Red Sox/Rays Three Game Series

The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays went head to head in a disappointing three game series this past week. Monday, the Sox beat the Rays with a whopping 13-5 final score. Tuesday and Wednesday the Rays beat the Sox 2-1, and 10-3, respectively. Tuesday’s game was nothing short of heartbreaking. The Sox held strong all the way up until the ninth inning where the Rays scored one more run causing the game to end in an unfavorable way for the Sox. Wednesday the Sox were crushed by the Rays in a big way with the final score of 10-3.
The first game was pitched by Tokyo native, Daisuke Matsuzaka who struck out seven Rays in five innings to win his 17th game of the season.
The second game was pitched by now seven year MLB veteran, Josh Beckett. Many would say that the Sox wasted his good pitching on a night when he kept them to a run but they couldn’t get any offense to back them up.
The third and final game of the Sox/Rays series was pitched by Tim Wakefield who has been in the Major Leagues since the summer of 1992. Wakefield’s weakness shows through when unlike Matsuzaka who has won 17 games this season, Wakefield has only won nine.
As far as the future of the season is concerned, Sox analysts and fans believe that the bullpen really needs to step it up before the playoffs; according to them, the starters cannot keep doing all of the work.