[棒球] Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays

，描述： AL Championship Series

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Tampa Bay Rays Hittingtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! N0 Q! P! i& X- @( h2 d
After their four game victory over the Chicago White Sox, the mostappropriate thing to say about the Rays offence would be that it'sbalanced.

The Rays have finally gotten healthy, with Carl Crawford and EvanLongoria, both who missed time earlier in the season ready and dialedin. Carlos Pena who had some vision problems played in Game 4.

The Rays can do it all, as they stole 7 bases and hit 6 home runs in their four games of ALDS play.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ N/ O  K  r0 R7 |
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Aside from Pena and Longoria, they lack a true power threat, but asthey've shown all season, the 'Cinderella' Rays take a base when theyhave too, and they won't quit., Z2 e& j1 |  H# Q- m4 T

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Tampa Bay Rays Pitching
The ALDS was not kind to the Rays starting foursome of James Shields, Scott Kazmir, Matt Garza and Andy Sonnanstine.0 F. g0 O7 k+ [2 \! p* F
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The group game up a total of 12 earned runs in just over 23 inningspitched. Despite that stat, the Rays advanced to the ALCS where it'shard to fathom that the group, which had the sixth best ERA during theentire 2008 regular season will struggle that much again.

By contrast, the Rays bullpen which is without closer Troy Percival,was lights out, allowing only one-run in over 11 innings pitched.
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Dan Wheeler is a capable closer, but the 'pen features an array ofreally good arms that cause problems. Grant Balfour lead the majors instrikeouts per nine innings during the regular season with 12.65 mark,while Chad Bradford served up over four ground balls for every one flyball.

If the Rays can get to the bullpen with the lead, they could be a hard team to beat.' f+ ?6 q0 d. g& s* j9 @' M
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Boston Red Sox Hitting
Despite the fact that they were basically forced to trade MannyRamirez at the trade deadline in a deal that landed them Jason Bay, theRed Sox have one of the best offenses in the post-season.公仔箱論壇8 ]; b) b3 x2 N1 \+ j* P: ]- B

They scored the third most runs in the entire league, while postingthe second best batting average along with the highest on-baseperentage in the Majors.

Leading the way for Boston are their 2-3-4 hitters, MVP candidateDustin Pedroia, David Ortiz and Kevin Youkilis. Both Pedroia andYoukilis are having career seasons while Ortiz is almost back in formafter struggling with an injury early in the season.! S# q$ E& @' \9 \! I( k

After the 'Big Three' the Sox still feature dangerous hitters inJ.D. Drew, Canadian Jason Bay and last season's World Series MVP MikeLowell, who is coming back from a hip injury.

Boston Red Sox Pitching

The biggest question with regards to the Red Sox heading into the ALCS is the health of their post-season ace Josh Beckett.

Beckett who returned from an oblique injury for Game 3 struggledbadly, and if he's unable to pitch up to his potential, it could reallyhurt the Sox.6 j# l, X) R/ \5 ?$ O) O) |

Following another dominating start in Game 4, Jon Lester has almostofficially joined the ranks of a legitimate MLB ace. Add in the hardthrowing Daisuke Matsuzaka and the challenging Tim Wakefield, the RedSox bring something different each game.5.39.217.761 A' _$ h; b( D. Q
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Aside from a late hiccup in Game 4 of the ALDS, the bullpen has beenas good as expected with Jonathan Papelbon striking out seven hittersin five innings pitched. Justin Masterson and Hideki Okajima are morethan capable in late and close game situations.
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[ 本帖最後由 carwing 於 2008-10-7 12:43 PM 編輯 ]

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