Sunday 19 October 2008

After Papelbon, Red Sox bullpen cause for concern

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Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon picked up six huge outs in ALCS Game 5 to give his team a chance to rally, even if those outs followed a double by red-hot B.J. Upton that scored two runners he inherited. It took Papelbon 38 pitches to get those six outs, the most pitches he has thrown in a game since Aug. 20, 2006, and the third most since he converted to a reliever in 2005. But, because of the wildness of Manny Delcarmen (two batters, two wal

The full story is here:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/tom_verducci/10/18/five.cuts.game6/index.html?eref=yahoo_buzz

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