John Lackey (on his streak of 62 innings without giving up a home run):

"I was having lunch with Washburn two days ago when he told me about the streak," Lackey said after throwing his first complete game of the season, giving up nine hits, striking out seven and falling to 10-5. "I'm gonna kick his … I had no idea."

Darin Erstad (on hitting in ( Read more... )

We lost! Paul pitched like a winner and only had one bad pitch...unfortunately it landed in the bullpen for 3-run HR. And in one of the most brilliant tactical moves all year...Ortiz laid down a bunt with the shift on...there was no way to defend it. Then Brendan came in and gave up ANOTHER home run...WTF ( Read more... )