[RSNLoyalty]

Just not enough, damn it we needed this win. This week has alot riding on it.

[SoxFan24]

RSNLoyalty04, on Sep 5 2005, 03:22 PM, said:

Just not enough, damn it we needed this win. This week has alot riding on it.
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Means just as much as every other week of the year.

[coloradojack]

:barf

[RedSoxAnni]

Chicago WSox                       ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Podsednik, Scott lf                  3  0  1   0   0   0    0  1  0  .285
 Iguchi, Tadahito 2b                  2  0  0   0   0   0    1  2  0  .284
 Everett, Carl dh                     5  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  3  .261
 Konerko, Paul 1b                     4  2  2   1   0   1    1  0  0  .278
 Rowand, Aaron cf                     3  0  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .280
 Perez, Timo rf                       3  0  1   0   0   0    1  0  0  .226
 Widger, Chris c                      4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .235
 Blum, Geoff 3b                       4  1  2   0   1   0    0  0  0  .203
 Uribe, Juan ss                       4  2  3   1   0   1    2  0  0  .256
  Totals                             32  5 11   3   1   2    5  3  5 
 
  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Youkilis, Kevin 3b                   4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  2  .264
 Renteria, Edgar ss                   4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  3  .284
 Ortiz, David dh                      3  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .292
 Ramirez, Manny lf                    4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .285
 Nixon, Trot rf                       4  1  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .287
 Varitek, Jason c                     4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  2  .296
 Millar, Kevin 1b                     4  1  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .276
 Graffanino, Tony 2b                  4  1  1   0   0   1    3  0  0  .307
 Kapler, Gabe cf                      3  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .250
  Totals                             34  3  5   2   0   1    3  1 11 
 
  Chicago WSox      0 0 0  1 2 1  0 0 1  --  5
  Boston            0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  --  3
 
     E_T.Iguchi, G.Blum. LOB_Chicago WSox 7, Boston 6. 2B_P.Konerko, 
 A.Rowand, J.Uribe, T.Nixon, K.Millar. 3B_G.Blum. HR_P.Konerko (34) off
 C.Schilling, J.Uribe (11) off C.Harville, T.Graffanino (5) off B.Jenks.
 S_S.Podsednik, T.Iguchi, T.Perez. SB_S.Podsednik (56).
 
  Chicago WSox                IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 McCarthy, Brandon (W 2-1)     7      3  0  0  1  7   0 121-81  5.08
 Politte, Cliff               2-3     0  0  0  0  1   0  18-11  2.20
 Marte, Damaso                1-3     0  0  0  0  1   0    7-4  3.02
 Jenks, Bobby                  1      2  3  0  0  2   1  20-16  2.22
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Schilling, Curt (L 5-7)     6 1-3    9  4  4  3  4   1 118-80  6.83
 Foulke, Keith               1 2-3    0  0  0  0  1   0  31-22  5.93
 Harville, Chad                1      2  1  1  0  0   1    9-7 13.50
 
 HBP_by C.Politte (G.Kapler), by K.Foulke (A.Rowand). 
 T_3:11. A_35,673.
 Umpires_Home, Larry Young; First, Eric Cooper; 
 Second, Fieldin Culbreth; Third, Marvin Hudson.
 
 
 
 09/05 15:57:51 ET

[Malzone64]

yazgoesbacklooksupitsgone, on Sep 5 2005, 02:14 PM, said:

This is a rather harsh assessment.
What exactly did he "give up"?
--One run in the 4th on a double and then a bleeder two-out single just out of Renteria's reach.
-- two runs in the 5th on a single, double and two straight sacrifices by chicago
-- A deep home run on an hanging curve to konerko

With the exception of the homerun, Chicago wasn't exactly beating the cover off the ball. The four runs he gave up are only magnified because the Red Sox did nothing offensively.
Schilling isn't where he was last year, but he was much improved from his first two starts. Much improved. Don't forget he worked out of a no-out "manny triple" in the third without a run scoring.
To say his starting status should be in doubt because of today's game is just laughable.
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Last outing he started off bad but finished strong. People said "oh, he worked out the early kinks, he's coming around." This time, he started off well, but then gave up runs in three consecutive innings. I appreciate as much as anyone what he did last year, but now, if he was even the fifth pitcher in the rotation, Joe Blow, management should be getting impatient by now. His era is still well over 6. Being Curt Schilling, I suppose he'll get all the chances in the world to work it out. I watch what other teams do, and it seems like when an ace goes out for injury, then comes back, he's the ace again. Hardin, Prior, Sheets, even Wells, for example, came back strong. I know Schilling's injury was more serious, but, at some point you have to call a spade a spade, and an ace an ace. He's no ace, still, and I don't know if he ever will be again.