Game Time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Lenny DiNardo v. Rodrigo Lopez

No radio, no TV, no nada...


Ft. Lauderdale Weather: 10 am observation at Ft. Lauderdale/Executive Airport: Wind out of the northwest at 10 mph with gusts to 20 mph, visibility greater than 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 71F, DP 55F


Forecast: Mid-70's with a gusty northwest wind and a few clouds.

I know this prob. has been mentioned..but..This game again has no coverage whatsoever..Does anyone know if TV and radio or MLB coverage compared to last year and 2004 is down this year for Spring training games?

Of the 14 games today, the Sox game is one of only 3 that doesn't have radio coverage. I was shocked to find out that WEEI isn't carrying a lot of the games that aren't televised.

No score after 3

Could somebody in the know post when and if Foulke makes an appearance.

Looks like Dinardo pitched 5 shutout innings. We have only 2 hits in the game.

So does the Rodrigo Lopez thing infect a guy once he puts on our uniform? Just checking. It would appear so.

According to this morning's Globe, Foulke is supposed to pitch in a minor league game today. If all goes well, he might pitch in the game tomorrow, which means we'll be able to watch.

Anni

This really does suck, can't even fidn today's lineup. We need some coverage.

From SoSH:

No score in the top of the eighth. Lopez is STILL pitching, and the Sox have only two hits so far.

Also, note that Schilling and Foulke pitching in a minor league game, and not in the game against Baltimore.

Anni

Dang,

Shilling is starting to worry me. He is having a tough time of it.

good outing for Foulke...but Curt's line doesn't look impressive.

Lopez just finished his 9th inning against us! Are they even taking a pitch?

chris snow:



Well 10 K's and 109-82 do look good. (0 BBs as well)

was the line under Schill 109 pitches/82 strikes? if it was then when were the runs scored, if they were all in the 7th, that's one thing. I'll wait until May before passing judgement on schill, 4-5 starts.

Ok ?'s answered, 10 K's is good, but it was Ottowa. It's still spring training.

I still think Schill is out there throwing his formula, 20 of this pitch, 20 of that pitch, etc, I really wouldn't get worried about this.

We had only 2 hits in the whole game today. I'm assuming it was mostly second stringers since it was an away game.
Dinardo sure looks good.

FINAL - BAL - 2, SOX - 0

WP - Chris Ray

LP - Barry Hertzler

BAL - 2R, 8H, 0E
SOX - 0R, 2H, 1E


Matos homered off Hertzler in the bottom of the ninth

Singles by Lowell and Bailey our only hits.
Tavarez, Riske(thank God!),and Hansen all pitched well.

[codebox]BOSTON (0) AT BALTIMORE (2)

BOSTON AB R H BI BALTIMORE AB R H BI
A Stern cf 4 0 0 0 B Roberts 2b 4 0 1 0
A Cora ss 3 0 0 0 E Rogers 2b 0 0 0 0
C Durbin ss 1 0 0 0 M Mora 3b 4 0 0 0
D Ortiz dh 2 0 0 0 N Calzado 3b 0 0 0 0
K Huckaby dh 1 0 0 0 M Tejada ss 4 0 2 0
M Lowell 3b 2 0 1 0 C Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
T Durrington 3b 1 0 0 0 J Gibbons rf 3 0 1 0
W Pena rf 2 0 0 0 N Markakis rf 1 0 0 0
M Van Der Bosch r 0 0 0 0 J Lopez dh 4 0 1 0
T Graffanino 2b 3 0 0 0 E Snead dh 0 0 0 0
W Harris lf 2 0 0 0 J Conine 1b 4 1 1 0
J Bailey 1b 2 0 1 0 K Millar lf 3 0 0 0
J Bard c 3 0 0 0 L Matos lf 1 1 1 2
A Concepcion Jr. 0 0 0 0 R Hernandez c 3 0 0 0
R Nieves 2b 1 0 0 0 C Patterson cf 3 0 1 0
TOTALS 27 0 2 0 TOTALS 34 2 8 2

BOSTON 000 000 000 -- 0
BALTIMORE 000 000 002 -- 2

TWO OUT WHEN WINNING RUN SCORED.
E--L DiNardo. DP--BOSTON 1. LOB--BOSTON 6,
BALTIMORE 6. 2B--J Conine, J Lopez. HR--L Matos 1
(1) (off B Hertzler). SB--E Snead 1 (1). CS--J
Bailey, M Van Der Bosch.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
BOSTON
L DiNardo 4 4 0 0 0 1 0
J Tavarez 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
D Riske 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
C Hansen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
B Hertzler (L,0-1) 2-3 2 2 2 0 0 1
BALTIMORE
R Lopez 6 2 0 0 4 3 0
S Rleal 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
T Byrdak 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
C Ray (W,2-0) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0

HBP--M Van Der Bosch by C Ray. SO--BOS: A Cora 2,
T Durrington, J Bard, A Stern, R Nieves. BAL: M
Mora. BB--BOS: D Ortiz, M Lowell, W Harris, W
Pena, J Bailey. T--2:08. A--8,520.[/codebox]

Hansen has been gold this spring.

The MLB linescore had Lopez pitching into the eighth inning, but according to the box score he pitched six innings, which makes a whole lot more sense.

Also, even though he took an o-fer it is nice to see the WMP was not the victim of a strikeout today.

He did take a walk, though. That's two in three games and in around 6 or 7 ABs.

We have a new leadoff hitter! Look at that OBP!

Durbin at SS? That's odd.

I'm guessing it was just a 9th inning pinch hit for Cora, who must have played the whole game otherwise.