Best Bullpen My Ass

So after Brad Penny put in five innings of work the game was turned over to the bullpen. A day after I ripped the closer, it didn’t get any better last night with the rest of the pen.

Manny Delcarmen comes in the game and gives up a deep double. After getting the next two guys out he serves up another double and the Sox lead is cut to one. Enter Justin Masterson.

Masterson gives up a single to the first guy he faces and all of a sudden the game is tied. Awesome. Way to hold the lead. Well after that he gave up a bomb to the next hitter. Now the Sox have gone from a two run lead to down by two.

It just wasn’t the bullpen’s night as Ramon Ramirez came in the eighth. Walked the second batter he faced and then gave up a triple that made it 8-5. Sox lose and the pullpen sucked. Final line, 4 innings, 5 hits, 5 runs, 1 walk and 7 strikeouts. The lone highlight was Daniel Bard who worked a clean four outs striking out three of the batters he faced. Can’t wait for the future when he’s closing games like that.

The bottom line on this whole thing is that it’s the fucking Royals! Eleven games under .500 Royals. The Sox shouldn’t have problems with a team like this. What the fuck? They best right the ship and win the next three. Especially Saturday when I’m at the game.