Defeat the Empire

Ouch.

Matt Clement took a liner off the head from Carl Crawford, in what looked like a continuation of last night's bad luck. But after a seasaw battle, the Sox rallied for two in the ninth off Danys Baez and another two in the tenth off Baez to win the game. Curt Schilling got the win to improve to 3-4 after taking the loss last night.

Clement is said to be okay, and the results of tests were negative, but he's still being held in the hospital for precautionary measures. He's likely headed to the DL, and who knows if he'll be effective when he comes back. Many pitchers, such as Billy Taylor, Kaz Ishii, and Jerrod Riggan haven't been as effective after returning from getting hit with a line drive.

The Yankees won easily last night against the popgun Twins, and the Red Sox keep a one-game lead in the AL East by holding two more wins than the Yanks. The teams are equal in the loss column.

Just When They Get on a Roll...

...they start to suck again.

After a great homestand, the Mets go in to Colorado and promptly drop the first two. Granted, the Rockies are a decent home team, but this kind of performance is so typical of the 2005 Mets. If the Rockies complete a sweep tonight, I won't be at all surprised. And if the Mets get shut out tonight, I can't say as I'll be shocked.

The big goat of Tuesday's game is Mike Cameron, who went 0-for-5 with 4 strikeouts. We know Mike is going to strike out 140 times, but it's the way he's does it lately. With the bases loaded and the Mets down two in the seventh, he takes a 3-2 pitch right down the middle for strike three and the third out. And with a chance at redemption in the ninth, and Jose Reyes on second as the tying run, Cameron once again takes strike three, this time to end the game. After this, listening on the radio, I scream "swing the f***ing bat!" and knock the radio to the floor.

I hope to God Willie dropps the struggling Cameron down in the lineup tonight. But he's too stupid, that isn't happening.

Today's Schedule

Red Sox (Wakefield, 8-9, 4.42) @ Devil Rays (McClung, 1-5, 7.07), 4:15 PM

Twins (Santana, 9-5, 3.89) @ Yankees (Leiter, 4-8, 6.43), 7:05 PM

Mets (Zambrano, 4-9, 3.86) @ Rockies (Wright, 5-10, 5.30), 9:05 PM

Other Notes

-The Knicks have reportedly agreed on a 5 year, $50 million contract with Larry Brown. There may be a press conference tomorrow to announce the hiring.

-Zach Duke makes his fifth start for Pittsburgh today. The highly touted 22-year-old lefthander has gone 3-0, 0.93 since being called up from Triple-A Indianapolis.

-The Jets open camp in two days. They signed second round pick CB Justin Miller to a contract earlier today.