Sunday, June 15, 2003
Houston Astros 4
Boston Red Sox 8
BOX SCORE
Great win by the Sox. A very good start by D-Lowe, solid defense, great offense and good releif work make for a nice night of baseball. It was tough trying to decide which player deserved the Man of the Game award. I'm not going to start splitting the award up into fractions so I picked one man. Freddy "Dirty" Sanchez. Before I explain my reasoning, here's some Honorable Mentions:
1. Derek Lowe - 20 groundball outs out of 22 total outs.
2. David "Crusher" Ortiz - HUGE 3 run double
3. "Get Your" Trot "Here" Nixon - 2 run triple
4. Johnny "The Evangalist" Damon - 3 for 5, definately back offensively
Why pick Freddy Sanchez? He didn't pitch a pitch or knock anyone in, but he had a sensational night defensively. Not only that, he was playing a position he rarely played before. He had 10 assists which is one shy of the MLB record for assists by a 3B in a game. He made all the routine plays and some not-so routine plays. The game ended on a lineout caught by Freddy. Freddy had to catch the ball on his "blocker side" in hockey terminology. He also had to elevate in order to catch the ball. The future of the infield looks pretty good with Freddy there. Here are the MOTG standings after MOTG #8:
1. Millar - 2
2. Nomar, Burkett, Sanchez, Nixon, JD Drew, Ryan Rupe - 1
The Y*nkees won and the Blue Jays lost.
Boston Red Sox 8
BOX SCORE
Great win by the Sox. A very good start by D-Lowe, solid defense, great offense and good releif work make for a nice night of baseball. It was tough trying to decide which player deserved the Man of the Game award. I'm not going to start splitting the award up into fractions so I picked one man. Freddy "Dirty" Sanchez. Before I explain my reasoning, here's some Honorable Mentions:
1. Derek Lowe - 20 groundball outs out of 22 total outs.
2. David "Crusher" Ortiz - HUGE 3 run double
3. "Get Your" Trot "Here" Nixon - 2 run triple
4. Johnny "The Evangalist" Damon - 3 for 5, definately back offensively
Why pick Freddy Sanchez? He didn't pitch a pitch or knock anyone in, but he had a sensational night defensively. Not only that, he was playing a position he rarely played before. He had 10 assists which is one shy of the MLB record for assists by a 3B in a game. He made all the routine plays and some not-so routine plays. The game ended on a lineout caught by Freddy. Freddy had to catch the ball on his "blocker side" in hockey terminology. He also had to elevate in order to catch the ball. The future of the infield looks pretty good with Freddy there. Here are the MOTG standings after MOTG #8:
1. Millar - 2
2. Nomar, Burkett, Sanchez, Nixon, JD Drew, Ryan Rupe - 1
The Y*nkees won and the Blue Jays lost.
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