Brewers Get K Rod

"Brewers had acquired Francisco Rodriguez and cash considerations from the New York Mets in exchange for two players to be named later. By rule, the two players must be agreed upon within six months of the transaction." ESPN

Hey, you got to give it to the Mets for getting something for K Rod. K Rod hasn't been bad for the Mets by any means, he has a 3.16 era and 23 saves, but he gets paid too much and has a player option for 17 million next year. Also, he has been quite a headache and I don't trust him to keep being dominant with his velocity going down every year.

He is most likely going to close for the Brewers, even though they have John Axford, who has a 2.83 ERA while converting 23 of 25 save opportunities. But the Brewers as a team have blown 14 saves this year.

12 Sox, 3 Brewers

The Sox had another great game and continued their dominance. This was a great win for a couple reasons, four members of the Red Sox -- Ellsbury, Pedroia, Gonzalez, and Drew -- had multi-hit games, while three Sox homered (Ells, Scutaro, and Youk). The got out to a quick start, putting up six runs in the first inning, and never looked back.

Also Adrian Gonzalez got his 100th hit of the season and 1000th of his career while getting a triple. Adrian now has 3 times as many triples as Jacoby Ellsbury.

With Clay Buchholz on the DL we needed to get more confidence with the Wake and he did just that. He gave up 3 runs over 8 IP, but again gave us a long outing.

Another great win, San Diego is next.

Brewers @ Red Sox Preview

Boston is coming off an 8-1 road trip, which is the franchise's best record when playing at least 9 road games since 1977. That's damn impressive with some of the great teams the Red Sox have had over the past 10 years. Now they come home fro a little interleague play against the Brewers.

I have always liked the Brewers. I mean their team is named after beer, how can you hate that? Plus, it was the first baseball stadium I went to that wasn't Fenway.

Tonight we get John Lackey vs Shaun Marcum. Marcum has had a hell of a year for the Brewers (7-2 2.68 ERA), and if his name sounds familiar it's because he was with the Blue Jays last year. Marcum went 1-3 with a 5.34 ERA in five starts against the Red Sox last season. I think the Sox can handle him, and a lot of the guys have familiarity with him, which is rare when playing an NL team.

John Lackey has posted a 5.40 ERA while winning both of his starts since a 3 his DL stint (right elbow strain/mental health). Basically when he is on the mound we are just looking for him not to be epically bad. He has been good in interleague play in his career (14-5 with a 2.96 ERA), but wasn't very good last year (2-1 5.11 ERA).

I bet Lackey gets crushed tonight, but the Sox win anyways.

Red Sox win 8-6
Player of the Game: Gonzalez
Game starts at 7:10pm