Final Score
Rays 4
Red Sox 8

All’s Not Wells: Looks like this is going to be one of those years for David Wells.

The Sox lefty, just back from his 2nd trip to the disabled list, appears headed back for a 3rd go-around after taking a line drive off the right knee. That’s the same right knee he had off-season surgery on and struggled with throughout spring training and the early part of this campaign.

I’m not a big fan of the big fella. Just type in David Wells in the “search� box of this blog and you’ll find more than a few swipes I’ve taken at him. But I felt really bad for him last night. He’s talked openly about giving the game up if his knee didn’t improve. He put a lot of effort into rehab, and just when he finally started to feel up to par and was pitching well, this unfortunate incident takes place.

When it happened and I saw where the ball hit him on the replay, I immediately thought; broken knee cap, career over. It didn’t look very promising as he flailed around on the ground and had to be helped off the field. I’m glad to say as of right now it’s only a deep bruise, though more tests are scheduled. Still, you have to wonder how much more that knee can take.

Either way, the end of the road is near for David Wells. But despite him not being one of my faves, I hope he gets to go out on his terms, and not because of a run of bad luck.

The Good News: Other than that, great game by the Sox. They solve the Scott Kazmir puzzle…David Ortiz comes up huge…Mike Lowell continues to tear the cover off the ball (I’ll have to get into his resurgence in a bit more detail at some point)...and Jonathan Papelbon sets a rookie record with 17 consecutive saves to start a season.

Curt Schilling takes the mound Saturday in search of win #8. We’ll talk about it when the game’s over.

Any thoughts on David Wells? Is this the final straw in a long, frustrating season for the 43-year old left-hander?