Manager's Show

Welcome to our network studios and welcome to their Herb Chambers BMW pregame show my name is John Rich. The Red Sox and White Sox will wrap up their four game series in Chicago this afternoon at Boston -- both Friday and Saturday but bounced back on Sunday and now -- At 33 in a road trip which ends today the Red Sox lead the Rangers by three and raised by seven the wildcard standings Josh Beckett gets the ball. Opposite mark early. Alex get the latest from the manager Terry Francona is brought do you -- Bigelow tea Terry Francona screen T of -- it's here's Dave O'Brien.

Okay John thank you very much to go a terrific performance by Jon Lester yesterday -- 122 pitches. And in the and you get the big blow for Victor Martinez to put the game out of reach everything kind of -- Yeah early on my fuel hits a home run which gives us a two run cushion and its seem big because the way Lester was pitching. Mean he's going up again banks won't we will I think he's good changeup and the building of a global velocity on the ball make it to a couple different things but Mike he's has certainly helped us close breathe a little bit and then -- had -- on Lleyton was huge. John said you know maybe not his best stuff on the day. But he has that ability to rear back and fought a guy in 95 when he asked of what you want that's a good way to put it mean. You -- the radar gun can be the end mobile. But when you see a guy. At the infant in the coming up towards the middle of September Ferreira in back and grunting and let it fly and no one or -- going. That's a good feeling that's that means this kids these in his delivery. He's strong and he works hard because he's. Has better stuff nominee doesn't being here -- that's a tribute I think -- he and his work ethic. You really think that's the case that he's better now stuff wise than -- was an opponent yeah I think -- same oil last year again as he cute accumulates innings. He has you build -- again so was -- these -- is delivers so well. He doesn't stress his body. Because he is he -- speculative flawed but he stays -- over so well that's all compact and he doesn't put Los Tressel was all. To the rotation Tim Wakefield can you fill us in on wake how he feels and when he might pitch again. We talked to wait this morning for quite awhile tough Ferrell like human rural this morning and kind of mapped out. Some projected ideas the rest of the way not knowing full well probably won't happen. -- fall field talking him for a wall. No we called wake him when we're going to do is. We're going to back wake up for now he's not scheduled to pitch when we go home this homestand saying that we're also going to have him checked out. More extensively from the medical staff and try to figure out the best plan of action and whether it's pitching every ten days. Whether it's pitching a couple times or whether it's actually not pitching at all. I think and we're trying to do the best we can't we all -- worries that we just don't know quite. How to get to the finish line and it's I think wrong same page -- include we just don't have all the answers you want to have a right now but I don't know the best possible. Pretty courageous effort though the other day here in Chicago the first inning aside he looked like the -- Tim Wakefield until it was time to field a ball. Yeah evil shortchange on effort and we know that even today -- Al -- postal. I would believe that. But there comes a point in -- trying to win games you try not to hurt somebody trying to balance that and we're trying to do that mound it's not very easy but again I think. Because wake is on the same page -- won't come to the right decision we just don't know what that is right now. Josh Beckett -- what kind of progress do you think Josh is made to a getting back to the guy who was maybe the favorite to win the Cy Young from a four months yeah I think you know he had -- through four game hiccup which again you -- we don't want it. But I don't think he can be unexpected at some point. You can't be flawless for 35 straight starts. His last three or four innings and Campbell were good hopefully that'll carry over. Everybody goes through their flaws during a season and now hopefully he's on the back end of that and won't catch him on -- upswing get not again we can ride him out. You get credited head back home -- that -- this seems like somehow a longer road trip to just seven games where assured -- it sure does maybe with these big -- Donald but it feels like we've been -- long time. Do things good luckier in game four ABS the finale of this seven game trip faced him as Terry Francona lets us subjected generation.

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