Sox Lose To Marlins...Still No Hits For Jacoby

The Red Sox dropped their second consecutive spring training game to the Marlins by a score of 3-2. Boston only managed to get 3 hits in the outing. Jacoby Ellsbury is still searching for his first hit of the spring but he did get a sac fly and a stolen base. Snyder pitched well going 3 scoreless innings and giving up 2 hits. Masterson did not pitch as well as he did in his first outing and gave up 4 hits and a run in 2 innings. The worst performance of the day belongs to Dan Kolb who walked 3 and gave up a hit in 1/3 of an inning.

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Red Sox Sign 2 Former Closers

The Red Sox have signed Dan Miceli and Dan Kolb. Miceli was not in the majors. last year but was a D-Rays closer for a short period of time in '06 before getting injured. He was released after a poor showing in spring training last season. Dan Kolb only pitched in 3 games last season after being called up by Pittsburgh. In those 3 games he had an ERA of 9.00 and opponents batted .462 against him. Kolb was the closer for the Brewers in from '03-'04 where he picked up 60 saves. Both pitchers were signed to minor league deals and both have not pitched well in recent years. The Red Sox are rolling the dice that each pitcher may show some sort of rebound during spring training. Both players are past their prime; Miceli is 37 and Kolb is 32. It would be great if one of them could find their old form and find a spot in the pen but it does not seem too likely.

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