A.J. Pierzynski didn't show his best work in the sixth inning, and it transformed this evening from a ballgame into a laugher.
Pierzynski dropped a foul pop-up off the bat of Alex Cora leading off the inning, which of course turned into a single. Javier Vazquez got the next two out, but after Horacio Ramirez failed to get a 3-2 call on a good breaking ball that should've struck out David Ortiz, the inning went to crap.
D.J. Carrasco hit Kevin Youkilis and gave up a double to Jason Bay to give the Red Sox a 7-0 lead, and that was that.
Of course, considering the White Sox offense only mustered two hits off Daisuke Matsuzaka, a great effort by the bullpen probably wouldn't have paid off, either.
Record: 76-58 |
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