KANSAS: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0
BOSTON: 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 x - 6 10 0
It's Sunday and I'm watching the final Boston Red Sox game prior to the All-Star break at my favorite New England sports living bar. When I arrived, Andrew was already there and preparing the bar to be opened. After he let me in, Andrew showed me more photographs from his trip to Italy via a slideshow on his laptop. Many wonderful pictures of Umberto, Tuscany, and Rome. And today, Fenway Park was the setting of a wonderful picture of a complete game shutout against the Kansas City Royals by ace pitcher Josh Beckett. Beckett heads off to the All-Star game co-leader (with fellow teammate and All-Star Tim Wakefield) of the most wins in the American League. Today's victory was the one hundredth of Beckett's career. Congratulations Josh! Thank you Terry for allowing Josh to finish what he started! So, at the All-Star break, Boston ends with a series win over the Royals (which includes two shutouts), and they still maintain the best record in the American League and lead the AL East. The current position of the Boston Red Sox - a beautiful picture indeed!
Leaving for St. Louis today to participate in the All-Star game will be only five (Bay, Beckett, Papelbon, Youkilis, and Wakefield) members of the Boston Red Sox Six. Dustin Pedroia has decided to forgo the All-Star game to stay with his wife Kelli, who has had some complications in her pregnancy of their first child. Second baseman Pedroia has been replaced by first baseman Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays. My response at that substitution is a lifting of eyebrows. In any case, sending good thoughts to Dustin and Kelli during this time of worry.
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KANSAS: Starting Pitcher: Bruce Chen, Losing Pitcher: Bruce Chen
BOSTON: Starting Pitcher: Josh Beckett, Winning Pitcher, Josh Beckett (11)
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RED SOX: Wins: 54, Losses: 34, AL East Standings: Boston, New York, Tampa Bay, Toronto, Baltimore
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Next game: Friday 17 July 2009, 4:07 p.m. PT, Toronto Blue Jays, Rogers Centre, Clay Buchholz
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