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July 25, 2007
Red Sox manager Terry Francona:
"Carmona was about as tough as Beckett. JB threw one pitch to Gutierrez over the plate and he whacked it and it held up just like (Tuesday night). It was a lot more fun to talk about it (Tuesday) night. Carmona had explosive stuff, it was impressive.”
Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek was impressed with his batterymate:
“To me it was one of the best outings Josh has ever had.”
Beckett said he was simply out pitched.
“It’s tough to compare a loss with wins,” he said following Varitek’s statement. “That’s obviously his opinion, and that’s a big compliment coming from somebody like that, but it’s tough to compare wins and losses.”
Alex Cora on the missed hit-and-run:
“I missed the sign and (expletive) up. I cost us the game. I’m doing a (expletive) job. People expect me to do [the little things] when I’m in the game and I haven’t done it the last few games. It’s a (expletive) job.”
Francona on Coco Crisp getting thrown out at the plate:
“Coco had a chance to score and in that type of game we take our chances. It didn’t work. He looked over his shoulder rounding third, like you’re supposed to, and he kept going. Victor (Martinez) did a good job blocking the plate. The way Carmona was throwing we need to take our chances.”
Jason Varitek on Cora's self-evaluation:
“We don’t blame anybody. Alex is such a huge part of this team. He makes some great plays defensively. That happens, but with the type of baseball player he is, that stuff never happens, so that’s why he’s taking it hard.”
Francona on Lugo getting thrown out at second in the eighth:
“We were putting him in motion, trying to make something happen. We tried everything tonight to get a run and nothing was working.”
Posted by Joe McDonald 
at 11:11 PM | Permalink
John D | July 26, 2007 11:21 AM link
I cannot agree with Francona for running Lugo on a 3-1 count to Crisp. He would have been running on 3-2 anyway and as a result we lost the bat of Ramirez in the ninth inning with Lugo runnig into the last out and Coco leading off.