The Red Sox offense tried to rally back and cut the deficit with 2 homers by J.D. Drew and another by Alex Gonzales but it proved to be not enough.
Jacoby Ellsbury left the game early after he injured his ankle on a slide. The injury was reported as a mild ankle sprain which will cause him to miss a game or two.
The highlight of the night came when shortstop Nick Green was called on to save the bullpen by pitching the 8th and 9th innings. He was throwing close to 90 on the gun and was able to get through both innings without giving up a hit, although he did walk 3.
Red Sox Lose 9-5 BOX SCORE
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
| Yankees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Red Sox | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 |
Michael Bowden is one of the Sox’s top prospects. He made his debut in August of last year and limited the White Sox to 2 runs over 5 innings. He’s had a fair season in Pawtucket, but it’s been an up and down season so far for him. He has a 4-5 W-L record, 3.23 ERA, 108+ IP, 89 H’s, 78 K’s, and 41 BB’s. Perhaps after getting bypassed first by Bard, and now by Cabrera, he’s decided to stake his claim by tossing 5+ innings of 3 H, shutout ball on Tuesday.Junichi Tazawa pitched well in his first start for the Portland Sea Dogs yesterday. He went 5 innings giving up 4 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 7.
Read more...Red Sox GM Theo Epstein discusses what Junichi Tazawa brings to the team. Watch below:
The Red Sox have formally signed Junichi Tazawa, Extra Bases reported the details:
"Tazawa will receive a $1.8 million bonus, with salaries of $450,000 in 2009, $500,000 in '10, and $550,000 in '11. The Sox retain his rights as a pre-arbitration eligible or arbitration eligible player until 2014."He will most likely start in AA and could join the team this season altough scouts are split as to how much seasoning he will need. Read more...
Here is video of Junichi Tazawa pitching in Japan for you to take a look at some of his stuff. Happy viewing.
Junichi Tazawa has contacted other teams interested in him to let them know he is rejecting their offers and going to the Red Sox. He will be holding a press conference on Monday to annouce his deal with Boston. He will most likely start the season in Portland and could take a few years to make it to the bigs. He did take a smaller financial deal to play with the Red Sox because Dice-K is on the team.
Read more...The Red Sox have offered Japanese amateur free agent pitcher Junichi Tazawa a $6 million contract. From NPB Tracker:
Sanspo is reporting that Red Sox VP for international scouting Craig Shipley spent 1 hour 50 minutes negotiating with Junichi Tawaza, resulting in a $6M contract offer. No word on whether it’s a major league deal or not.The deal could end up being a great bargain for the Red Sox if Tawaza is half the player he is hyped up to be.
The Red Sox have shown interest in Junichi Tazawa for a few months and now have another reason to try to sign him. The Japanese amateur pitched a complete-game shutout in the quarterfinals of Japan's corporate league baseball championships today with major league scouts looking on.
Junichi Tazawa, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher who wants to play in the major leagues, was passed over by Japan's 12 professional teams in Thursday's amateur draft.Tazawa, whose fastball reaches 97 mph, had asked Japanese teams not to select him so that he could pursue a career in the United States.
"I'm very relieved," Tazawa said. "I was very nervous right up until the end of the draft."
Several major league teams, including the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, scouted Tazawa while he led Nippon Oil to the corporate league championship this season.
The Red Sox have been scouting several Japanese players over the last season and there is a good likelyhood that Okajima and Dice-K will have another countryman on the roster with them. This is also part of an overall marketing scheme by Red Sox ownership to continue to make the team marketable in Japan. If the Red Sox are seen as the team to root for in Japan, there is a good chance for increased revenue.
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