Sox Milestones

Julio Lugo. (crickets)

Daisuke Matsuzaka tossed a vintage 'dental extraction' victory, throwing a million pitches in five innings for his first win.

A bullpen parade featuring Delcarmen, Okajima, Ramirez and Papelbon iced the victory, although the Papelbonian ninth sweated out Sox fans, as he loaded the bases with none out before fanning the side.

NAME

GP

GS

W

L

Sv

QS

Hld

IP

H

ER

HR

BB

SO

K/9

P/GS

WHIP

ERA

Pitcher A	24	0	2	0	0	0	8	23.1	14	6	2	9	24	9.26	0.0	0.99	2.31
Pitcher B	22	0	0	1	13	0	0	23.0	22	6	3	11	28	10.96	0.0	1.43	2.35

Obviously, pitcher B has a lot more saves, but Okajima (Pitcher A) has pretty good stats relative to Papelbon, who does it closing.

David Ortiz...had the hat trick tonight...he didn't look quite as disconsolate though. Gerry Callahan's axe required surgical removal from Ortiz before the game. The former Chelmsford gridiron legend did the ultimate hatchet job on Ortiz in the Herald today. If you removed the passive voice from Callahan's column, you could tweet it.

Jacoby Ellsbury continued his solid hitting with a pair of hits and an intentional walk.