A Walk in the Yard...

I am not quite sure I have ever seen a Red Sox pitcher like Dice-K.  It can be an exercise in frustration watching him pitch.  Last night was more of the same from Dice-K, alotta pitches, a ton of walks, and a whole lot of jams.  However just  like his hero Harry Houdini, Dice K managed to escape most of the jams he created.  Lets put it this way, if you see Dice-K buying a lottery ticket, try and ease drop, find out what number he is playing, and play it too, beacuse there is no one luckier than him.

Dice-K had his normal stuff last night, not too overpowering, just making pitches when he needed to.  Of course when you walk five batters over five innings, its usually going to be a short night.  Which it was, Dice-K went five innings, struck out six, walked five and allowed two earned runs on six hits.  For his efforts, Dice threw 105 pitches to just to make it five innings. 

  I am not quite sure what I am amazed by more, the fact that Dice-K has 15 wins, or how he gets them.  Think about the luck involved in getting 15 wins, the offense providing him the runs.  The bullpen holding up, usually for three or more innings, especially the Red Sox bullpen.  Whatever the case, Dice-K has now won 15 games in back to back season for the Sox.

  Someone wearing a #33 Red Sox jersey has been playing in Jason Varitek's place these last games in Baltimore.  Tek had a multi hit night and a multi r.b.i. night last night.  He has also homered in back-to-back games for the first time all season.

  The Sox managed to score seven runs with Jason Varitek, Alex Cora and Coco Crisp rounding out the bottom half of the line-up.  Every Boston starter managed to get a hit, as the offense continues to stay on track.  The Sox were again light Nancy Drew's services, as he sat out another game with beotch-ites.