Game 18/162, Dice-K Pitches Well Again

Red Sox 5, Angels 0

Red Sox - 011 021 000 - 5 11 0

Angels   - 000 000 000 - 0  2  0

Last night, Dice-K pitched well again. He went 8 innings giving up only 1 hit on the liner off his head. After his torrid start, the Monster of the Heisei Era (see the glossary tab) has had two great pitching performances. In his last two starts, he has gone 7+ innings pitched and allowed 1 hit  in his last two starts. He is only the third Red Sox pitcher to do this. The other two were Howard Ehmke and Pedro Martinez. (joyofsox.blogspot.com)

The Red Sox have also hit well, with Youkilis hitting a homer and Crawford getting out of his recent slump with two hits, one being a double. Also another big change is the Ellsbury has recently been put into the lineup as the lead-off hitter. Yesterday, he got two hits and stole second after each one. Lets see if this continues. 

Interesting facts: the Red Sox starting pitching rotation has had a 1.01 in the last eight games, the Red Sox are 7-1 in their last eight games, the Red Sox are now tied for third place and will be in second place if they win tonight and the Rays lose, the Red Sox are only 3.5 games behind the Yankees.

Notable Players: Dice-K, 8 IP 9 Ks and 1 hit allowed

Kevin Youkilis, 1 for 5 hit a homer and 2 RBIs

Jacoby Ellsbury, 2 for 5 with 2 hits, 2 SB and 2 runs

Carl Crawford, 2 for 5 with a double and a run

Not even gonna mention Lowrie's stats, take a guess