[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Zach Duke v. Kason Gabbard


The game will be on WRKO and on Gameday Audio


Ft. Myers Weather:

Noon observation at FMY: Wind out of the southeast at 15 mph, with gusts to 20 mph, visibility 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 79F, DP 54F

Forecast: Sunny and warm, with a gusty southeast wind.

[Imgran]

Pending an announcement of the lineup, I'm going to tentatively say we're going to get brutalized on this one. Gabbard is no match for Duke.

[RedSoxAnni]

Pirates

Duffy, cf
Wilson, ss
Bay, lf
LaRoche, 1b
Eldred, dh
Doumit, c
Bautista, 3b
Castillo, 2b
Matos, rf


SOX

Lugo, ss
Youkilis, 1b
Ortiz, dh
Ramirez, lf
Drew, rf
Varitek, c
Lowell, 3b
Crisp, cf
Pedroia, 2b

[RedSoxAnni]

Sox 2, Pirates 0 after 4

Three scoreless innings from Gabbard - one double, no walks, 3 Ks.
Three up and three down for Tavarez in the fourth.

Sox scoring - Manny singled, Lowell two-run homerun off Duke.

[aklaft]

Imgran, on Mar 14 2007, 01:06 PM, said:

Pending an announcement of the lineup, I'm going to tentatively say we're going to get brutalized on this one. Gabbard is no match for Duke.

Gabbard was fine. Only our "frontrunner for closer" had any problems.

[blumj]

Was anyone else listening? Did I imagine Murphy hitting for Coco in the 9th?

[RedSoxAnni]

Pittsburgh						 ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  avg.
 Duffy, Chris cf					  3  0  0   0   0   0	1  .174
  McCutchen, Andrew cf				1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .333
 Wilson, Jack ss					  3  0  0   0   0   0	0  .222
  Bixler, Brian ss					1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .357
 Bay, Jason lf						3  0  0   0   0   0	0  .357
  Ryan, Michael lf					1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .379
  Ryan, Michael lf					1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .379
 LaRoche, Adam 1b					 3  0  1   0   0   0	0  .278
  Edwards, Mike pr-1b				 1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .250
 Eldred, Brad dh					  4  0  0   0   0   0	0  .355
 Doumit, Ryan c					   2  1  0   0   0   0	0  .400
  Diaz, Einar c					   1  0  1   1   0   0	0  .500
 Bautista, Jose 3b					2  1  2   1   0   0	0  .292
  Walker, Neil 3b					 2  1  2   0   0   1	1  .450
 Castillo, Jose 2b					4  0  1   0   0   0	0  .300
 Matos, Luis rf					   2  0  0   0   0   0	1  .320
  Totals							 33  3  7   2   0   1	3  
 
  Boston							 ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  avg.
 Lugo, Julio ss					   4  0  0   0   0   0	0  .226
  Scales, Bobby lf					0  0  0   0   0   0	0  .214
 Youkilis, Kevin 1b				   2  0  0   0   0   0	0  .414
  Bailey, Jeff 1b					 0  0  0   0   0   0	0  .235
 Ortiz, David dh					  2  0  0   0   0   0	0  .222
  Pena, Wily Mo ph-dh				 1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .200
 Ramirez, Manny lf					3  1  1   0   0   0	0  .263
  McEwing, Joe lf-3b				  1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .269
 Drew, JD rf						  3  0  1   0   0   0	0  .391
  Ochoa, Alex rf					  1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .250
 Varitek, Jason c					 2  0  0   0   0   0	0  .150
  Cash, Kevin c					   0  0  0   0   0   0	0  .286
  Moss, Brandon pr					0  0  0   0   0   0	0  .261
  Lowell, Mike 3b					 3  1  1   0   0   1	2  .241
  Rogers, Ed 3b-ss					1  0  0   0   0   0	0  .400
 Crisp, Coco cf					   4  0  0   0   0   0	0  .167
 Pedroia, Dustin 2b				   4  0  1   0   0   0	0  .242
  Totals							 31  2  4   0   0   1	2  
 
  Pittsburgh		0 0 0  0 2 0  1 0 0  --  3
  Boston			0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  --  2
 
 E_C.Duffy. LOB_Pittsburgh 5, Boston 7. 2B_E.Diaz, J.Bautista. HR_N.Walker (1) 
 off J.Romero, M.Lowell (1) off Z.Duke. SB_K.Youkilis (1), B.Moss (1). 
 DP_Boston 1 (Ochoa and Cash).
 
  Pittsburgh				  IP	  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
 Duke, Zach					4	  4  2  2  2  0   3.71
 Gryboski, Kevin			  1-3	 0  0  0  1  0   0.00
 Perez, Juan				  2-3	 0  0  0  0  0   0.00
 Snell, Ian (W 1-0)			3	  0  0  0  1  4   2.45
 Sharpless, Joshua (S 2)	   1	  0  0  0  1  1   1.80
 
  Boston					  IP	  H  R ER BB SO   ERA
 Gabbard, Kason				3	  1  0  0  0  3   3.86
 Tavarez, Julian			   2	  2  2  2  1  1   4.66
 Pineiro, Joel				 1	  1  0  0  0  2   4.91
 Romero, JC (L 0-1)			1	  1  1  1  0  1   1.35
 Okajima, Hideki			   1	  0  0  0  0  0   2.70
 Donnelly, Brendan			 1	  2  0  0  0  1   6.75
 
	  Duke pitched to 1 batter in the 5th.
 
 HBP_by J.Tavarez (L.Matos). 
 T_2:47. A_8159.
 Umpires_Home, Randy Marsh; First, Chuck Meriwether; 
 Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.

[NJSoxFan]

Piniero seems to be throwing much better of late