Sox Lose Battle of Starters to Rays
2008 October 22
The Sox only received 2 quality starts in the 2008 ALCS. Game 1’s gem from DiceK and Lester’s valiant effort in Game 7. No quality in between. Interestingly, the Rays also got quality starts in these 2 games and the teams split the two games.
The Rays starters also tossed quality starts in games 3 (Garza), 4 (Sonnenstine), and 5 (Kazmir) and went 2-1 in those games, and would have won all three if not for some fortutious Red Sox bounces in the 2nd largest comeback in a playoff game ever.
More of the post-mortem on the 2008 Red Sox will come soon.
