Final Score
Red Sox 2
Mariners 5
Not Half Bad: So far, the Red Sox have won one and lost one on their west coast trip. Ordinarily, that pace wouldn’t do, but splitting a pair of games when Kyle Snyder and the immortal Kason Gabbard are your starting pitchers is actually a good thing.
Boston’s Boys of Summer had a chance to win Saturday. Gabbard was o.k. on the mound and certainly kept his team in the game. Ironically, it was an error by Alex Gonzalez that ultimately did the good guys in, though it took a heads up play by Eduardo Perez to force the miscue as Seattle’s baserunner didn’t slide into third, forcing A-Gone’s throw to hit him and bounce away.
The Sox have a good shot at taking the rubber match of this 3-game set. Unbeaten Jon Lester gets the call on the mound against Jarrod Washburn. It would be a huge boost to escape Seattle with 2-out-of-3 wins, especially without your two aces appearing anywhere along the way.
What did you think of Kason Gabbard? A battler for keeping the Sox in the game or just lucky the Mariners didn’t take advantage of all the baserunner? Does he deserve another start or are the Red Sox going to acquire some help before the trade deadline?
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