Slump Be Gone

What can say about last night? The Red Sox’s hitting slump continued, as Toronto’s pitching looked very strong. You got a taste of why many had Toronto taking the division this year – Halladay, McGowan, and Burnett putting zeros on the scoreboard late into the game.

Besides the strangest call I have seen in a long time (balk call on Ryan’s last pitch of the game), there wasn’t too much to get excited about.

I’m not too sure if I like the new camera angle NESN threw out there last night. It may take some getting use to, but my biggest gripe is not being able to see who Dennis Drinkwater invited to the game.

Random question: Doesn’t BJ Ryan look like Mike Timlin plus 30-35lbs?

The Rays are in town tonight, and it’s clearly time for the reigning World Series Champs to set some order to this division. It may not be a bad idea to unleash Tavarez tonight and set the mood for the weekend.

Matchups:

• Buchholz against Jackson tonight (7:05pm)
• Beckett against Shields on Saturday (7:05pm)
• Sunday will have Lester facing Kazmir (1:35pm)