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Recap: Yada yada yada, Sox lose

The Red Sox take Saturday off.  Get embarrassed by the Indians.  Lose 5-2.

Here's what you need to know about this game: Brent Lillibridge, one of the guys the Sox traded Youkilis for, who they then flipped to Cleveland for virtually nothing, had three hits (including a home run).  The entire Boston Red Sox organization had 4 hits. 

Morales, like Buchholz before him, limited Cleveland to 2 hits.  Unlike Clay, he wasn't exactly dominating.  While he struck out 6 batters, he also walked 4 and was tagged for 3 runs.  And he only lasted 5 1/3 innings.  Melancon, Breslow and Mortensen finished the game, with Malancon and Breslow each getting tagged with a run.

Of Boston's 4 hits, Ellsbury had 2 (both doubles).  Gonzalez had 1 (two-run double), and Pedroia had the other.  The good news is that the Sox didn't leave too many men on base tonight, because no men were getting on base.  The Sox lineup wasn't even having good at-bats.  Just a poor effort on the back of a season of poor efforts.

I'm not even angry at this point.  I'm just sad.  What a waste.

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Cue the blockbuster trades, Lillibridge traded to Indians

The Red Sox have traded Brent Lillibride to the Cleveland Indians for AA reliever, Jose De La Torre.

Lillibridge's time with the Red Sox was short and not at all sweet. His final line with the  Red Sox looks like this. A .125 batting average (2/16), both for singles and 5 strikeouts in 10 games.

On the receiving end, I think the Red Sox traded up. De La Torre comes to the Red Sox farm system with a 7-1 record, a 2.80 ERA, with 42 strikeouts in 45 innings. We are not sure where he will end up, but it will likely be with Portland.

We all knew and hoped this day would come sooner than later. Now on to the next trade.