Sox Drop Third Straight on the Road (4/7/00)

Another game on the road, another loss as the reeling Red Sox dropped their third straight game. Today the Anaheim Angels were the spoilers at Edison Field.

Jason Dickson (1-0) took the mound and induced leadoff hitter Jose Offerman into a ground out. Trot Nixon drew a walk but Carl Everett hit into a double play to end the top half. The Angels pounced all over starter Pete Schourek (0-1). Darin Erstad led off with a ground out but Adam Kennedy doubled. Old Sox hero Mo Vaughn struck out before Kennedy swiped third base. Salmon walked and Garret Anderson swatted a home run to put the Sox in a quick 3-0 hole. Troy Glaus walked but Edgard Clemente hit into a force out to end the inning.

Nomar Garciaparra led off the top of the second by popping up to second. Troy O'Leary smashed a double to left center but Mike Stanley struck out. Brian Daubach grounded out to end the inning. Schourek settled down to retire  Bengie Molina by ground out, Gary Disarcina by fly out and Erstad with another ground out to end the 2nd.

Scott Hatteberg, Jeff Frye and Jose Offerman all flied out as Dickson was rolling through the first 3 innings. Schourek punched out Kennedy to begin the home half of the third as Vaughn drew a walk. Salmon popped up and somehow Vaughn stole second. Schourek got revenge on Anderson by striking him out to end the third.

Nixon led off the 4th with a double to right center as Everett's grounder moved Trot to third. Unfortunately Nixon stayed there as Nomar popped up and O'Leary lined out to end the threat. Schourek stole a page from Dickson's book as he retired Glaus, Clemente and Molina all by flyout as he appeared to have settled down after his disasterous 1st inning.

Dickson continued to roll in the 5th inning. Stanley struck out, Daubach flied out and Hatteberg grounded out to end the frame. Schourek ran into trouble when Disarcina singled and Erstad bunted his way on. Kennedy sacrifice bunted the runners over but the Sox caught a break when Schourek caught Vaughn looking. Salmon was intentionally walked to load the bases but Schourek calmly retired Anderson on a fly ball to keep it a 3-0 game.

Once again the Sox could do nothing against Dickson in the 6th. Frye grounded out, Offerman flied out and Nixon grounded out weakly to 1st. The Angels put the game on ice in the bottom of the inning. For some reason Schourek was pulled after 78 pitches and only one mistake to Garrett Anderson in favor of Rich Garces. The move came back to haunt manager Jimy Williams as Glaus led off with a single. Scott Spiezio pinch hit for Clemente and flied out but Molina singled. Disarcina's double scored Glaus and Molina and Erstad singled Disarcina to third. Erstad stole second as Kennedy was intentionally walked. Vaughn contributed an rbi when he grounded into a force. Salmon struck out but the game appeared to be over at 6-0.

The Sox finally got on the board in the top of the 7th. Carl Everett led off with his first homer of the year but Nomar flied out. O'Leary popped up but Stanley doubled. Former Sox pitcher Kent Mercker replaced Dickson and immediately Brian Daubach swatted his 3rd homer of the year to cut the lead in half 6-3. Hatteberg flied out to end the threat but the Sox showed some life. Tim Wakefield replaced Garces in the home half and got Anderson to fly out. Glaus stepped to the plate and belted a home run that increased the lead 7-3. Wakefield got Spiezio and Molina to fly out but the damage was done.

Frye led off the top of the 8th with a fly out to right as Offerman struck out. Nixon singled but Everett whiffed to end the top half. Wakefield came back for the bottom of the 8th and got 3 ground outs from Disarcina, Erstad and Kennedy respectively.

The Sox went quietly in the 9th as Nomar and O'Leary both grounded out and Stanley whiffed to end the game. Schourek's one bad pitch to Anderson and the quick hook doomed the Sox in this one. Tomorrow Brian Rose takes the hill against Ken Hill to try and end the skid.


Jackass of the Night is Rich Garces. The Sox rally in the 7th inning would have tied the game if it wasn't for Garces throwing up on himself in the bottom of the 6th inning.


The Good:

Trot Nixon was 2 for 3 with a walk. Brian Daubach was 1 for 3 including a 2 run home run.


The Bad:

Jose Offerman was 0 for 4 with a strikeout. Nomar Garciaparra was 0 for 4. Scott Hatteberg and Jeff Frye were both 0 for 3. Pete Schourek took the loss after lasting only 5 innings and giving up 3 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks.


The Ugly: 

Carl Everett was just 1 for 4 but the one hit was a home run. Troy O'Leary was 1 for 4. Mike Stanley was 1 for 4 but earned a hat trick of 3 strikeouts. Tim Wakefield gave up a run in two innings of work.