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EIGHT STRONG FROM LACKEY GETS RED SOX THE WIN

4/23/2014

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Although I had a feeling John Lackey was going to pitch well tonight, I didn't expect we'd get eight innings from him.  I am definitely not complaining.  I also wasn't sure if his quality start would be spoiled by a lack of run support.  Amazingly for once, the Red Sox actually got on the board in the first inning and he got to pitch with the lead.
Considering Lackey had 11 strikeouts, he was pretty economical with his pitches tonight.  In total he threw 111 pitches, 84 of which were strikes.  Lackey's innings were relatively stress free as he only had one inning where he needed to face more than 4 batters.  In his postgame interview, Lackey said that he was just mixing up his pitches a little more than before and that he threw his curveball in early for a change of pace.  The Yankees did get 7 hits and 1 earned run off of the big righty.   
Although he probably could have finished the game, Lackey gave way for Koji Uehara to get some work.  When I say work, I really mean strikeouts.  Although Uehara did give up a hit in relief, he also upped his strikeout tally by adding three more Ks.

Grady Sizemore led off the first in style by hitting a triple.  Dustin Pedroia wasted no time in driving home the first run of the night and becoming the first player to get a hit off Michael Pineda while batting second.  The Red Sox would score another run in the first when A.J. Pierzynski drove in Pedroia with a single to center field. 

The bottom of the second had some excitement as Pineda got called out for getting a little help from some pine tar on his neck.  After being inspected by the umpires, Pineda was ejected.  (read my thought on this topic here)

The Red Sox added to their lead in the 3rd when 8 players went to the plate.  It started with Pedroia reaching via a Derek Jeter error.  Pedroia would eventually score on a Mike Napoli ground rule double.  Ortiz would also add a run when he came home on a David Phelps wild pitch. 

Besides being embarrassed with the situation during the second inning, the Yankees were also humbled with their 3 errors.  With the Red Sox scoring 2 unearned runs, the errors were costly.  Of course, since Lackey only gave up 1 run, the additional scores did not have an effect on the outcome. 
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