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Game 120: August 12, 2008 Rangers 17 H: Warner Madrigal (1)H: Jamey Wright (14)BS, L: Frank Francisco (5, 24) 61-59, 1 game losing streak Red Sox 19 BS: Manny Delcarmen (3)W: Hideki Okajma (3-2)S: Jonathan Papelbon (32) 69-51, 2 game winning streak Highlights: This was not the sort of bash Charlie Zink expected for his major league debut. By the time the dust settled, his four and one-third innings of work was but a footnote in a massive tome of offense dropped on the unwitting feet of both pitching staffs. Zink, an eminently likable young man, is, at 28, the oldest pitcher to have made his major league debut since Orlando Hernandez. He came from a working class background; his parents were wardens at Folsom State Prison. The facility is best known for hosting Johnny Cash as a performer twice. Coincidentally, Zink was in tandem with Kevin Cash. Last night the Red Sox and Rangers tied the American League record for most runs scored in a game. Back on June 29, 1950, the Red Sox and the Philadelphia Athletics clashed at Shibe Park and combined for 36 runs with the visitors winning 22-14. It was remarkable that the Athletics...
Game 98: July 22, 2007 White Sox 5 L: Jon Garland (7-7) 43-54, 3 game losing streak12-16-4 series record Red Sox 8 W: Tim Wakefield (11-9)H: Hideki Okajima (16)S: Jonathan Papelbon (22) 59-39, 3 game winning streak20-9-4 series record Highlights: Manny Ramirez and Mike Lowell both propelled their 15th homers of the season, the former in the first and the latter in the fifth. Both were three-run shots but mirrored each other; Ramirez’s was an opposite field shot that Mike Timlin cradled in a towel and Lowell’s a ball pulled into the Monster seats to be gathered by a jubilant fan. Jon Garland may have been the starter, but the real story to me was that the only two knuckleball pitchers currently in the majors were on the mound Sunday afternoon. Charlie Haeger relieved Garland in the fifth after the former had walked two batters in succession with two out. Ozzie Guillen awoke from his afternoon nap to pull Garland when he surrendered a three-run blast by Mike Lowell. A.J. Pierzynski must have been excited to have the chance to be the backstop for Haeger in the late innings of what should have been a much bigger blowout. Butterfly...
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