Dice-K Rolls Boxcars

Actually Dice-K rolled a center field and Papelbon pitched in with the ace-deuce. The final line for the A's was 1 run / 3 hits / 1 error to go with the 12 K's. The error was ugly with Daric Barton dropping a foul pop halfway down the first base line and a couple of feet foul. Bazooka Joe avoided further damage by striking out Mike Lowell two pitches later. Typically, the A's lost when I was in attendance. I'm keeping track this year (0-1 if you are scoring at home). Final score Sox 2, A's 1 in an entertaining, but disappointing, pitchers duel. Jairo Garcia (aka Santiago Casila) looked excellent.

Joe pitched pretty well but had to work himself out of several jams and pitched often from the stretch. He lasted 6 with 3 K's and a walk. The highlight of the night was the legend of Jack Cust growing with a HR on the first pitch he saw leading off the 2nd. Believe it or not Frank made it to the park by then.

The A's were only able to scratch out three hits, with singles from Suzuki and Crosby along with the Cust HR. Suzuki was promptly caught stealing. Hanahan look good at third, with the exception of a mental error where he should have tagged Manny but just looked confused. There were several head scratchers, including the curious managerial decision by Geren to have Hanahan bunt following Crosby's leadoff single in the 8th. naturally Crosby was forced out at 2nd and Suzuki and Sweeney made two quick outs. I'm voting for more AB's for Mike Sweeney and Denorfia.