J.D. Drew named ASG MVP
Posted on July 16, 2008
Filed Under 2008 Season | Leave a Comment
J.D. Drew didn’t waste much time before taking advantage of his very first All-Star game appearance. He started off his night by roping a line drive over the wall in right for a 2 run homerun against NL ERA leader Edinson Volquez. Drew ended the night 2-4, adding a single and a walk to his totals.
The story doesn’t end there my friends. Nobody expected the All-Star contest to go 15 innings and when it did, Terry Francona wasn’t sure how much longer he could keep pitcher Scott Kazmir on the mound (he threw 106 pitches on Sunday). If the game had gone another inning, J.D. Drew was the man that would have been called to the mound. Luckily that situation resolved itself when Michael Young drove in the winning run in the bottom of the 15th and Drew didn’t have to throw his “sneaky stuff” (yes, that is what J.D. called it.)
Without even having to pitch, Drew’s line for the night earned him the MVP honors. Not bad for a first time All-Star.
The lines for the rest of the Red Sox players in the game:
Manny Ramirez: 0-2 1K
Kevin Youkilis: 0-2 1K
Dustin Pedroia: 0-1 1BB
Jason Varitek: 0-0
Jonathan Papelbon: 1IP 1H 1R 0ER 2K
Comments
Leave a Reply