Anytime you lose and can only muster one run against a pitcher who you know is not that good it's frustrating. On the flip side, Severino looked great. He looked composed, confident and his stuff was filthy. He made one mistake to Papi. Got into a dangerous count with a dangerous hitter, challenged him and got burnt. But he went right back to attacking the very next batter and you had to love to see that. The difference in the game ended up being Headley's error extending that inning and giving the Sox a chance to score and run up Severino's pitch count a little bit. All in all a very promising debut. 5 innings, 1 earned run, 7 strikeouts and no walks.
As for the offense, the Sox showed them a different look with Steven Wright. They'd seen him before but his knuckler was really dancing tonight. That's the thing about those guys, they may not be on all the time but when they are they're impossible to square up. The good news is the Yankee lineup is still technically on a roll because they didn't face an actual real pitcher tonight. Make sense? Great.
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