Cinco de Mayo Nightmare

The Sox lost 5-4 tonight. Jon Garland pitched fairly well giving up one earned run in seven innings pitched. Tadahito Iguchi hit a homerun in the bottom of the seventh, and Joe Crede added on in the eighth to give the Sox a 2-1 lead. Then, the wheels came off. Bobby Jenks and Boone Logan had trouble throwing strikes, and they allowed 4 Kansas City runs in the ninth. In the bottom half of the frame, Jim Thome added a three run homerun, but Rob Mackowiak flew out with 2 men on base to end the ball game.

I am really not that worried about the bullpen's performance tonight. Matt Thornton threw the ball really well in the eighth and to one batter in the ninth, and Cliff Politte retired the only batter he faced. As for Logan and Big, Bad, Bobby Jenks, they have pitched so well that there is not much room for concern after one bad game. This was a bad loss, but I think everything is going to be okay.