Boston Red Sox
Okajima, at least, did his job on the mound
09:00 AM EDT on Saturday, May 10, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS -- Hideki Okajima was very quietly efficient against the Twins.
The left-hander retired all six batters he faced, setting them down on a total of 15 pitches, in establishing a sense of order to the Red Sox' pitching, which was spotty Friday night against the Twins.
Okajima needed only six pitches to work a spotless seventh and then in the eighth, his devastating changeup produced a full-count whiff of Minnesota cleanup hitter Justin Morneau leading off the inning. The rest was easy -- two pitches in fact -- for a groundout and a foulout.
The outing lowered his earned-run average to 0.53.
-STEVEN KRASNER
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