Senators Crush Foreman, Pilgrims (5/3/01)

It doesn't matter who they play, the Boston Pilgrims absolutely cannot pitch to save their lives. After the Philadelphia Athletics scored 26 runs the previous two games, today it was the Washington Senators who almost scored ten runs against the Pilgrims. Frank Foreman (0-1, 9.00 ERA) made his Pilgrims debut by getting smushed by Jim Manning' crew. The Senators cracked 8 hits for 9 runs while Bill Carrick held the Pilgrims to just 4 runs. The Pilgrims made no errors yet the Senators made 5, the problem was the Pilgrims couldn't capitalize on them. It all added up to a 9-4 victory by the Senators over the Pilgrims at American League Park.

                                           Ernesto De Curtis can't bear to watch the Sox lose

Jackass of the Night is Frank Foreman. He got rocked for 9 runs in a complete game effort allowing 8 hits and two walks.

                                                              Jackass Foreman

The Good:

Jimmy Collins was 3 for 5 with a run scored.

Hobe Ferris was 1 for 3 with a hit by pitch and 2 rbis.

Lou Criger was 2 for 4 with an rbi.

The Bad:

Tommy Dowd was 0 for 5 with a strikeout.

Charlie Jones was 0 for 5 with a strikeout.

The Ugly:

Chick Stahl was 0 for 3 but walked twice and a run scored.

Buck Freeman was just 1 for 4 with a strikeout but walked and scored a run.

Freddy Parent was just 1 for 5 but scored a run.

Final Thoughts:

Yet another game where the Sox pitchers damn near give up 10 runs. If its not Win Kellum its Frank Foreman. Besides Cyclone Young it doesn't really look good for the Pilgrims on the pitching side. Offensively the Pilgrims may need to score ten runs a game to compete and that would be pretty much impossible. Sam Dungan and Joe Quinn were almost unstoppable and Pilgrims pitchers need to key on them moving forward. All in all it was a bad day and hopefully better days are ahead. The loss dropped the Pilgrims to 2-5, 4 games behind the Detroit Tigers for first place in the American League. The Pilgrims look to bounce back tomorrow afternoon against the Senators when their ace Cyclone Young (1-1) takes the mound against Win Mercer of Washington. The game begins at 1 PM at American League Park.