08/30: Even Well-Pitched Games Do Not Break Our Way

Curt Schilling (14-6, 3.95) @ Barry Zito (14-8, 3.64)
Boston Red Sox (71-61) @ Oakland Athletics (76-56)
3:35 PM EDT in Oakland, California (McAfee Coliseum)

AUGUST 30, 2006
TV: NESN | RADIO: WEEI 850
AL EAST OUTLOOK: TOR @ CLE | DET @ NYY | TB @ CHW | BAL @ TEX
KEEP AN EYE ON: KC @ MIN

PRIOR GAME AGAINST OPPONENT: Red Sox 0, Oakland 9 on 8/28/06 DECISION: W: Kirk Saarloos | L: Josh Beckett | S: Justin Duchscherer STAR OF THE GAME: Josh Beckett – 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

GAME NOTES: The positives: Josh Beckett pitched well. The negatives: The lineup and we lost.
I really hesitate to say it’s time to pack it in, with Pena, Ramirez, Ortiz, Nixon, Wakefield and Lester all due back shortly, but at the same time, I’m really excited to see the prospect we get in return from David Wells. So let’s just keep playing it out … if we trade Wells and contend, we’ll worry about that later.