GAME 3 PREVIEW
Jacobs Field, Monday, October 15, 2007 — 7:07 PM, EST (FOX Television)
Matsuzaka (0-0)- vs. Jake Westbrook (0-0)
Two .500 pitchers. One with an immense amount of hype and a huge multi million dollar paycheck and one with a losing record and a good changeup. This match up would be incredibly lopsided on paper if the year was just starting, with Matsuzaka easily taking the odds. Unfortunately, he’s had a very marginal second half and he’s lucky to have escaped a couple of games without completely impacting the Sox (they won his mediocre ALDS start).
It’s funny how things work. The Sox had the chance to blow out the Indians in the second game and couldn’t get that crucial hit in the ninth. And then the country saw how horrible our ‘pen is once you get past Pap.
Let’s hope this is a quick, clean game and a Sox win. They need the momentum to go back into their favor or this is going to be a LONG week.