I didn't think Detroit was more of a home run ballpark than the Cell but, I said in my last post that the ball will start flying out of the park and today it happened. Dye hit's career number 300, Konerko hits career number 300, Quentin knocks two out. Very nice job by Sox hitters today, 10 runs in Comerica is quite the feat.
Sadly Gavin was not at his best today. He allowed 6 runs on 5 innings and the worst part of the performance was the 7 walks. Gavin continues to struggle when he lets guys on base. He has good enough stuff to be a legitimate ace in the American League, but he is going to need to continue working on location, and making better pitches when he allows people on base. I think he will be fine though. Nothing too big to worry about there (after all he did get the win today)
Tomorrow is Danks vs. Rick Porcello. Steve Stone was talking up Porcello during Sunday's game, so that concerns me a little bit, but Porcello was not so good in his first start as he allowed 4 earned in 5 innings allowing two home runs in the process. Sox are really hit or miss against guys they have not seen before. Sometimes they kill them sometimes they can't hit a thing. Let's hope for the first option of those two.
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