Sox Lose UGLY

Julian Tavarez is not the answer to our 5th starter void. Not the way he looked yesterday. I will go out on a limb and say that if things don't improve by month's end, Jon Lester will rejoin the big club. He has 3 more rehabilitation starts, and then we can expect some type of move. And that's just fine with me.
Yesterday Tavarez got himself into trouble. Read this, from the Courant....

"After starting with two smooth innings, Tavarez went away from his effective two-seam fastball in the third, and the Rangers made him pay by knocking his breaking pitches all over the park.
"You know, that's the trick in this game," he said. "A lot of times you do things and once you find out, sometimes it's too late and you're in trouble. I forgot about my two-seam fastball. When I was dominating, it was with two-seam fastballs, getting some quick outs early in the game. I changed the whole plan and it really cost me. I walked away a loser."
The key blow came from Michael Young, who brought home Jerry Hairston with a double to right, then scored himself when J.D. Drew let the ball get under his glove. It rolled into the corner, then Drew missed two cutoff men with his throw. Young came all the way around to score under Jason Varitek's tag and tied it at 2.
Tavarez continued to struggle, throwing 36 pitches in the inning and allowing two more runs. Both scored when Manny Ramirez pulled up on Nelson Cruz's low liner to left field."

Peter here. Even our "lights-out so far" bullpen was porous, with JC Romero giving up hits to all 5 men he faced, the lead ballooning to 7-3. That was all she wrote. And that's all I'm going to write about this ugly mess of a baseball game. Tonight, it's Curt Schilling to face Padilla, who only went 4 plus innings in his first start. Maybe some timely hitting and a good performance by Curt will allow the Red Sox to end this 6 game road trip and go home with a record of 3-3. That is a ton better than 2-4. Curt has something to prove. We'll all know by tomorrow morning if he was successful. Or not.
Oh, I linked the Globe's Sunday morning article, the best wrap-up of this game I've read so far. Just title click to read it. The results are the same but the writing is great.