Beckett finishes five, Delcarmen in
While the Red Sox bullpen stirred, Josh Beckett plowed through the fifth inning and any expected estimate of what his pitch count might be. Reporters had been told no more than 70 pitches last week. Yesterday, Theo Epstein told Tony Massarotti that Beckett would throw between 55 and 60 pitches.
He threw 80. Beckett allowed four hits, walked none, struck out seven and showed very little signs of anything amiss with his right elbow. He's threw 49 strikes against 31 balls. Manny Delcarmen is jogging as the bottom of the sixth starts.
The Sox just scored another run when Coco Crisp's triple plated Jason Varitek. There's a couple of guys who weren't producing a whole lot of runs say, last month. And now another run on Jacoby Ellsbury's triple down the right field line -- that's back-to-back stand-up triples and a 7-0 Sox lead after the top of the sixth.
And the Rays lost. Pretty good night for the Sox right now.
Meet the Globe's Red Sox team (left to right): Nick Cafardo, Amalie
Benjamin, Adam Kilgore and Tony Massarotti
"Beckett...showed very little signs of anything amiss with his right elbow. He's threw 49 strikes against 31 balls. Manny Delcarmen is jogging as the bottom of the sixth starts."
Now that's sterling journalism; great attention to grammar, and excellent self-assessment of whether sentences and phrases make sense before hitting the 'Submit' button.
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From Adam: Thanks for the feedback, Mike. Sorry for the typos in the blog. They tend to sneak in during games, mostly, and I'll do my best to avoid them in future.
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Thanks, Adam. I apppreiciate your candor; my grandfather was an editor @ the Globe.
Mike Marchand
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