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April 27, 2007
Wily Mo Pena snapped out of his offensive funk on Thursday night with a ringing double and an abolutely crushed grand slam, giving the Sox a 5-2 win over Baltimore.
And the Yankees are starting a left-hander tonight, Andy Pettitte. In his history, Pena has hit left-handers much better because their breaking balls are moving into him. It's the right-handers' breaking stuff, moving away from him, that especially gives him trouble.
But manager Terry Francona still elected to go with Coco Crisp in center tonight because Pena isn't exactly known for his leather, either.
"Yeah, I certainly thought about (playing Pena)," said Francona. "(But) it's a big outfield. We can always pinch-hit him, but when you've got a pitcher like Dice-K going, it's important to have defense."
-- Steven Krasner
Posted by Steven Krasner 
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