Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Injuries, Frustration Pile Up As Sox Drop Four Straight

So what's been up with the Sox this past week? Well, it looks as though things have begun to take a turn for the worse.

Here are some of the highlights (or lowlights, rather):

- On Saturday, they got shut down by their own future star-in-the-making in Rangers starter Brandon McCarthy, who the Sox dealt to Texas for John Danks in 2006. Jermaine Dye got drilled on the hand by a Luis Mendoza fastball in that same game, putting him out of commission for several games.
- The Sox trot out their ugliest lineup since the 2007 season in front of a national audience on Sunday, and the Sox are once against stymied by a no-name pitcher, this time Rangers lefty Matt Harrison. In the 3rd inning, Josh Fields took a fastball on the hand (that's two straight games a Sox hitter got plunked, for those keeping score at home).
- Against out-of-nowhere Kansas City ace Zach Greinke, Dye and Fields are out of the lineup as the Sox muster zero offense. This game was particularly tough to watch, though I'll begrudgingly tip the cap to Greinke.
- I took a much-need break from following the Sox to catch a concert at Mother's for Cinco de Mayo. Just as the concert let out, I walked past one of the bar's TVs, which was showing the game. It was tied 7-7 in the bottom of the 11th, and the Royals had the bases loaded. Reliever Lance Broadway threw a 2-seamer that caught too much of the plate to John Buck, and that was that.

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