G5: Red Sox @ Angels - Penny vs. Saunders
The Sox take the field in 10 minutes to face the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the 2nd game in the series, and the second in six on this West Coast stint.
Sox offseason pickup Penny goes up against Saunders. The Sox are coming off an iffy outing from Wakefield last night (typical Wake start - spots of brilliance but he started getting hit hard) and emotions are likely still running high in the aftermath of Adenhart's pregame memorial ceremony.
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We need a decent outing from Penny and the bats need to come alive. Glad they're on the Best Coast and not playing at Fenway in this grim, cold, rainy, crappy weather. (Actually they wouldn't even be playing because of the weather. So that's even worse.)
Go Sox!
Postgame wrap: Sox win an absolute nailbiter. Huge heroics from Bay with a 2-run HR and solo shot. Lowell also jacked a 2-run HR to tie it up early. Pap had trouble in the 9th: up 5-3, he gave up a solo shot to Hunter to make it 5-4. Morales then got a double. Pap got Rivera to ground out and then walked two more to pack the bags. 1 out with Kendrick up. After a fierce at-bat, Kendrick lined out to Drew. Pap got him in a 0-2 hole, then Kendrick fouled off 7 straight before he lined out. He saw 10 pitches. Pap didn't have his best stuff - his location was off on his heat, and he was most effective with his offspeed stuff. What a way to end the game. Penny was decent in his first start. Now the Sox are 2-3 on the season, hoping to get to .500 and win the series against LAAoA tomorrow.
