Boston loses 2 to Baltimore

Ugly! This is my word to describe Friday and Saturday nights games at Baltimore against the MLBs worst team. Boston had Lackey on the mound Friday night, and I must say Lackey was decent. Lackey did pitch about 130 pitches in 7 innings about 15 more pitches than I would have like to see. I was talking to another Boston fan and he said he thought Francona over-managed the game.

Francona did leave Lackey in too long I thought, but the bullpen has been horrible. Is what you have on the mound better than what is in the bullpen?;maybe. Atchinson was sent down to AAA to bring up Alan Embree.

Needless to say, our bullpen blew it Friday night, with a game winning single to Tejada in the bottom of the 10th inning to lose 5-4. I cannot stress enough how upset I am with the moves this off season. I do not like the signings of Adrian Beltre, Mike Cameron, Scott Showenweiss, Scott Atchinson, and Bill Hall.

Saturday nights game brought Dice-k back to the mound for the first time this year, and I surely didn't miss him. Dick-k showed him usual self as he gave up 6 runs in his short outing. However, Wakefeild who gave up a rotation spot for Dice-k did not perform any better out of the pen. It was a slug fest last night as both teams combined for 9 home runs.

Boston lost 12-9 for its second straight lose to a horrible team. I am impressed how Boston did come back from a 7 run deficit to knock in some runs, and David Ortiz and JD Drew impressed me this weekend. Drew had 2 home runs on Friday night and Ortiz hit 2 home runs on Saturday night.

Today Bostons ace Josh Beckett(1-0) will face Kevin Millwood(0-3). Weather is calling for thunderstorms so we will see if the game starts on time, or at all for that matter. If the game is on time, it will be blogged live.