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August 21, 2006

Rock bottom. Yankees sweep.

It's over. Red Sox fans can exhale, because the worst four days of baseball in recent memory have ended. The Yankees completed a five-game sweep with a 2-1 victory at Fenway Park today over the punchless Red Sox.

David Wells pitched 7.1 strong innings today, but the offense brought nothing to the table, going hitless with runners in scoring position. If not for Wily Mo Pena's two-out, eighth-inning home run, they would have been shutout by New York's combination of Cory Lidle, Mike Myers, Scott Proctor and Kyle Farnsworth.

In the ninth inning, Coco Crisp, who was atrocious in this series, swung and came nowhere near a third strike pitch from Farnsworth for the second out. Then Mark Loretta, one of the few who played well this weekend, lined out to Robinson Cano for the final out, leaving David Ortiz on deck. Not that it would have mattered; with Gabe Kapler on deck subbing for the nicked-up Manny Ramirez, Ortiz surely would have been intentionally walked for the 0-for-his-last-29 Kapler.

The final tally for this series: Yankees 49, Red Sox 26. More importantly, the Sox are just about buried in the A.L. East, 6 1/2 games out in the standings.

And we look to next month's four-game series in the Bronx with nothing approaching anticipation.

Posted by Mike McDermott at 4:15 PM | Permalink

Comments

so what happens now? the red sox need to go 31-7 the rest of the way for any hopes of making the playoffs.

ryan | August 21, 2006 4:46 PM link

The majors have a system that even a team that can't even win there division,(RED SOX) might still get lucky, and qualify, for the playoffs and win.What a money making system.

Giacomo D'Agostino | August 21, 2006 6:23 PM link

U-G-L-Y. Guess we can't expect much more from a glorified AAA rotation and the worst middle relief in the Majors (will someone please get rid of Tavarez and "lefty" Lopez for good?!). Oh, and I sure wish Coco Crisp were Johnny Damon... ouch. Think Coco needs to get reacquainted with the number 8 spot. Perhaps, when and if the heart and soul of the team (aka, Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield) return, the Sox will be able to rally ... and just miss the wild card.

SBeller | August 21, 2006 7:02 PM link

Why trade Bronson for a bat?? Then again why just let Derek go after he stated he wanted to stay????/ What if????? Who mastermined those mishaps??

david barchi | August 22, 2006 12:30 PM link

I AGREE.GET RID OF TAVARES AND LEFTY LOPEZ, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST COCO(STINKS)CRISP.SEND HIM BACK TO LITTLE LEAGUE SO HE CAN RE-LEARN ALL THE BASIC'S OF WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BALL COMES YOUR WAY.HIT THE CUTOFF MAN IN ANY SITUATION BECAUSE HE HAS NO ARM AT ALL...IF HE CAN'T DO THAT HE HAS GOT TO BE TRADED OR RELEASED BACK TO THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LITTLE LEAGUE,MAYBE HE CAN HELP THEM IN THE LL WORLD SERIES,THAT'S HOW TERRIBLE HE REALLY IS.

STEVE MURPHY | August 23, 2006 10:53 PM link

Its true that our pitching is nothing to brag about...especially our middle relievers. The offense (when Ortiz and Manny are contained) is not all that powerful either. If either guy takes a day off the Sox really suffer...Youkilis
batting clean-up??..or inserting Kaplin back in the line up...a true bench warmer. Trying to field a team on the "cheap" does not work when you are in the American league east. I'm waiting for Teo's long range plan to kick in.

stan slater | August 25, 2006 7:53 AM link