Red Sox-Angels: John Lackey Shuts Down Lifeless Red Sox

This is why I put very little stock in how teams and players are playing heading into the postseason.

In John Lackey’s last three starts of the regular season, he gave up 21 hits and 12 runs in 12 innings pitched. Last night in Game One of the American League Division Series against the Boston Red Sox, Lackey looked like Ed Walsh reincarnate (it’s an obscure reference, but go look him up on Baseball-Reference.com).

Lackey completely shut down the Red Sox for seven-and-a-third innings in the Los Angeles of Anaheim’s 5-0 victory. Lackey scattered four hits, struckout four and gave up zero runs in those seven and a third innings of work.

Was Lackey that dominant or were the Red Sox just lifeless last night? I think it was a combin...

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