Ouch, this one hurt a little for a few reasons. They fell two games under .500 and lost a chance at going 5-1 (which is what I was hoping for when the road trip started), and seemed very achievable after the sweep in Toronto and heading into Baltimore to play a floundering Orioles team. Also painful in that Dice-K got shelled (10 baserunners and 6 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings). Judging by the box score and pitch count, it sounds like he was his typical, annoying, nibbling self instead of attacking hitters. About the only good thing (from a Red Sox perspective) that came out of this game was Ortiz hitting 2 HR, one of them off left handed reliever Alberto Castillo, lets hope this turns into the start of a bit of a hot streak for Papi.
Papi has more HR than he did at the same point in the season as last year, but has fewer RBI (possibly from hitting a little lower, and just fewer chances as he's only had 56 AB this April versus 87 AB last April. His OBP + AVG are also down year over year, but his SLG is up (with a huge boost from tonight's performance). His K/AB ratio is up:
2009 (through April): 0.252
2010 (through April): 0.375
None of these are making me feel particularly optimistic about him turning it around, but given that he did turn it around in the summer last year and he's earned some slack because of his history with the team, it will be a wait and see situation for at least another month IMO.
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