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Moriarty9 · 04-22-2008, 10:41 PM

Third time a charm for Oswalt
Late rally gives hurler first Sox win
August 11, 2009

KANSAS CITY -- It took a few tries, but Roy Oswalt finally picked up his first win in a Boston Red Sox uniform, but just barely.
Oswalt was the benefactor of a three-run ninth inning highlighted by four consecutive singles.
With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Boston trailed the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, with #9 hitter Dustin Pedroia coming to the plate. Down to their last out, Pedroia looked for his pitch and flared an 0-2 curveball into left-centerfield for a basehit to extend the game for at least one more batter. Ichiro Suzuki worked Royals closer Mike Gonzalez for six pitches before hitting a hard groundball through the right side of the infield, moving Pedroia to third base. Matt Kemp followed with a base hit through the left side of the infield to tie the game and put the go-ahead run at second base. With two outs, the Red Sox gambled and sent Suzuki and Kemp on a double steal on the first pitch to Miguel Cabrera. With men now on second and third, Cabrera had the go-ahead run 90 feet away and quickly lined a ball past second base to score both runners and give the Red Sox a 6-4 lead.
Boston closer Joe Nathan came on in the last of the ninth and shut the door on the Royals, giving up a two-out single while striking out three for his 29th save of the season.
"I didn't get a whole lot of time to warm up out in the bullpen because of how we came back to tie it and then take the lead, but it worked out well tonight because I felt strong out there," Nathan said. "I was a little worried about being rushed before taking the mound but maybe I'll have them do that more often if I'm going to have that kinda stuff on short notice."
Before the Red Sox could worry about closing out the ballgame, Oswalt had to worry about avoiding a repeat of his first two starts with Boston. Oswalt gave up four runs on eight hits and no walks, striking out four over eight innings and 93 pitches.
"It's good to get that one under my belt," Oswalt said. "I'll tell ya what, it sure feels pretty good to know that no matter what the situation, this lineup has you covered. I should've been hit with losses my first couple games here and I was pretty close to being hit with a loss tonight but each time these guys have swung the bats and erased those deficits."

04-22-2008, 10:41 PM	#50 (permalink)
Moriarty9 Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 384	Oswalt gets 1st Sox win Third time a charm for Oswalt Late rally gives hurler first Sox win August 11, 2009 KANSAS CITY -- It took a few tries, but Roy Oswalt finally picked up his first win in a Boston Red Sox uniform, but just barely. Oswalt was the benefactor of a three-run ninth inning highlighted by four consecutive singles. With two outs in the top of the ninth inning, Boston trailed the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, with #9 hitter Dustin Pedroia coming to the plate. Down to their last out, Pedroia looked for his pitch and flared an 0-2 curveball into left-centerfield for a basehit to extend the game for at least one more batter. Ichiro Suzuki worked Royals closer Mike Gonzalez for six pitches before hitting a hard groundball through the right side of the infield, moving Pedroia to third base. Matt Kemp followed with a base hit through the left side of the infield to tie the game and put the go-ahead run at second base. With two outs, the Red Sox gambled and sent Suzuki and Kemp on a double steal on the first pitch to Miguel Cabrera. With men now on second and third, Cabrera had the go-ahead run 90 feet away and quickly lined a ball past second base to score both runners and give the Red Sox a 6-4 lead. Boston closer Joe Nathan came on in the last of the ninth and shut the door on the Royals, giving up a two-out single while striking out three for his 29th save of the season. "I didn't get a whole lot of time to warm up out in the bullpen because of how we came back to tie it and then take the lead, but it worked out well tonight because I felt strong out there," Nathan said. "I was a little worried about being rushed before taking the mound but maybe I'll have them do that more often if I'm going to have that kinda stuff on short notice." Before the Red Sox could worry about closing out the ballgame, Oswalt had to worry about avoiding a repeat of his first two starts with Boston. Oswalt gave up four runs on eight hits and no walks, striking out four over eight innings and 93 pitches. "It's good to get that one under my belt," Oswalt said. "I'll tell ya what, it sure feels pretty good to know that no matter what the situation, this lineup has you covered. I should've been hit with losses my first couple games here and I was pretty close to being hit with a loss tonight but each time these guys have swung the bats and erased those deficits."