Boston Red Sox - 2006

[Misfit]

Took awhile to get to this game, but the Sox and Rangers finally played their make-up game and the Sox take the season series from the Rangers. Pretty back and forth affair today. Nice double by Wily Mo (give the assist to Derosa) and nice relief work by Delcarmen and Timlin in Papelbon's absence. Now comes the always dreaded west coast trip...

[Misfit]

The Sox are putting a beat-down on the Mariners tonight. Manny just made it 8-0, the fifth homerun on the night for the Red Sox by the 5th different hitter.

[Dispatch]

Ouch, I feel Jamie Moyers' pain. 8-0 in the fifth inning. The Red Sox are blasting these balls out of the park, Youk, Ortiz, Manny, and Gonzalez have all hit a homerun and Kapler hit one to the track.

[Misfit]

Don't forget about Tek, he also jacked one.

[Misfit]

M's are mounting a bit of a comeback here, 8-4 with 2 down in the 7th. With Delcarmen coming on now, and both Timlin and Papelbon in the pen it's not yet panic time for the Sox.

[CWood2]

If Delcarmen keeps pounding the strike zone and using that power curve in key counts, he's going to continue to have a huge impact from the 7th inning on.

[Stu]

These Ford commercials are making NESN damn near unwatchable.

[Dispatch]

What do you guys think about Francona leaving Hansen in there for almost 2 innings? It seems like he breezes through the first inning then goes on to struggle in his second inning almost every time. Did Francona leave him in to practice 2 innings with a 6 run lead or did he just leave him in to long??