Wade Miller makes his first Boston start tonight

[WilliamPitt]

The replacement pitchers have been doing great to fill the Schilling/Wells void, and Arroyo has been lights-out.

Now Wade Miller's surgically reconstructed arm is on the hill. 5pm. Should be interesting. It's a crappy raw day here.

[redsoxliberal]

1. I'm quite excited... I was calling for us to get him, and was thrilled

when we did. And cheap too!

[PDittie]

2. Wade Miller was money

for several years here in Deep-In-The-Hearta.

Best of luck to the Bosox and to Wade as he resurrests his career.

[PDittie]

6. resurrects n/t

[joeybee12]

3. Ok, I need a nap...I looked and my first thought was Wade Boggs???

My eyes ain't focusing, I guess.:crazy:

[redsoxliberal]

4. talk about a FILTHY start

1-2-3 first... broke Ichiro's bat on a ground out to first... then struck out Beltre on a 93 MPH heater to end the inning.

I like this guy...

[redsoxliberal]

5. and then strikes out the side in the second

Incredible.

[PDittie]

7. Is his curveball falling

off the table? If it is, he'll be OK. And so will the Sox.

[cruadin]

10. Miller looked pretty good tonight, 6 Ks, 3 hits, 2 runs though ..

5 innings. I'm sure they had him on a strict pitch count limit, it being his first start of the season at the big league level. His breaking stuff was really moving, and his fastball was coming in at 92-93mph. The home plate ump seemed to be squeezing the pitchers (both sides) a little bit.

I just wish Francona had picked a different night to debut Meredith.

[HuckleB]

11. Umm. It was against the Mariners.

It doesn't count.

:hi:

[cruadin]

12. Hey -- that's not very nice. What if there were Mariner fans...

checking out this thread?

Pppppffftt! :rofl: Yeah, I couldn't keep a straight face either.

[sniffa]

8. he pitched weLL

n/d... but the M's just hit a granny.

[cruadin]

9. I just got home from the Fenway--the weather wasn't that great...

but the Grand Slam off the rookie (Cla Meredith) was harder to take.

I'm not sure why Francona went with a rookie's debut appearance at that point in the game (they were tied with one on and two out, top of the seventh)---but his hunch didn't pan out. The Sox tried to claw back into it, scoring two in the bottom of the frame, but that was it.

Earlier in the week (Tues. against Detroit) Francona had played another weird gambit by having Mirabelli DH, to load the lineup with righties---that hunch panned out a little better than tonight's.

Tough debut performance for Meredith. :(