Tim Wakefield did not earn his 11th win of the season, but he didn’t lose either. Nick Green hit a two-run, two-out double in the eighth to tie the Mariners at five, and taking Wakefield off the hook for the loss. Rob Johnson got those two back with a double in the top of the 11th, and Seattle survived a George Kottaras homer in the bottom of the inning to win 7-6. The Red Sox loss cuts their AL East lead to two games, while the Mariners keep pace in the wild card race and may gain ground in the AL West.
(Neither Slowey nor Grienke will win number 11 tonight, either.)
Ichiro went one for five tonight to lower his batting average to .367. His odds of hitting .400 got much longer, over 1 in 11,000 based on a 162 game season, nearly 1 in 9000 based on a 154 game season. He needs a 5 for 5 night.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:43 pm | Games, Pitchers | Permalink | 2 Comments
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July 4th, 2009 @ 8:19 am
For Red Sox fans, this game was a loss because people still think “wins” are a meaningful pitcher statistic. There’s no way that Wakefield starts the 8th in that game if Francona weren’t trying to get him a “Win” in a misguided attempt to get him (undeservedly) onto the All Star team. And if they get a clean 8th (far more likely with someone out of the ‘pen than Wakefield), then the 2 runs they scored in the bottom of the 8th gives them the lead instead of a tie. And, of course, they went on to lose in 11, instead of winning in 9…
July 4th, 2009 @ 3:03 pm
A fan catching a possible catch foul ball by Seattle batter away from Youk weighed heavily in this game as the inning extended 0 to 3 runs.
Francona badly mismanages pitchers consistantly leaving starters in for 5-8 runs.