Emil Brown’s great left-field adventure aside, Scott Kazmir came up big last night and pitched the Rays to yet another win to keep pace behind the Red Sox in the AL East race.
Hey, Hey, Kid K: Did Kid K REALLY throw 7 innings and only walk 1 batter? Yup, he really did. This was definitely the best he’s looked so far this season – and when you’ve got a 1.57 ERA, you’ve at least been pretty okay. His pitches seemed to have a little more bite, and he looked much more comfortable out there. He wasn’t forcing his way through the game. Is there a better 1-2 punch in baseball than he and James Shields right now? I don’t think so.
Better To Be Lucky Than Good: Yes, give Dioner Navarro a little credit for hitting a line drive the other way, but Emil Brown sure turned it into an adventure, didn’t he? Not that I’m complaining. I’ll take 3 free runs whenever someone offers them. I don’t care how we win; I just want to win.
Give Me a Heart-Attack Why Don’t You? I would LOVE if Troy Percival would stop giving up a run every time out. That would be great. :)
QUIT LOOKING! I am so sick of Carlos Pena sitting there and watching called third strikes go by. It’s really, really getting old. Are we ready to move him out of the cleanup spot so he stops killing us?
Apologies: For the shortness of this recap. I slept in and I have some work to do. There wasn’t a whole lot to last night’s game anyways.
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