I'm just filling in and basically just making the best of my opportunity. It feels good. This is great, to get up there and have an opportunity to put us ahead late in the game."
The bullpen made the slight lead stand up, allowing starter Tim Wakefield (seven innings, 10 hits, three earned runs) to run his record to 3-1. Mike Timlin, fresh off two brilliant innings Tuesday night, worked a scoreless eighth, aided by a great play in the hole by Edgar Renteria. With one out, Rondell White, at the very least, looked to have an infield hit. But Renteria went a couple of steps on to the outfield grass and fired a bullet to Kevin Millar, nabbing White by inches and snuffing out a potential rally.
"I know he runs good," Renteria said of White. "I tried my best. When I got the ball, I saw him running and I said, 'I have a chance.' That's why I tried to put a little bit on the ball." Timlin, who played with Renteria in St. Louis for parts of three seasons, has seen it before. "I knew he had a chance to catch it, I didn't know he had a chance to throw him out," Timlin said. "That was deep in the hole, that was a tremendous, tremendous play. I was lucky enough to see that in St. Louis. I know what he can do."
Closer Keith Foulke, perhaps ready to start rolling after a shaky start, came on in the ninth to record his sixth save. But the save of the night likely came on a defensive play in the bottom of the fifth.
White lined a double out of the reach of Manny Ramirez, who made a wrong turn in pursuit of the ball. One run scored on the play to tie it up, but Ramirez gathered himself quickly, made a textbook relay to Renteria, who then fired home to catcher Doug Mirabelli to nail the potential go-ahead run.
Archives
May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005
