A look inside the Red Sox -Seattle series-- pitching matchups

Published: August 3, 2007, 12:51 pm

Hopefully the trip to Seattle is more successfully than our other trip there in late June (a three game sweep the last two game being one run affairs), where we the offense couldn't get the big hit, as they squandered opportunity after opportunity. It would appear the Sox have the better pitching matchups Friday: The two lefties Jon Lester versus Horacio Ramirez advantage Lester as he is pitching in his home state of Washington. Patience will be the key for the hitters in this one, both pitchers have a tendency to be a little wild. Ramirez has walked 24 on the season, in 58 + innings, his last time out he had 5 BB against the Athletics. Saturday: Dice-K versus Jarrod Washburn. Another lefty throwing against the Sox. Dice-K hopes to continue to pitch well, he's been solid his in his previous three outings but only has one win to show for it. Scoring runs has been a problem for the Sox offense, as they have pushed across only 4 runs in the last three Dice-K starts. Washburn in his last

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