Game 16: Sox 0 A's 5

This one was actually a pitching duel despite the final score. Lackey and Anderson battled to a 1-0 score into the bottom of the eight before the Sox bullpen imploded. One run for Wheeler and 3 runs for the recently called up Okajima (Felix Dubront was sent down to Pawtucket). Most of that was with two outs in the inning too. Miserable.

Really Anderson won this game for the A's though. He was throwing the perfect pitch today: a wicked curve ball that the Sox batters couldn't hit and yet it was in the strike zone too. Sox only got 4 hits and 1 walk out of 8 innings of Anderson while striking out 8 times. There were a couple of controversial calls (Pedroia caught stealing on what looked like balk promptly getting Francona tossed, Ellsbury called out trying to steal on batter's interference by Cameron) but they wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game with the A's big 8th inning.

Sox still looking for their first win on the road this year.