Lyon finally bites back
Brandon Lyon sure looked lights out Monday night against the Red Sox, with a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 16th save.
Why did Boston ever let him go? ... Oh, that's right: Lyon helped bring Curt Schilling to town.
And while Lyon was setting down the Sox, Schilling was undergoing shoulder surgery ... But two World Series titles later, with Schilling's help, does anyone want to take back the trade? Didn't think so.
Now let's look at that Nov. 28, 2003 trade a little deeper.
To get Schilling from Arizona, the Red Sox dealt four players: Lyon, pitcher Casey Fossum, minor league pitcher (and former Sea Dog) Jorge De La Rosa, pitcher and minor league outfielder Michael Goss.
Arizona traded De la Rosa right away to Milwaukee ... the Brewers traded him to Kansas City during the 2006 season ... the Royals released him this year and Colorado picked him up. He's 2-3 with a 6.52 ERA.
Arizona traded Fossum to Tampa Bay before the 2005 season ... The Rays released him in August of last year ... The Tigers signed him out of spring training and promoted him to the major league club this month. He has pitched in six games (only three innings) and has a 24.00 ERA.
Goss was playing in the independent leagues by 2005.
In Triple-A Monday night, Pawtucket got another extra-inning walk-off win. This one was not so dramatic, with Jeff Bailey drawing a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning, for the 7-6 win ... Bailey was also 3-for-4 (now .320) ... Bryan Pritz, who scored the winning run, was 2-for-5 (.298) ... Charlie Zink did not have one of his better outings, but he did go 8 1/3 innings (5 H, 2 HR, 5 R, 4 BB, 10 K).
Portland got a win with nice performances from infielder Ryan Khoury (3-4, 2 RBI), Jeff Corsaletti (2-4, 2 RBI) and Iggy Suarez (2-4, 2 runs) ... Matt Goodson pitched 5 scoreless innings (2H, 2 BB, 4 K) ... Beau Vaughan struck out 3 in 1 1/3 innings for his seventh save.
Elsewhere, Ryan Kalish (.290) went 2-for-4 for Greenville, and Michael Almanzar (.421) was 2-for-4 in the Gulf Coast League.
Posted at 12:49 AM
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