Thome + Ozzie Ball = 10 Runs
Finally, spring training has come to and end. The games count starting tomorrow. It is time for the Sox to begin defending their World Series crown.
As for today's spring training finale, the Sox were victorious over the Atlanta Braves by a count of 10-5. It was Ozzie Ball at its finest as the Sox scored just one of their ten runs via the long ball.
The Sox got off to a fast start in the first on a Jim Thome home run, but it was all for naught when Jon Garland allowed two tallies to cross the plate in the bottom half of the frame. Garland struggled today allowing 11 base runners in just 5 innings of work. He did not throw very many fastballs early in the game, but he threw more later when he was in jams. This leads me to believe that he took the hill looking to find command of his curveball. He was never successful in getting the curve over the outside corner, and he found himself behind the count all day long. This is not too worrisome as long as he was just working on his pitches, as it appeared.
As for the offense, it was a great display of Ozzie ball at its finest. The Sox stole four bases today, including a nifty one by Pablo Ozuna. Ozuna had just stolen second base when the Atlanta fielders were just kind of mulling around on the infield. Pablo looked around and noticed that no one was standing near third. All of a sudden, he just took off, and the Braves just stood there helplessly because there was no one covering third. It was a sweet, heads-up play by Ozuna. He also chipped in earlier in the game when he drove Chris Widger in on a squeeze bunt. The other steals were accomplished by Rob Mackowiak and Alex Cintron.
Player of the game: Pablo Ozuna. Little Pablo was 2 for 3 with the aforementioned Ozzie ball moments.
As for today's spring training finale, the Sox were victorious over the Atlanta Braves by a count of 10-5. It was Ozzie Ball at its finest as the Sox scored just one of their ten runs via the long ball.
The Sox got off to a fast start in the first on a Jim Thome home run, but it was all for naught when Jon Garland allowed two tallies to cross the plate in the bottom half of the frame. Garland struggled today allowing 11 base runners in just 5 innings of work. He did not throw very many fastballs early in the game, but he threw more later when he was in jams. This leads me to believe that he took the hill looking to find command of his curveball. He was never successful in getting the curve over the outside corner, and he found himself behind the count all day long. This is not too worrisome as long as he was just working on his pitches, as it appeared.
As for the offense, it was a great display of Ozzie ball at its finest. The Sox stole four bases today, including a nifty one by Pablo Ozuna. Ozuna had just stolen second base when the Atlanta fielders were just kind of mulling around on the infield. Pablo looked around and noticed that no one was standing near third. All of a sudden, he just took off, and the Braves just stood there helplessly because there was no one covering third. It was a sweet, heads-up play by Ozuna. He also chipped in earlier in the game when he drove Chris Widger in on a squeeze bunt. The other steals were accomplished by Rob Mackowiak and Alex Cintron.
Player of the game: Pablo Ozuna. Little Pablo was 2 for 3 with the aforementioned Ozzie ball moments.
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